September 15, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Press Freedom •
by Kate Nacy
How the news in Belarus remains…upbeat. A few weeks ago Sovetskaya Belarussia – the most widely circulated daily in Belarus – ran a lead story proclaiming the country’s GDP had risen a glorious 9.8 percent since January and...
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August 31, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Philip Di Salvo
After twenty years spent in exile with his family in Australia, Saad Mohseni, son of an Afghan diplomat, returned to Afghanistan as the Taliban regime collapsed in 2002. He is now defined by the international media as “The Murdoch...
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August 24, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
Well, there. It’s been said. Perhaps not exactly in such precise terms, per se, but it’s been generally implied that there’s catastrophic U.S. federal debt out there, and that it’s massive, and that it will –...
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August 10, 2011 •
Public Relations, Specialist Journalism •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
The attacks in Oslo last month once again brought up the issue of framing in the media. As it turns out, not only do media outlets set the agenda for discussion in society, they also dictate how people should feel about the subjects in...
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August 4, 2011 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
It was like watching the movie from the day before yesterday. Suddenly, all the three of them were back: Leo Kirch, Silvio Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch, the tycoons who influentially roughed up the media business in Europe during the 80s...
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August 2, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by Natalia Roman Lopez
Views on industry associations as an engine of change. Industry associations are almost as old as the newspaper industry itself. Before the 70s and 80s, industry associations acted as pressure groups engaged in labour and public policy...
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July 25, 2011 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
Meet Encyclo – the grandaddy of media journalism resources. Offering users a textured grip on media news – what’s happening, what’s changing, what’s worse, what’s better, what needs to be fixed and...
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July 17, 2011 •
Digital News •
by Philip Di Salvo
New research from the University of Michigan suggests a reluctance to accept Al Jazeera English in the U.S. Throughout the recent uprisings in North Africa, Al Jazeera English (AJE) was the primary source of information for media all over...
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July 6, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
While some media professionals argue loudly over ethical issues tied to sponsored news content, Bart Brouwers quietly gets down to business, charging his “advertisers” for articles. According to a recent European Journalism Centre...
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