June 26, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Pensioned journalists have created online news sites, thus becoming competitors to their former employers. It seems legacy media have not yet learned to use the potential of experienced seniors. Within the last two years, Swiss journalists...
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June 22, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Philip Di Salvo
Reminiscing back to 2011 evokes a clear sensation: last year was full of historical events. The Japanese earthquake. Arab Spring. Tahrir Square. Utoya Island massacre. The year 2011 was significant due to what many observers saw as the...
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June 19, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy and Stephan Russ-Mohl
EJO Report Discourse on journalism in the U.S. is rife with new coinage to describe its state and prescribe its future. The latest addition to the dialogue is entrepreneurial journalism – the idea that journalists must channel innovation...
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June 15, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
There’s been a recent revival of trials attempting to integrate Turkey into the EU, yet advocates of such an action should perhaps take a closer look. Unfortunately, Western media rarely report on the harassment doled out to members of...
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June 11, 2012 •
Media Economics •
by Michael Wise
In statements made to the European Parliament, German MEP Doris Pack urged lawmakers to use public funding in the fight to save the struggling news industry. Speaking at an Association of European Journalists (AEJ) conference in early May,...
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June 8, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Lorelei Mihala
*Article courtesy of the European Journalism Center Stereotypes related to the Roma minority are often reinforced by the media. “Gypsies are stealing,” “Politician cheats state with gypsies’ help,” “Another four Romanian...
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June 1, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality, Press Freedom •
by Michael Wise
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) maintains that allowing Azerbaijan to host the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest was good for business and for Azeri citizens. More than 100 million viewers worldwide tuned in to watch the 2012 Eurovision...
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May 29, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
A new study examining recent press coverage of the ongoing Greek debt crisis shows that most newspapers in Italy, Britain, and France featured biased reporting of events. Cristina Marconi, an Italian journalist and Fellow at the Reuters...
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May 26, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Sara Stefanini
Citizen journalism is flourishing in Italy due to increasing skepticism from many Italians concerning the reliability of the mainstream press. The last government crisis, which ended in Silvio Berlusconi’s resignation, clearly...
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