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Caroline Lees is the Head of Communications at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. She is the former editor of the European Journalism Observatory’s English language site. She is a British journalist and has worked for The Sunday Times, London, for seven years including time spent in Delhi as South Asia Correspondent and as a news reporter and arts correspondent. She has also worked as foreign editor and assistant editor of The Scotsman, and for the Economist and Telegraph Media Group.
December 11, 2014 •
Research •
by Caroline Lees
The European Journalism Observatory is pleased to announce the launch of its newest partner website, EJO Portugal. The Portuguese language website, coordinated by Professor Gustavo Cardoso and Ana Pinto Martinho, from the Lisbon University...
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November 22, 2014 •
Digital News, Short stories •
by Caroline Lees
The relationship between technology companies and journalism is uneasy and complicated, but journalism needs to be at least an equal partner, according to Emily Bell, Director at the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism...
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October 22, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Caroline Lees
Journalism covers the European Union well – for the elite. Global newspapers, wire services, specialist magazines, websites and think tanks, as well as the information published by the EU institutions themselves, are well informed and...
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October 10, 2014 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Specialist Journalism •
by Caroline Lees
European law protecting the right of journalists to have confidential sources is being undermined by police in Britain, according to the UK’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ). The NUJ has accused police of spying on reporters by...
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July 22, 2014 •
Digital News, Press Freedom •
by Caroline Lees
An EU ruling, giving individuals the ‘right to be forgotten’ on the internet, has been criticized by UK journalists after Google deleted links to their articles from its search engine. Robert Peston, BBC News economics editor, last...
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