June 6, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Technology •
by EJO
NewsGuard, the US media start-up launched in 2018 with the ambitious aim of providing news consumers with a reliable guide to the trustworthiness of any news website they might consider visiting, is gradually being rolled out across...
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March 18, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Photography and Video, Recent •
by EJO
The Hungarian government has sparked outrage with its controversial poster campaign implying that US philanthropist George Soros and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker are plotting to flood the country with migrants. With the...
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January 23, 2019 •
Public Relations •
by EJO
The Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius invite nominations of independent journalists, bloggers, Internet media and newspapers for the 2019 Free Media Awards....
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June 19, 2018 •
Comment, Ethics and Quality •
by EJO
Gender inequality and sexual harrassment are still common in the news industry. In response, a group of senior international news professionals has penned this open-letter. It’s time to stop talking about the need for equality and start...
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May 15, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Newsroom Management, Research, Short stories •
by EJO
News coverage in Europe is overwhelmingly dominated by male journalists and commentators, who spend much of their time writing about other men, a landmark new study of print and online news outlets has found....
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March 28, 2018 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by EJO
News media in the UK, perhaps understandably, often seem to be obsessed with Brexit and its implications. Rarely a day passes which does not see another alarmist article being published on some aspect of the ongoing negotiations between...
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January 10, 2018 •
Digital News, Research, Short stories •
by EJO
Publishers are concerned about the power of platforms but think their own failings may be a bigger problem. Publishers are increasingly concerned about the impact of tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon on their...
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November 14, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by EJO
EJO diary: November picks of recent European journalism research and forthcoming (mostly free) media events, awards, jobs and training…. LATEST RESEARCH The 2017 Asia-Pacific Supplementary Digital News Report An analysis of data from a...
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October 30, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Short stories •
by EJO
The European Journalism Observatory’s (EJO) new French language website, is launched today. The site will publish the latest research and analysis on journalism and the media. It is aimed at French-speaking audiences in Europe and...
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