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Karen Grass is a journalism student at the Technical University of Dortmund and a free-lance journalist working with several German newspapers, including Die Tageszeitung, WAZ, and Handelsblatt.
January 28, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Research •
by Karen Grass
Many American journalists are confused about copyright law in the United States, leading to the publication of weak or substandard content, according to a new study. A team of researchers led by Patricia Aufderheide, a professor of...
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December 10, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Karen Grass
Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini’s classifications of media systems according to geo-political divisions dominate research in the field but many argue that their model is outdated. Media researchers Frank Esser and Andrea Umbricht from...
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September 4, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Karen Grass
Are political interviews fair on either the politicians or voters? Are journalists tougher on certain politicians than on others and what factors influence the treatment a politician receives at the hands of the press? A recent study by a...
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July 30, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Karen Grass
The release of the anti-Islamic movie trailer “The Innocence of Muslims” triggered widespread outrage throughout the Muslim world and attracted much media attention, but a recent study asks whether incomplete and incorrect reporting by...
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July 23, 2013 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Karen Grass
Latvian journalism has only had two decades in which to grow up. Most East European countries had to develop fast after emerging from Soviet Union control. The media systems of these new nation states have gone in very different...
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