Website: http://www.ejo.ch
European Journalism Observatory co-founder and until 2018 Professor of Journalism and Media Management at the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. Frequent contributor to Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) and Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin), as well as to the specialist publications Schweizer Journalist and Der österreichische Journalist.
November 12, 2009 •
Business Models •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, 3/2009 In the mid-90’s, Mark Willes introduced controversial structures to rescue the Los Angeles Times, yet in the end arduous opposition brought him down. Had his strategy been implemented, however, today’s crisis may not be...
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November 5, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 10 + 11/2009 American journalism is in a “protracted moment of painful change,” and “both its business model and its sense of mission are in full retreat.” How might journalism regain its relevance, asks...
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November 2, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, Nr. 4/2009 Several of Germany’s most popular bloggers recently devised an “Internet Manifesto,” a document of prescriptions for journalism in the digital age. Stephan Russ-Mohl responds to the bloggers’...
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October 28, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 8 + 9 Detecting Bull is a title which, when translated literally to German, might cause a bit of confusion. Californian media researcher John McManus is neither advertising an energy drink (i.e. Red Bull), nor...
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September 26, 2009 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Many journalists face difficulties in dealing with statistics, and frequently lack the competence to present quantitative information to their publics in easy-to-grasp language. This is nothing new, as most journalism textbooks contain...
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September 22, 2009 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 8+9 During the last few years, many publishers in Europe experimented with changes to news formats. However, not all of these experiments in providing handy, magazine-like papers succeeded. The Swiss yellow-press...
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September 19, 2009 •
Media and Politics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Die Furche, September 17, 2009 Silvio Berlusconi’s hybris was our topic here four weeks ago – and it was also mentioned that the Conservatives and the Catholic Church in Italy would have many reasons to distance themselves from the...
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August 5, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, 3/2009 The U.S. media crisis delivered a crushing blow to many newspapers. In Europe, an increasing number of print publications hang in jeopardy, yet European publications may not be threatened by the same disaster as those in...
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July 24, 2009 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 6 + 7/2009 While other countries have been diagnosed with a “science journalism crisis,” Christina Elmer, Franziska Badenschier, and Holger Wormer of the University of Dortmund report a boom in Germany’s...
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