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 3, 2008 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
St. Galler Tagblatt, October 31, 2008 An academic analysis shows that in the published opinion of the U.S. media, Democrat Barack Obama is already the winner of the presidential election. If it were up to the media, Obama would have...
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October 30, 2008 •
Media and Politics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, September 08, 2008 A study on the use of anonymous sources by the New York Times According to Clark Hoyt, Public Editor of the New York Times , anonymous sources are “the lifeblood and the bane of journalism.” At...
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October 6, 2008 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Ethical Space, Vol. , No.3, 2008 A unique university project highlights each year the stories the US coporate media miss. The project might be overshadowed by the Pulitzer Prizes, which are bestowed every year in April – but in terms of...
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September 30, 2008 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, September 26, 2008 How the New York Times renews itself by strengthening its Internet presence Rupert Murdoch is presently redesigning the Wall Street Journal, thus putting the New York Times under intense pressure....
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August 8, 2008 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
St. Galler Tagblatt, August 8,2008 How a U.S. non-profit organization strives to revitalize investigative journalism A newly launched website invites us to witness how private foundation ProPublica strives to strengthen investigative...
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July 4, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, 6+7, 2008 Among the dozens, probably hundreds of US blogs focused on journalism and the media, one distinguishes itself with a rather macabre title: newspaperdeathwatch.com. U.S. media critics are engaged in ...
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June 17, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Werbewoche, May 23,2008 The things we get for free are worthless: this may be a commonly held belief, but in our daily behaviour we don’t always seem much influenced by it. “The Cost of Zero Cost” is the heading of the third chapter...
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April 11, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist 02+03/2008 p.78 The findings presented by Lisa George, economist at Hunter College, New York, are quite surprising: In her study on the effects of ownership concentration on product diversity, the variety of topics and...
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February 27, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Werbewoche Nr. 4, 2008 For the third time within three years, the Los Angeles Times, one of the most highly respected newspapers of our time, has lost its editor-in-chief. For the specialized media in Europe, the incident may deserve only...
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