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.
March 20, 2014 •
Business Models •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Andrew Gowers was editor of the Financial Times from 2001 to 2005. He then moved into public relations, and was head of corporate communications at Lehman Brothers, and later head of group media at BP. He is currently global head of...
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March 6, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
As the EJO celebrates its 10th anniversary, founder Stephan Russ-Mohl looks back at its founding principles. It is kind of a miracle: The European Journalism Observatory (EJO) has not only survived for the first ten years, it is also...
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February 20, 2014 •
Media and Politics, Research •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
A study looking at how politicians and journalists interact with each other in Berne reveals some surprises about the interplay between media and government. Is the interaction between journalists and politicians in small states different...
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February 11, 2014 •
Media and Politics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Switzerland’s decision this weekend to vote in favour of imposing quotas on the numbers of newcomers into the country has caused uproar across Europe, and within the country. Germany’s Ralf Stegner, deputy chairman of the centre left...
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February 3, 2014 •
Press Freedom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
At a first glance, president Obama’s recent speech about the NSA seems to support arguments by Dan Gillmor, one of America’s most prominent Internet gurus. He believes that the fallout from the information leaked by Edward Snowden...
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October 17, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality, Newsroom Management •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
A new survey of media managers in Austria offers some unexpected insights into how different parts of media organisations think. For the first time, Andy Kaltenbrunner, Matthias Karmasin und Daniela Kraus (Medienhaus Wien) have surveyed...
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September 10, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
With their long academic traditions, university-based journalism fellowship programmes look like relics from the past, but they are in fact needed now more than ever. The Nieman Fellowships at Harvard University and the Reuters...
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July 17, 2013 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
We are used to the media turning on those who seek to expose corruption and malpractice. But it is shocking nonetheless how soon media companies, when presented with one of the biggest data scandals in world history- namely the news that...
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May 24, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Media managers and journalists are not good at dealing with criticism. They demand accountability and transparency from others, but do not see why they should hold themselves up to similar scrutiny. This study argues that the media...
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