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Tina Bettels-Schwabbauer is an academic at TU Dortmund University and the former editor of the German EJO website. She studied online journalism at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany. After her studies she worked as an online editor for a retail industry newspaper in Germany, then moved to Australia for three years where she lectured in Media Studies at the University of Adelaide.
From 2010 to 2014 she researched and lectured at the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism and the Institute for Journalism at TU Dortmund University. During this time she was also editing the German portal of the EJO website. During 2014 and 2015 Tina managed a journalism education programme for High School students at a German political foundation. In September 2015 she returned to EJO. Since September 2017 she has also been working in the project “New skills for the next generation of journalists” (NEWSREEL) funded by the European Union. Her research interests include international media systems, journalism cultures and journalism education, the latter with a focus on CEE countries which is also the topic of her PhD project.
February 27, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels
In France, ombudsmen – the so-called “médiateurs and médiatrices” – have played an important role in media organizations. Their efficiency, however, depends on how they are perceived by others in their environment, both...
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July 1, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by Tina Bettels
In the last few years the downfall of the newspaper industry has been predicted excessively – especially in the US. In a study conducted at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism, the ways in which U.S. newspapers...
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February 19, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels
Photos of murdered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi instigated a Europe-wide debate on media ethics. A recent Swiss study analyzes how the Swiss media dealt with photo and video material in reporting on Gaddafi’s death and to what extent...
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January 26, 2011 •
Digital News •
by Tina Bettels
Most German news editors are of the opinion that the importance of Twitter is currently overrated. The “overrated” notion emerged as the result of a survey among editorial offices within the frame of the study “Twitter and...
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April 28, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Tina Bettels
Interview with Bruno Ingemann, consultant and lecturer at the Danish School of Journalism. How do you think journalism will change in the next 10 years? There will definitely be more interaction with the public – we’re only...
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April 7, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels
Interview with Mihai Coman of the University of Bucharest’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Romania? It depends on perspective. On an institutional level there...
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March 29, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels
Interview with Colin Porlezza, communications researcher at the Università della Svizzera italiana and EJO collaborator. Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Switzerland? It depends on what one understands as a...
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March 24, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels
Interview with Epp Lauk, Institute of Journalism and Communication, University of Tartu, Estonia. Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability systems in Estonia? There are two press councils in Estonia – the Newspaper...
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March 12, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels
Mike Jempson, Director of MediaWise Trust, discusses media accountability, ethics in online journalism and problems citizen journalism may incite. Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability systems in the UK? In the UK,...
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