June 26, 2018 •
Digital News, Recent, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Rachel Stern
It’s often difficult for media organisations to cover international events. That’s why journalist Justin Varilek launched HackPack, a platform to connect freelancers worldwide to the news bureaus that need them – making life easier...
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February 23, 2018 •
Business Models, Recent, Short stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Rachel Stern
A podcast is a concept that’s new to most people in Slovakia. That’s why Bratislava-based journalist Dávid Tvrdoň received skeptical comments when he suggested producing one himself last November. Yet with the help of his colleagues...
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January 25, 2018 •
Digital News, Newsroom Management, Recent •
by Bartłomiej Dwornik
If something doesn’t show up in Google’s search results, it’s almost as if it doesn’t exist. Nowhere has this been as evident as in Poland. According to statcounter.com, 92% of Internet users in Europe use Google as their main...
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April 22, 2016 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Sara Bellicini
A news story about a snow storm in Washington State won The New York Times 2013 Pulitzer Prize, and led to an avalanche of so-called literary reportage. Snow Fall was hailed as an innovative style of journalism, combining as it did...
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April 19, 2016 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Verifying digital photos, streaming TV news and developing 3D visualisations: journalism – along with the battery-powered driverless car and the ‘internet of things’ – is constantly being reinvented in Silicon Valley. The...
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February 14, 2016 •
Media Economics, Recent •
by Michael Williams
It seemed rather threatening at the time. It was my first day as the executive editor in charge of news at the Independent, and it seemed right to mingle with the reporters in the office pub over the road after work. It was the chief...
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May 13, 2015 •
Photography and Video, Short stories •
by Sandra Stefanikova
Photojournalism is a threatened profession, according to new research. Over the last two decades digitalisation has led to the most fundamental changes since the invention of photography. New technology has transformed the way pictures are...
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May 30, 2014 •
Digital News •
by Philip Di Salvo
Francesco Franchi, art director of IL, the monthly supplement of the Sole 24 Ore, talks about his first book, “Designing News, Changing the World of Editorial Design and Information Graphics” for the Berlin publishing house...
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January 30, 2014 •
Digital News, Research •
by Jenny Dean
A study from Journalism Practice looks at how effective social media is in reaching audiences for news. It compares Facebook and Twitter and suggests that Twitter might just have the advantage. Researchers believe this is the case because...
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