June 16, 2015 •
Digital News, Short stories •
by Robert G. Picard
Smartphones and tablets are increasing consumption of news on digital platforms and more customers are accessing digital news throughout the day, according to the 2015 Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute, University of Oxford,...
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June 16, 2015 •
Digital News, Recent •
by David Levy
This year’s Reuters Institute Digital News Report is based on research conducted in 12 countries, surveying over 23,000 people. Key findings include a sharp increase in the use of social media platforms to reach audiences, a surge in the...
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June 10, 2015 •
Digital News, Short stories •
by Kim Wilson
Allison Rockey is nothing if not game. Within the first minute of her presentation to a room full of experienced English journalists she admitted she a) wasn’t a journalist and b) had been in digital media about a year. And if that...
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June 5, 2015 •
Digital News, Latest stories •
by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Local journalism is not a sexy topic. But it is an important topic, and one that deserves more attention in discussions around the future of journalism. Most of our attention has been on national and international news. But in fact, most...
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May 20, 2015 •
Digital News, Latest stories •
by Thomas Schmidt
Hyperbole is never far away when Facebook introduces innovations. Typically it involves some talk about saving the planet, creating the future or some iteration of “this will forever change the way how we read/write/communicate.” Not...
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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 7, 2015 •
Recent, Research •
by Robert G. Picard
Journalists believe journalism will be a harder job with less institutional support in the future, according to a survey conducted by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and the Society of Professional Journalists. The...
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April 14, 2015 •
Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Rachel Stern
With massive staff and content cuts at newspapers worldwide, it would be easy to assume that investigative journalism is on the decline. It is one of the most time-consuming and expensive ways of reporting. Yet a number of free online...
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March 9, 2015 •
Digital News, Media and Politics •
by Philip Di Salvo
An online platform that enables citizens and journalists to send automated freedom of information requests to public bodies in Italy has been launched by Italian non-governmental organisation, Diritto di Sapere (Right to Know). The...
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