June 4, 2021 •
Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by EJO
The European Journalism Observatory pays tribute to Czech director Filip Láb in touching obituary. ...
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July 3, 2018 •
Research •
by Felix Simon
European countries do not appear to feel threatened by the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union, a study of media coverage of Brexit has revealed. The study, based on coverage in 39 media outlets in 8 European countries,...
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May 15, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Newsroom Management, Research, Short stories •
by EJO
News coverage in Europe is overwhelmingly dominated by male journalists and commentators, who spend much of their time writing about other men, a landmark new study of print and online news outlets has found....
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March 28, 2018 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by EJO
News media in the UK, perhaps understandably, often seem to be obsessed with Brexit and its implications. Rarely a day passes which does not see another alarmist article being published on some aspect of the ongoing negotiations between...
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January 20, 2017 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by Thomas Schmidt and EJO
As Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States of America, he is greeted by assessments of the European media that portray him as an unpredictable commander-in-chief, a reckless world leader and, by some, a buffoon with...
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August 13, 2013 •
Media and Politics, Specialist Journalism •
by Michał Kuś, Stephan Russ-Mohl, Adam Szynol
Media barons – media owners who use their newsrooms to exercise political pressure and power – have become more influential in many Central and Eastern European countries. The most recent mega deals in the U.S. and in Germany...
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July 25, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Bastian Pietsch
In June, the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism hosted a conference on the portrayal of Africa in the European media. One of the key points to emerge was that the European media is doing a disservice to its audiences and to...
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May 29, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
A new study examining recent press coverage of the ongoing Greek debt crisis shows that most newspapers in Italy, Britain, and France featured biased reporting of events. Cristina Marconi, an Italian journalist and Fellow at the Reuters...
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June 12, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels Susanne Fengler Andreas Straeter and Mariella Trilling
New EJO research assesses how European media allow for audience participation in editorial processes. This international comparative study examines whether and in which ways the editorial departments of 12 Western and Eastern European...
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