January 19, 2016 •
Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Sergio Splendore
Universities and colleges across Europe increasingly offer training in data journalism, although to varying levels, according to a study comparing how the subject is taught in six European countries. The study found that in the...
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January 14, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Recent •
by EJO
EJO editors and directors, in ten European countries, assess the state of the media across Europe and predict the year ahead. Media across Europe have been impacted by the dramatic technological and political changes of the 21st century. ...
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November 4, 2015 •
Media and Politics •
by Philip Di Salvo
For ten days, from November 2nd to 12th, Rome is hosting The 19 Million Project. The aim of the initiative is gathering journalists, coders, hackers and activists to discuss the media implications of the migration crisis and develop...
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October 30, 2015 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Jan Zielonka
The ruling party in Hungary, Fidesz, has persistently tried to transform public-service television into its propaganda tool, but seen rather perverse results. The more TV programmes played to the Fidesz tune, the less people watched it....
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April 23, 2013 •
Digital News •
by Antonio Rossano
A new website has harnessed the power of data journalism to illustrate how, when and where journalists have been threatened in Italy. Italian graphic designer Isacco Chiaf and journalists Jacopo Ottaviani and Andrea Fama have used data...
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March 1, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Spiegel Online’s pre-election coverage last week was not wrong, yet somehow it missed the decisive point in its pull quote: “A clown, a billionaire, an apparatchik and a professor who understands nothing of politics: One of these men...
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February 1, 2013 •
Press Freedom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
“Reporters Without Borders“ has once again published its annual Press Freedom Index. According to the ranking, Finland remains the global “front runner,” followed by the Netherlands, Norway, and Luxembourg. In the European Union,...
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October 19, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Michael Wise
Third-annual report brings news of progress despite the prevalence of new and sophisticated threats to Internet freedom. Freedom House’s newest report, “Freedom on the net 2012: A global assessment of Internet and digital media,”...
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August 18, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Sven Engesser and Edda Humprecht
Few newsrooms utilize the technical potential of Twitter. In a new study conducted by the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IPMZ) at the University of Zurich, researchers attempt to measure the spread of microblogging...
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