April 25, 2017 •
Digital News, Latest stories, Research •
by EJO
Virtual Reality (VR) has evolved from its early experimental phase to become a strategically key, more integrated part of many newsrooms globally. But how are news organisations addressing the challenges of content and user experience? And...
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March 30, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Media Economics, Recent •
by Julia Dos Santos
Independent news media operating in repressive regimes must become more innovative when seeking funding, according to new research. The first academic study of the economic structures of ‘oppositional’ news sites – outlets...
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March 28, 2017 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The European Union is celebrating itself – the so-called Treaty of Rome was sealed 60 years ago this month (March 2017) – and the occasion has provided Brussels eurocrats with an excuse to spend millions of euros on advertising...
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March 22, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Marisa Torres da Silva
Online comments, still the most widely-used medium for audience participation and public engagement in mainstream news websites, continue to pose complex challenges to newsrooms. Concern about the poor quality of comments – whether...
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March 2, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Halyna Budivska
“Ukrainian radicals beat up children for speaking Russian” (FAKE); “University student expelled for asking President Poroshenko an ‘uncomfortable question’” (FAKE); “Ukrainian Armed Forces recruited mercenaries from...
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February 13, 2017 •
Photography and Video, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by EJO
The city of Riccione, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, will host the next edition of the DIG Awards, the international journalism award and festival focusing on investigative journalism in video format. The event will take place from June...
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February 13, 2017 •
Business Models, Ethics and Quality, Short stories •
by Krzysztof Dzieciolowski
The challenges facing modern journalism – and how to meet them – was the subject of the 2017 Reuters Memorial Lecture, at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, last Friday. In We broke the news. How do we fix it? Melissa...
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February 9, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Raluca Radu
The extraordinary demonstrations in support of democracy and the rule of law in Romania, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets across the country and abroad, are the result of excellent journalism. Reporters have...
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January 24, 2017 •
Media Economics, Recent, Research •
by Linards Udris, Mario Schranz, Jörg Schneider, Lucie Hauser, Mark Eisenegger
Swiss people still trust the media, especially if they regularly consume news from traditional news providers, such as the national public service broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG). But audiences in Switzerland are...
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