June 12, 2015 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Thomas Schmidt
Faced with fierce attacks for a recent story, Seymour Hersh, one of America’s most legendary and revered journalists, recently addressed more than two hundred investigative reporters from around the United States to talk about his...
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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 8, 2015 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Paul Rowinski
British press coverage of Europe is often superficial, one-sided, and eurosceptic, according to academics and journalists speaking at a recent conference on Britain’s place in the EU. Speakers at the inaugural Britain in Europe...
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June 5, 2015 •
Business Models, Recent •
by Rachel Stern
One year ago Blendle, a Dutch start-up, was founded with a goal to change how news is read and consumed. No small feat. Yet their micropayment model – readers pay per article, and can choose from a variety of outlets on one platform...
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June 4, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Specialist Journalism •
by Philip Di Salvo
“Herr Blatter. Have you ever taken a bribe?” This was a tense moment in the early relationship between Andrew Jennings, an investigative journalist, and FIFA officials. Jennings asked the question during Sepp Blatter’s...
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May 22, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Recent •
by Emily Harmer
Just as formal political institutions and activities are dominated by men, so too is the news coverage those institutions attract. The recent UK General Election was no different, just 15.2% of all politicians featured in the media...
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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 17, 2015 •
Ethics and Quality, Research •
by EJO
Academic journals are read from cover to cover by fewer than ten people on average, according to an opinion piece in the Straits Times, by Asit K Biswas, and Julian Kirchherr. Biswas, a visiting professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of...
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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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