April 25, 2018 •
Business Models, Media Economics, Recent, Research •
by Felix Simon
Local newspapers no longer hold the dominant market position they once did. To address the challenges of a new age, organisations are investing in a digital future, restructuring newsrooms and diversifying business models, finds a new...
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April 19, 2018 •
Comment, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Manipulators of public opinion are using false stories to wreak havoc in Eastern Europe. Yet, there are some initiatives which are trying to fight them....
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April 17, 2018 •
Business Models, Media Economics, Recent •
by Georgia Ertz
Native advertising is increasingly popular among advertisers and media companies. Yet, it is also a form of deception. Research shows that most readers do not recognise native advertising when they see it. Quality media, in particular,...
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April 9, 2018 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Alexandra Borchardt
Building a career in journalism has never been easy. The same goes for giving advice on the matter. Having spent more than 20 years in newsrooms, 15 of them in leadership positions, Alexandra Borchardt has ten lessons and pieces of advice...
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March 30, 2018 •
Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Antonia Matei and Anamaria Nicola
In an era where journalism is often reduced to 140 characters on social media and less and less books are published, Romanian printing houses took a chance and invested in books written by journalists. In fact, it is quite a trend...
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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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March 28, 2018 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Alexander Fanta
Last week, I received an email from the European Commission denying me annual accreditation for the year 2018. In the terse reply to my request sent more than six weeks earlier, the Commission stated that my employer, the German blog...
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March 19, 2018 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Roberto Mincigrucci and Anna Stanziano
“Italian politics are corrupt.” It’s an assumption repeated almost like a mantra by the Italian media. So much so that is has become a widespread conviction. By now, every political party and every candidate comes with a whiff of...
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March 15, 2018 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Felix Simon
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party FPÖ has long had a fraught relationship with the press. Following the party’s rise to power as part of a right-wing conservative coalition after the Austrian election, this conflict has only...
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