January 14, 2015 •
Public Relations, Research •
by Sonja Gruber
The news embargo is an ancient press tool that seems, at first glance, not to fit into the modern world of digital media. However, although there are no deadlines on rolling news or social media, a new study reveals that many journalists...
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December 23, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Charlie Deitz
A call for enhanced training and newsroom resources for future catastrophies. A year after the Newtown massacre, when a lone gunman killed 20 children and 6 staff in their schoolrooms, advocacy groups on both sides of the gun control issue...
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February 13, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Margaryta Chornokondratenko
In recent years a gradual but steady deterioration of media freedom has occurred in Ukraine. Whereas political censorship imposed on the media remains a burning issue in the country, Ukrainian media outlets have long suffered from another...
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December 19, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Klaus Bichler
The new Media Accountability and Transparency (MediaAcT) guidebook presents “best practice” examples exhibited by media outlets across Europe, both online and in print. The media industry, particularly in Europe and the US, is in...
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December 17, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Bojan Cvejic
Despite frequent reactions and warnings by professional associations, hardly a day passes without at least one violation of the Serbian Journalistic Code of Ethics by each of the daily newspapers in Serbia. According to recent research,...
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November 6, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Will Rupert Murdoch withdraw from the United Kingdom and instead aggrandize his media empire in the U.S.? Ken Doctor, an American media economist and columnist for the Nieman Lab at Harvard University has speculated about such a move. In...
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October 11, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Jonila Godole
According to the newest Media Sustainability Index (MSI), Albania showed improvement in 2012, however the lack of independent outlets and unbiased journalists is cause for alarm. The newest International Research and Exchanges Board’s...
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October 4, 2012 •
Media and Politics •
by Hana Biriczova
Though contemporary Czech journalism has evolved, journalism students cling to the memories of the First Republic’s great writers, such as Karel Čapek, Karel Poláček, and Jaroslav Hašek. The Czech journalistic tradition is still...
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September 30, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Dariya Orlova and Victoria Sydorenko
Ukrainian journalists bemoan deteriorating media freedom as new challenges complicate the issue. As Ukraine’s hosting duties began for the 64th World Newspaper Congress (WNC) in early September, the country’s unstable media...
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