April 10, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Markus Spillmann
Every academic should want their work to be noticed, not by experts in the field, but by the wider public. This is especially true for an area of study that focuses on publicity and the dissemination of information: media studies. The fact...
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May 24, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Media managers and journalists are not good at dealing with criticism. They demand accountability and transparency from others, but do not see why they should hold themselves up to similar scrutiny. This study argues that the media...
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March 4, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
There’s a selection of people in the media industry who’ll say that professionals fall from heaven. Some claim only natural talent, not journalistic education, is needed for a news career. Media research is similarly considered...
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September 17, 2011 •
Media Economics, Newsroom Management •
by Linas Jegelevicius
*Article Courtesty of the European Journalism Centre Can one make a living as a freelance journalist in Lithuania? Are you fed up with the tedious working hours in your cubicle? And don’t you have to admit that the news editor is a...
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August 31, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Philip Di Salvo
After twenty years spent in exile with his family in Australia, Saad Mohseni, son of an Afghan diplomat, returned to Afghanistan as the Taliban regime collapsed in 2002. He is now defined by the international media as “The Murdoch...
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July 25, 2011 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
Meet Encyclo – the grandaddy of media journalism resources. Offering users a textured grip on media news – what’s happening, what’s changing, what’s worse, what’s better, what needs to be fixed and...
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May 2, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Like him or not, Jay Rosen, the oft-hailed Internet journalism “guru”, is more than prolific on the subject and worthy of consideration A press critic, writer and professor of journalism at New York University, Rosen operates...
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May 19, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
For the Austrian website Der Standard it was only an April Fool’s joke, but many other quality newspapers proceeded to take the gloves off. The London Times, owned by Rupert Murdoch, Le Monde and Le Figaro as well as the Axel Springer AG...
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