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 13, 2018 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
In many countries over the past few years, the political process – and social cohesion – have been threatened by various forms of disinformation, sometimes misleadingly and inadequately called “fake news”. Politically-motivated and...
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January 10, 2018 •
Digital News, Research, Short stories •
by EJO
Publishers are concerned about the power of platforms but think their own failings may be a bigger problem. Publishers are increasingly concerned about the impact of tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon on their...
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January 9, 2018 •
Comment, Ethics and Quality, Short stories •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
In this era of fake news and conspiracy theories, the attention economy is becoming a disinformation economy, argues Stephan Russ-Mohl. The reported use of internet trolls and social bots in the German election was a recent example of how...
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December 19, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Specialist Journalism •
by Krzysztof Dzieciolowski
Poland’s media is becoming highly divided, polarised and tribal. New research, based on interviews with leading journalists, has found objectivity is being replaced by an emerging “journalism of identity” – ideologically...
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December 18, 2017 •
Digital News, Media Economics, Recent, Technology •
by Nicolas Becquet
Are French media companies addicted to Facebook? Last month, in an article for EJO, journalist Nicolas Becquet described how Facebook is paying French media organisations to produce original video content for Facebook news feeds. In some...
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December 8, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by Paulina Pacula
Fact-checkers, investigative reporters and foreign correspondents are essential to quality journalism, yet these roles are increasingly being cut by Poland’s mainstream media organisations for financial reasons. To redress the balance,...
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