March 22, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Marisa Torres da Silva
Online comments, still the most widely-used medium for audience participation and public engagement in mainstream news websites, continue to pose complex challenges to newsrooms. Concern about the poor quality of comments – whether...
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December 13, 2016 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Latest stories •
by Caroline Lees
Journalism is entering a period of “experimental editing and experimental reporting”, according to Mark Thompson, chief executive of The New York Times and former director general of the BBC. Typically, journalists and social...
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December 2, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Suzanne Franks
‘Aways use the word ‘Africa’ or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Safari’ in your title.’ These are the opening words of a famous satirical essay by the the Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina ‘How not to Write about Africa.’ It was...
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September 30, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Alice Antheaume
“Someone close to”, “an intimate”, “a friend”, “a confidante”, “a former minister”. A recent political article in Liberation, France, contained no fewer than 11 anonymous sources in 1340 words. The day after it was...
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September 19, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by Scott. R Maier
Sometimes an image or a news account of mass violence evokes public outcry. It happened this summer when a dazed 5-year-old bombing victim, shown covered in blood and dust, became the poster child of the savage assault on Aleppo. A year...
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August 15, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by Caroline Lees
Reaction to the EU referendum result in three British national newspapers immediately after the vote was overall negative towards Brexit, according to a review of articles published in daily print titles, the Daily Mail, The Telegraph and...
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July 28, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by EJO
Europe’s newspapers were overwhelmingly negative towards Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, according to a review of the press in 13 countries in the week after the referendum. Most articles presented the view that Brexit was...
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June 21, 2016 •
Business Models, Digital News •
by Philip Di Salvo
Snapchat is the undisputed star of 2016 journalism debate. The platform, launched in 2011 by Stanford University students, has become the new focus of attention for publishers, journalists and the advertising industry. After gaining its...
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June 2, 2016 •
Digital News, Latest stories •
by Ian Burrell
With job cuts at Vice News, lay-offs at Mashable and a succession of legal actions threatening the very existence of Gawker Media, it has been a tough few weeks for native digital news companies. After a long period of growth, in which...
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