June 12, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Thomas Schmidt
When the US Supreme Court recently turned down an appeal from James Risen, a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter for the New York Times, it effectively declined to settle a long-simmering debate about the legal consequences of reporting leaks....
Read article
May 30, 2014 •
Digital News •
by Philip Di Salvo
Francesco Franchi, art director of IL, the monthly supplement of the Sole 24 Ore, talks about his first book, “Designing News, Changing the World of Editorial Design and Information Graphics” for the Berlin publishing house...
Read article
May 22, 2014 •
Business Models, Digital News •
by Evgeniya Boklage
Commentators and scholars alike have dubbed 2013 “the year of the paywall” in the news industry. Many wonder whether it is going to resolve the deep crisis mostly manifested in diminishing advertisement revenues. Victor Pickard and...
Read article
May 6, 2014 •
Business Models, Media Economics •
by Evgeniya Boklage
More and more online news outlets are experimenting now with paywalls, but academic research on the subject is still in its its infancy. A new study by Merja Myllylahti (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand) published in Digital...
Read article
January 15, 2014 •
Digital News •
by Meera Selva
News will continue to go digital. People are accessing news on smart phones and tablets: journalists and advertisers will have to repackage their words and images to fit these new formats. Journalism.co.uk asked industry experts for their...
Read article
January 14, 2014 •
Digital News, Research •
by Philip Di Salvo
Recently, Bill Keller, former executive editor of the New York Times, and Glenn Greenwald, the lawyer/blogger/journalist who broke the Snowden NSA story discussed opinions on the ethics and methods of journalism. The recent debate on a...
Read article
April 22, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Michael Wise
Journalists in Turkey face increasing harassment and imprisonment due to a handful of loosely interpreted anti-terrorism laws. As publicity of the intimidation continues, convincing the Turkish government to enact reforms proves to be a...
Read article
November 9, 2011 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
Over the past seven weeks, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) story has been nothing shy of enigmatic, due largely to a lack of clear policy demands and a surplus of creepy plastic masks no one really understands. Despite its many nebulous...
Read article
October 3, 2011 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
You certainly know Rupert Murdoch, but have you heard of Arthur J. Sulzberger? Perhaps not, as his name is only well known among media industry insiders. Like many other newspaper publishers, he makes little effort to seek the public...
Read article
