July 20, 2018 •
Recent, Research •
by Felix Simon
Male film critics outnumber women 2 to 1 – and are less likely to mention female directors, a new study of US media has found, proving once again that the media industry and journalism have a diversity problem....
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May 15, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Newsroom Management, Research, Short stories •
by EJO
News coverage in Europe is overwhelmingly dominated by male journalists and commentators, who spend much of their time writing about other men, a landmark new study of print and online news outlets has found....
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September 12, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Newsroom Management •
by Caroline Lees and Hannah Anson
National newspapers in the UK are mostly written by male journalists, even though women make up nearly half of the profession. The majority of news, business and comment articles are written by men and there are significantly more...
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August 23, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Newsroom Management •
by Ville Seuri
Editors are often so occupied with running the day-to-day news operation they have little time to concentrate on what their organisations should become. Yet news organisations must innovate to stay relevant to their audiences. I asked...
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February 23, 2016 •
Digital News, Recent •
by EJO
News organisations are increasingly embracing the use of analytics and metrics as part of editorial decision making, but what constitutes a sophisticated analytics strategy? And why are so many media organisations still using such a...
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October 9, 2015 •
Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Yael de Haan, Gerard Smit, Renée van der Nat
When the London newsroom of the Guardian was reorganised recently, the ‘visuals desk’, producing infographics and data projects, became a key part of its digital operation, together with the ‘news desk’, ‘live...
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September 30, 2014 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Roman Hájek and Sandra Štefaniková
On 15 September, the first issue of Reporter, a new Czech weekly, was launched by Robert Casensky, former editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper, Mlada fronta Dnes. Casensky hopes the new magazine could become the Czech version of The...
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June 2, 2014 •
Digital News •
by Robert G. Picard
The increasing consumption of news on digital platforms is forcing news organizations to rethink their news production cycles and staffing patterns. Most journalists, like other employees, prefer a normal pattern of life—going to work in...
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