August 28, 2018 •
Recent, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Caroline Lees
Has the GDPR forced European news outlets to cut down on intrusive third-party cookies on their websites? New research by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism suggests that this might be the case....
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July 4, 2018 •
Comment, Recent •
by Alexandra Borchardt
When traditional media pick up everything that’s big on social just to boost their social media performance, they enter a vicious circle of diminishing trust, writes Alexandra Borchardt from the Reuters Institute for the Study of...
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June 14, 2018 •
Digital News, Research •
by Nic Newman
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has published the Digital News Report 2018. Lead author Nic Newman summarises the main findings for us....
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June 14, 2018 •
Media and Politics, Research •
by Nic Newman
Nic Newman, lead author of the 2018 Reuters Institute Digital News Report explores the range and impact of anti-establishment and populist websites in Europe ...
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June 1, 2018 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Mevan Babakar
In the current climate the demand for factchecking is increasing. In recent years, new organisations like WikiTribune have suggested crowdsourcing as an attractive and low-cost way for factchecking to scale. But is it a good idea?...
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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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April 25, 2018 •
Business Models, Media Economics, Recent, Research •
by Felix Simon
Local newspapers no longer hold the dominant market position they once did. To address the challenges of a new age, organisations are investing in a digital future, restructuring newsrooms and diversifying business models, finds a new...
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April 11, 2018 •
Business Models, Digital News, Media Economics, Recent, Technology •
by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Platform companies increasingly run much of the infrastructure of free expression and have a lasting impact on the news business. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen’s inaugural lecture analyses the power of platforms and tracks the challenges that lie...
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March 8, 2018 •
Digital News, Recent, Research, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Caroline Lees
Journalists and computer scientists are working to develop automated fact-checking (AFC) to enable large-scale responses to online misinformation, according to a new Factsheet by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ)....
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