January 9, 2020 •
Digital News, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Nicolas Becquet
The smartphone is much more than just an indispensable tool of the trade. ...
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July 24, 2019 •
Digital News, Recent, Technology •
by Tanya Gordiienko
The messaging app Telegram was built around the idea that communication should be personal and encrypted. But in some countries it has become a popular tool for journalists to create public news channels. Here are three takeaways from...
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July 16, 2019 •
Digital News, Newsroom Management, Recent, Technology •
by Destiny Alvarez and Damian Radcliffe
Social media is swimming with journalists and non-journalists alike, but too often engagement between the two is scant. That’s the view of Mandy Jenkins, general manager for McClatchy’s local news initiative The Compass Experiment and...
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July 1, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Yunus Erduran
A recent survey of Turkish professional journalists’ attitudes towards citizen journalism finds that while many value the work of citizen journalists, some have reservations over collaborating with them. The current state of...
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March 11, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Jan Rau and Felix Simon
In a previous piece for EJO, Jan Rau and Felix Simon examined the role played by digital counterpublics in today’s world. They now look at the case of Germany’s Identitarian movement and how it has sought to impose itself on the news...
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March 5, 2019 •
Censorship, Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Damian Radcliffe and Payton Bruni
Being a journalist in – or reporting on – the Middle East brings with it many challenges. One key issue, for journalists and news consumers alike, is the relative lack of media freedom, and freedom of expression, in the region....
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January 14, 2019 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Jan Rau and Felix Simon
Trump, Brexit, the AfD: Populists and reactionaries are on the rise. One secret of their success is the creation of counterpublics on the Internet. But how exactly do these forces use digital media to their advantage? And is the Internet...
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November 14, 2018 •
Research •
by Dr Gerret Von Nordheim
Journalism seems to be in the gravitational field of social media. Ever more frequently, a new study now shows, journalists are using Twitter, Facebook and other platforms as a source for their work. But what are the consequences?...
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October 22, 2018 •
Digital News, Research •
by Felix Simon
Most journalists would like news to reach everybody more or less equally, irrespective of social background or grade. But despite the ease of accessing news online, today, that is clearly not happening, as new research by the Reuters...
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