April 19, 2018 •
Comment, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Manipulators of public opinion are using false stories to wreak havoc in Eastern Europe. Yet, there are some initiatives which are trying to fight them....
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March 28, 2018 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Alexander Fanta
Last week, I received an email from the European Commission denying me annual accreditation for the year 2018. In the terse reply to my request sent more than six weeks earlier, the Commission stated that my employer, the German blog...
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March 15, 2018 •
Comment, Latest stories, Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Felix Simon
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party FPÖ has long had a fraught relationship with the press. Following the party’s rise to power as part of a right-wing conservative coalition after the Austrian election, this conflict has only...
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February 22, 2018 •
Comment, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Caroline Lees
Journalism has experienced a profound change, according to Marty Baron, editor-in-chief of the Washington Post. Reporting is becoming less influential as audiences change: some choose to believe false claims over facts, and prefer...
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January 16, 2018 •
Comment, Media and Politics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Stephan Russ-Mohl argues that calls to end Switzerland’s broadcasting licence fee threaten the country’s public service media. In Switzerland, friendships are being threatened by divisive debate surrounding the so-called ‘No...
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January 9, 2018 •
Comment, Ethics and Quality, Short stories •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
In this era of fake news and conspiracy theories, the attention economy is becoming a disinformation economy, argues Stephan Russ-Mohl. The reported use of internet trolls and social bots in the German election was a recent example of how...
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December 7, 2017 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Felix Simon and Bettina Figl
Austria’s recent election was a big success for the country’s Conservatives and the far-right. Sebastian Kurz, the 31-year-old foreign minister is tipped to become the country’s next Chancellor – in a coalition with the far-right...
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December 3, 2017 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Richard Sambrook
The recent publication of the Paradise Papers is another strong indication of the rising importance of global collaboration for investigative journalism. In April 2016, a consortium of news organisations published the Panama Papers – the...
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October 24, 2017 •
Comment, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Abdelkrim Hizaoui
After the 2011 Arab Spring protests, which ended Tunisia’s authoritarian regime, reforming the country’s media became a priority for the West. Representatives of European governments and international organisations hurried to...
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