December 13, 2016 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Latest stories •
by Caroline Lees
Journalism is entering a period of “experimental editing and experimental reporting”, according to Mark Thompson, chief executive of The New York Times and former director general of the BBC. Typically, journalists and social...
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December 8, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Research •
by Susanne Fengler
Content analysis of over 1500 newspaper articles in five African and six European countries reveals coverage of migration from Africa to Europe is generally superficial and parochial. The study found important context is often omitted and...
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December 2, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Suzanne Franks
‘Aways use the word ‘Africa’ or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Safari’ in your title.’ These are the opening words of a famous satirical essay by the the Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina ‘How not to Write about Africa.’ It was...
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November 30, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by EJO
Independent fact-checking sites are being launched across Europe, to counter what is being described as the post-fact, or post-truth, society. A new report, by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, surveys the diverse and...
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November 28, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Press Freedom •
by Anamaria Nicola
Over the past 16 years, a team of four sports journalists at Romania’s last remaining print sports newspaper, Gazeta Sporturilor, has been responsible for some of the country’s most devastating investigative journalism. Their articles...
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October 28, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Robert G. Picard
There are critical vulnerabilities in contemporary journalism practice that allow populist parties and their supporters to actively manipulate the press and subvert democratic processes. Journalists need to be aware and respond to these....
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October 20, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Research •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The warning signs have been ignored for a long time: news media are endangered and are losing ground against propagandists in the digital world. Well before Pegida aficionados started to chant “Lügenpresse” (“lying press”) in...
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October 11, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Gábor Polyák
The publisher Mediaworks has suspended the publication of Népszabadság, Hungary’s leading opposition newspaper and highest circulation broadsheet. Though the measure was officially referred to as a suspension, in reality it...
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October 7, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Halyna Budivska
Ukrainian journalists find it hard to remain neutral and independent when covering the conflict in their country. Many are torn between feelings of patriotism and their role as detached observers, new research has found. Of the 47...
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