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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February 14, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Nadia Bellardi
Radio and TV studios across Switzerland recently opened their doors to the public to explain how they work, and why they believe it is important to reject the upcoming NoBillag initiative. On March 4th Swiss citizens will decide through a...
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February 1, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Caroline Lees
The first research into false news sites in Europe reveals that fake news sites in France and Italy have a far more limited reach than is often assumed. Engagement with these websites is also very low compared to most established news...
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January 31, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Scott. R Maier
Engagement has become a media buzzword, but how actively engaged are news outlets in audience participation? Exploring real-life approaches to participatory journalism, a recent study published in Journalism Practice examines engagement by...
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January 26, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Caroline Lees
Diminishing newsroom resources and an increasing number of cross-border news stories have contributed to a trend of collaborative journalism, according to Richard Sambrook, former head of news at the BBC and Professor of Journalism at...
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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 24, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Lucie Stastna
Czech journalists believe media education is increasingly important in an era of fake news. In a recent survey of eleven journalists, representing ten newsrooms, all agreed that news organisations should be involved in educating audiences...
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December 8, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media Economics •
by Paulina Pacula
Fact-checkers, investigative reporters and foreign correspondents are essential to quality journalism, yet these roles are increasingly being cut by Poland’s mainstream media organisations for financial reasons. To redress the balance,...
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November 15, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Karen Ross and Claudia Padovani
Most studies examining the awkward relationship between women and news media over the past 50 years have found that women are routinely under-represented in terms of both content and decision-making. The endurance of these inequalities...
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