February 4, 2015 •
Business Models, Ethics and Quality •
by Mark Blach-Ørsten
Denmark’s media will remember 2014 for two events. The country’s very own hacking scandal and a documentary about a tabloid newspaper that showed just how difficult the change from the ‘paper’ journalism business model to the...
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December 17, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Vitor Tome
European news is dominated by white, middle aged men. While men over the age of 40 feature in three-quarters of news stories, women are the protagonists in only a quarter of news, according to new research. Migrants, immigrants, disabled...
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October 24, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Specialist Journalism •
by Peter Laufer
I teach the Journalistic Interview course at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Over the last few years I have been unable to find an up-to-date text to augment my classroom lectures and student assignments....
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September 25, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Stefan Antonov
The business partnership that has controlled most of Bulgaria’s media for the past seven years has split, following a reported dispute between the two oligarchs behind it. One, Tsvetan Vassilev, is in Serbia, awaiting extradition to...
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September 9, 2014 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kellie Riordan
Legacy media organisations must adapt to the internet age or they may lose their younger audiences. Accuracy and impartiality still matter, but traditional media must learn to adapt to the tone and ethos of the open web, by introducing...
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September 4, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels
One of the main aims of the European Journalism Observatory (EJO) is to promote dialogue between media researchers and practitioners. On the occasion of the EJO’s 10th anniversary we will be presenting and discussing best practice...
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August 20, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Paulina Pacula
Europe’s media often ignores, or reports negatively, issues faced by minority groups and indigenous people, such as Crimean Tatars and Roma, according to human rights groups....
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June 12, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Thomas Schmidt
When the US Supreme Court recently turned down an appeal from James Risen, a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter for the New York Times, it effectively declined to settle a long-simmering debate about the legal consequences of reporting leaks....
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April 17, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Research •
by Evgeniya Boklage
The idea of professional autonomy is a cornerstone of the journalistic profession and its limitations are considered detrimental to democracy. Sometimes, reporters find their professional independence constrained by their own news...
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