August 24, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
Well, there. It’s been said. Perhaps not exactly in such precise terms, per se, but it’s been generally implied that there’s catastrophic U.S. federal debt out there, and that it’s massive, and that it will –...
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August 2, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by Natalia Roman Lopez
Views on industry associations as an engine of change. Industry associations are almost as old as the newspaper industry itself. Before the 70s and 80s, industry associations acted as pressure groups engaged in labour and public policy...
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July 6, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
While some media professionals argue loudly over ethical issues tied to sponsored news content, Bart Brouwers quietly gets down to business, charging his “advertisers” for articles. According to a recent European Journalism Centre...
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June 13, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
It had been a successful annual convention all around, and nevertheless the results remain somewhat depressing. Media researchers from the German-speaking world gathered for three days in Dortmund to endure a round of self-inspection....
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June 12, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels Susanne Fengler Andreas Straeter and Mariella Trilling
New EJO research assesses how European media allow for audience participation in editorial processes. This international comparative study examines whether and in which ways the editorial departments of 12 Western and Eastern European...
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May 11, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The Austrian government and its state-controlled industries spend an annual €95 million on advertising. The major share of this figure supports big boulevard newspapers in addition to the free press. In contrast, a mere €1.7 million of...
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May 2, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Like him or not, Jay Rosen, the oft-hailed Internet journalism “guru”, is more than prolific on the subject and worthy of consideration A press critic, writer and professor of journalism at New York University, Rosen operates...
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April 20, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Simone della Ripa
Every photographer has his or her own perspective on the necessity of publishing difficult or abrasive images. “It’s my job,” is not a common refrain among photographers. More often the job itself is accompanied by a strong sense of...
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March 29, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Simone della Ripa
It has become a dangerous enterprise to write, question and investigate. According to a comprehensive report created by the Osservatorio Ossigeno 2010 (Oxygen Observatory 2010), the journalistic profession in Italy is the object of...
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