June 11, 2018 •
Latest stories, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Mathias Pluess
It’s getting more and more difficult for experts to get their arguments across to a broad public. Mathias Plüss investigates why, and offers six suggestions for improving things....
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May 15, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Newsroom Management, Research •
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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April 9, 2018 •
Latest stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Alexandra Borchardt
Building a career in journalism has never been easy. The same goes for giving advice on the matter. Having spent more than 20 years in newsrooms, 15 of them in leadership positions, Alexandra Borchardt has ten lessons and pieces of advice...
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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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March 5, 2018 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Martina Topinkova
The news rippled like shockwaves through the international journalistic community. Ján Kuciak, a 27-year old Slovak investigative journalist and his girlfriend Martina Kušnírová were shot dead at their home east of the capital last...
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February 27, 2018 •
Latest stories, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Frantisek Gela
It’s a standard news feature on Czech regional TV news: A man enters his office, sits down and opens a notebook. In the next scene, the same man stands in front of a little chapel on a hill, looking at its centrepiece, a window mosaic...
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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 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 4, 2018 •
Latest stories, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Corinne Podger
Smartphones have been used by journalists for nearly ten years, to create content for radio, online and social platforms and – as the cameras and associated apps have improved – for TV. As mobile journalism becomes more...
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