July 24, 2019 •
Digital News, Latest stories, Technology •
by Tanya Gordiienko
The messaging app Telegram was built around the idea that communication should be personal and encrypted. But in some countries it has become a popular tool for journalists to create public news channels. Here are three takeaways from...
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July 16, 2019 •
Digital News, Latest stories, Newsroom Management, Technology •
by Destiny Alvarez and Damian Radcliffe
Social media is swimming with journalists and non-journalists alike, but too often engagement between the two is scant. That’s the view of Mandy Jenkins, general manager for McClatchy’s local news initiative The Compass Experiment and...
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July 10, 2019 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Felix Simon
"Ibiza-gate" - the scandal that led to the collapse of the Austrian government - speaks volumes about the animosity harboured by right-wing populists towards public broadcasters....
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July 1, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media and Politics, Specialist Journalism •
by Yunus Erduran
A recent survey of Turkish professional journalists’ attitudes towards citizen journalism finds that while many value the work of citizen journalists, some have reservations over collaborating with them. The current state of...
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July 14, 2017 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Latest stories •
by Panu Karhunen
New research suggests that mobile journalism can be a more efficient method of interviewing people than traditional TV journalism. In a recent field experiment, a mobile journalist was able to persuade many more people to take part in vox...
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July 4, 2017 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Latest stories •
by Gil Ferreira
Media agenda-setting theory assumes the public receive news from a limited set of sources and that this encourages a shared agenda. In the digital age, however, there are now multiple channels and sources, allowing individuals to construct...
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June 30, 2017 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Latest stories •
by Thomas Schmidt
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in newsrooms has a lot of potential for smarter journalism. Yet, as newsrooms increasingly experiment with new technologies, such as machine learning and natural language processing, they also run into...
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June 6, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Philip Seib
News coverage of the recent terrorist attacks in London and Manchester has been sadly familiar: cellphone videos of screaming victims; details of first responders’ hectic efforts; “Was it terrorism?” guesswork; speculation about the...
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May 16, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Newsroom Management •
by Thomas Schmidt
Imagine you’re a journalist in 2027. You get in your self-driving car and while your personal virtual assistant reads you the headlines, the car’s sensors detect a deterioration in air quality. A quick statistical analysis...
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