December 6, 2016 •
Digital News, Latest stories, Media Economics •
by Tom Nicholls
European digital-born news media are firmly rooted in journalism, rather than technology or finance, and are subject to similar funding and distribution challenges as their legacy competitors. They are most successful in countries with...
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November 28, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Press Freedom •
by Anamaria Nicola
Over the past 16 years, a team of four sports journalists at Romania’s last remaining print sports newspaper, Gazeta Sporturilor, has been responsible for some of the country’s most devastating investigative journalism. Their articles...
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October 28, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Robert G. Picard
There are critical vulnerabilities in contemporary journalism practice that allow populist parties and their supporters to actively manipulate the press and subvert democratic processes. Journalists need to be aware and respond to these....
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October 20, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Latest stories, Research •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The warning signs have been ignored for a long time: news media are endangered and are losing ground against propagandists in the digital world. Well before Pegida aficionados started to chant “Lügenpresse” (“lying press”) in...
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September 22, 2016 •
Digital News, Latest stories, Media Economics •
by José Moreno
Three major reports published this year highlight three separate trends that could mean the end of advertising as we know it: the increasing popularity of communication platforms, the rise of ad blockers, and the propensity of brands to...
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September 19, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by Scott. R Maier
Sometimes an image or a news account of mass violence evokes public outcry. It happened this summer when a dazed 5-year-old bombing victim, shown covered in blood and dust, became the poster child of the savage assault on Aleppo. A year...
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August 17, 2016 •
Latest stories, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Colin Porlezza
Data journalism is everywhere. Specialised digital outlets are constantly reporting about it, several books have been published and articles about data journalism are frequently popping up in scientific journals. Data journalism is...
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August 15, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by Caroline Lees
Reaction to the EU referendum result in three British national newspapers immediately after the vote was overall negative towards Brexit, according to a review of articles published in daily print titles, the Daily Mail, The Telegraph and...
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August 8, 2016 •
Latest stories •
by Julia Lefkowitz
A study of tabloid and ‘quality’ British newspapers has shown that the language and values of each are increasingly resembling one another. ‘Qualities’ are adopting the language once distinctive of tabloids, whilst tabloid titles...
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