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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June 17, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Tina Bettels-Schwabbauer and Susanne Fengler
The European Journalism Observatory has been awarded the 2019 Günter Wallraff Prize. On 14 June, the European Journalism Observatory (EJO) received the 2019 Günter Wallraff Prize for the critical examination of journalism. The prize was...
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June 13, 2019 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by EJO
EJO Hungarian has now become a fully-fledged member of the EJO network of websites. The official launch of the Hungarian-language site has been eagerly awaited within the network, as developments in the Hungarian media have attracted a...
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June 12, 2019 •
Comment, Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The EJO’s co-founder calls for pan-European “alliances for enlightenment” to be created as part of the fightback against misinformation. Much has changed since the first correspondents were sent to Brussels to cover EU affairs,...
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May 20, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Paula Kennedy
Most autocratic leaders do their utmost to maintain a tight grip over all sources of information in their country, but few in recent years have done this as systematically and as effectively as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. The figures tell...
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April 17, 2019 •
Censorship, Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent, Technology •
by Philip Di Salvo
During the past decade, whistleblowing has come to the fore as an important lever for achieving change in today’s democratic societies. WikiLeaks, Snowden and the revelations about Cambridge Analytica have not only confirmed the key role...
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March 25, 2019 •
Business Models, Media and Politics, Media Economics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Kornelia R. Kiss
Media throughout Europe face the same challenge: to retain their independence, they have to be based on sound financial models. In Central and Eastern Europe, the problem is particularly acute. Kornélia R. Kiss looks at some ways in which...
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March 11, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Jan Rau and Felix Simon
In a previous piece for EJO, Jan Rau and Felix Simon examined the role played by digital counterpublics in today’s world. They now look at the case of Germany’s Identitarian movement and how it has sought to impose itself on the news...
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