January 18, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Rrapo Zguri
Albania’s foreign news coverage follows a pronounced pro-European and pro-American agenda, according to new research. While national issues dominate the country’s news agenda, major international news stories, such as the American...
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January 17, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Thomas Schmidt and EJO
Days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President, journalists in the White House press corps are fighting to retain their unique access to the new administration. This week, Jeff Mason, President of the White House Correspondents...
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January 10, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Caroline Lees
Journalists must work harder in 2017 to report fairly and accurately and to protect sources, according to a new report by the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN), published today. Ethics in the News, Challenges for Journalism in the...
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December 16, 2016 •
Digital News, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Nadia Bellardi
The outcome of the U.S. presidential election dictated the mood at last month’s EU Colloquium on Fundamental Rights on Media Pluralism and Democracy in Brussels, and one may wonder what it might have been like under other...
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December 2, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Suzanne Franks
‘Aways use the word ‘Africa’ or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Safari’ in your title.’ These are the opening words of a famous satirical essay by the the Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina ‘How not to Write about Africa.’ It was...
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November 30, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by EJO
Independent fact-checking sites are being launched across Europe, to counter what is being described as the post-fact, or post-truth, society. A new report, by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, surveys the diverse and...
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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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November 14, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Media Economics, Recent •
by Andrew Jack
As Hillary Clinton found to her cost in the latest US presidential elections, emails remain a potent force in modern life. Partly because of the former Secretary of State’s reluctance to abandon her Blackberry for the government’s...
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November 7, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Thomas Schmidt
Journalists no longer just inform their audiences. They engage with their users. As a result, media outlets are pouring more resources into building the infrastructure for interaction. Audience engagement has become a priority in newsroom...
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