May 17, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent •
by Antje Glück
In a previous article for EJO, Antje Glück looked at how perceptions of the importance of emotional awareness in news reporting have shifted in recent decades. She now considers some examples of how this issue is being addressed in...
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April 29, 2019 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Media Economics, Recent •
by Alexandra Borchardt
There’s a clear irony in engaging in a lively debate about the impact of big tech companies on journalism as part of a festival largely financed by Google and Facebook. The recent International Journalism Festival in Perugia offered more...
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April 23, 2019 •
Business Models, Media Economics, Recent, Research •
by Rana Khaled Arafat
“Journalism seems to be commercially viable in the West, so it is assumed to be the same elsewhere. However, it’s really not the case in other parts of the world, especially in developing economies that lack scale”. These...
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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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April 15, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent •
by Antje Glück
Every journalist has experienced a time when emotional intelligence became a more important element in news gathering and reporting than merely stating “the facts”. Whether they’re trying to persuade a reluctant interview partner...
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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 18, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Photography and Video, Recent •
by EJO
The Hungarian government has sparked outrage with its controversial poster campaign implying that US philanthropist George Soros and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker are plotting to flood the country with migrants. With the...
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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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March 5, 2019 •
Censorship, Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Damian Radcliffe and Payton Bruni
Being a journalist in – or reporting on – the Middle East brings with it many challenges. One key issue, for journalists and news consumers alike, is the relative lack of media freedom, and freedom of expression, in the region....
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