August 28, 2019 •
Press Freedom, Recent •
by Andrejs Berdnikovs
Exiled Russian journalists are the driving force behind several innovative new media projects in the Baltics....
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August 7, 2019 •
Newsroom Management, Recent, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Rui Barros
A Portuguese data journalist advises aspiring journocoders not to be put off by the slow pace of change in most newsrooms, but to keep at it. ...
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July 24, 2019 •
Digital News, Recent, 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, Newsroom Management, Recent, 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 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
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, Media and Politics, Recent, 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 25, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Michal Kus
Facebook’s recent announcement that it had entered into a partnership with Agence France Presse (AFP) as its third-party fact-checker in Poland may have led some media-watchers to assume that there are as yet no reliable Polish...
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June 19, 2019 •
Digital News, Media Economics, Recent •
by EJO
This year’s Digital News Report focuses on themes that are of crucial importance for the future of journalism and the media: the impact of populism, the role played by the big tech platforms and their efforts to build public trust in...
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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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