June 3, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent •
by Nadia Bellardi
Over the last year, refugees struggling to reach European beaches have been newsworthy. They are often met by reporters and photographers who crowd around survivors, taking pictures and quotes. Yet the media interest is fleeting. After...
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May 17, 2016 •
Digital News, Latest stories, Recent •
by Andreas Graefe and Mario Haim
Ever since the Associated Press started to fully automate the production of company earnings reports almost two years ago, algorithms that automatically write news stories from structured data have shaken up the news industry. This...
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May 10, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Recent •
by Bryn Retherford
In 2015, Greece fell 50 places in the World Press Freedom Index to rank 91st. This established it as the second-lowest ranking for a country inside the European Union. Open Society Foundation has stated that Greece is the EU member state...
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April 22, 2016 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Sara Bellicini
A news story about a snow storm in Washington State won The New York Times 2013 Pulitzer Prize, and led to an avalanche of so-called literary reportage. Snow Fall was hailed as an innovative style of journalism, combining as it did...
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April 20, 2016 •
Recent •
by EJO
There has been a ‘deep and disturbing’ decline in respect for media freedom on every continent over the last three years, according to the latest edition of the World Press Freedom Index, published today by Reporters Without Borders....
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April 11, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent •
by Filip Láb
A woman sits wounded and dazed, her shirt blown off. Another beside her, also injured, phones for help. It is minutes after two massive suicide bomb explosions at Brussels airport and the soon-to-be iconic image is taken by a Georgian...
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April 5, 2016 •
Recent •
by Mark Blach-Ørsten
Think tanks are changing the face of political debate and influence, according to research into their media visibility. The study highlights the increasing importance of advocacy think tanks within and outside the Danish news media...
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February 29, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research •
by Susanne Fengler Marcus Kreutler Tina Bettels Schwabbauer
Important pan-European news stories, such as the Ukraine crisis, are often overlooked by Europe’s media – including the quality press – according to new research. A comparative analysis of the conflict in Ukraine, conducted...
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February 23, 2016 •
Digital News, Recent •
by EJO
News organisations are increasingly embracing the use of analytics and metrics as part of editorial decision making, but what constitutes a sophisticated analytics strategy? And why are so many media organisations still using such a...
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