November 17, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Federica Cherubini
What is anonymity in the hyper-connected and hyper-traceable online world and does it have any value? The controversial issue of anonymity in the post-Snowden world and the way it is usually represented was discussed during a session at...
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November 13, 2015 •
Public Relations, Short stories •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Two workshops took place in Berlin recently. Their aim: to bring together researchers and media practitioners to debate the issues that journalism faces today. The conclusion: journalism is facing a brain drain as professionals jump to the...
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November 5, 2015 •
Ethics and Quality, Short stories •
by Caroline Lindekamp
Journalism training is falling behind the reality of the profession, according to a new study on the future of journalism in Germany. The report, produced with the German Federation of Journalists (DJV), represents a warning to the media...
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October 6, 2015 •
Short stories, Specialist Journalism •
by EJO
The work practices of the professional photojournalist are undergoing rapid changes in the digital era. New technologies, platforms and methods of visual storytelling are exerting a range of pressures and influences that require...
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October 5, 2015 •
Short stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Suzanne Franks
Sports coverage is booming. News about sport used to be confined to a couple of pages at the back of the newspaper, but today it occupies vast areas of print, online and broadcast attention. Sportsmen and women are better known and better...
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September 10, 2015 •
Business Models, Short stories •
by Roman Hajek
Over the last two years the Czech Republic has seen the most dramatic change in newspaper ownership since the beginning of 1990s. Western (mostly German) companies that bought Czech newspapers 20 years ago, have now completely left the...
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September 9, 2015 •
Short stories, Specialist Journalism •
by EJO
The environmental NGO Greenpeace has announced it has hired a team of experienced journalists as part of a plan to make investigations one of its three key activities, together with raising public awareness and direct action. John Sauven,...
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August 20, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Halyna Budivska
Social media has been credited with playing a pivotal role during recent mass protests, such as EuroMaidan in Ukraine, the Arab Spring, and the unrest in Ferguson in the United States. But despite the apparent evidence of a link between...
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August 5, 2015 •
Research, Short stories •
by Robert G. Picard
News coverage of the Euro Crisis across Europe has tended to portray European institutions as important, but ineffectual, in dealing with the crisis and to take national rather than a European approach to the issues, according to a study...
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