February 13, 2017 •
Photography and Video, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by EJO
The city of Riccione, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, will host the next edition of the DIG Awards, the international journalism award and festival focusing on investigative journalism in video format. The event will take place from June...
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September 14, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Short stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Anna Andrievskaya
Public interest in popular science journalism is growing in Russia. New platforms, blogs and an online television channel, aiming to make complex scientific subjects more accessible, have been launched to meet the demand. One site, started...
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August 17, 2016 •
Latest stories, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Colin Porlezza
Data journalism is everywhere. Specialised digital outlets are constantly reporting about it, several books have been published and articles about data journalism are frequently popping up in scientific journals. Data journalism is...
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July 13, 2016 •
Business Models, Short stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Susann Eberlein
There is a British saying that yesterday’s newspapers are today’s fish and chips wrapping, but yesterday’s news has now become a new form of journalism: Slow News. Its aim is to revisit stories after the dust has settled; analyse...
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June 29, 2016 •
Digital News, Short stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Helena Hirvinen, Pasi Ikonen and Ville Manninen
Many British local journalists are dangerously ignorant of contemporary counter-surveillance methods and routines, initial findings from a Birmingham City University study suggest. The research into the information security skills of UK...
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June 22, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media Economics, Specialist Journalism •
by Pauliina Siniauer
It happened again this morning, I saw it. I woke up, grabbed my phone, set the alarm off and started scrolling the Instagram stream – maybe it’s because it feels soothing to see some pretty pictures before reading the news – and...
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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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January 19, 2016 •
Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Sergio Splendore
Universities and colleges across Europe increasingly offer training in data journalism, although to varying levels, according to a study comparing how the subject is taught in six European countries. The study found that in the...
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October 26, 2015 •
Latest stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Ian Hargreaves
The UK’s hyperlocal (community) journalism scene has long provoked strikingly contending judgments. Doubters see it as amateurish, fragile and of little relevance to ‘real’ journalism. Supporters believe it has already built the base...
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