October 17, 2014 •
Media Economics, Specialist Journalism •
by Bret Schulte
Newspaper industry panics are not new. In the 1990s declining circulations prompted Northwestern University, in the US, to survey 37,000 readers in 100 newspaper markets, to find out why sales were dropping. It found that feature-style...
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October 10, 2014 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Specialist Journalism •
by Caroline Lees
European law protecting the right of journalists to have confidential sources is being undermined by police in Britain, according to the UK’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ). The NUJ has accused police of spying on reporters by...
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September 18, 2014 •
Media Economics, Specialist Journalism •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
German newspapers are attempting to reach international audiences, and increase their readership and influence, by publishing in the English language. Handelsblatt, a leading business daily newspaper, is the latest to start an online...
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September 11, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Susann Eberlein
An online network, aimed at helping journalists from all over the world to “find a story, find a colleague and find a couch” has been set up by three journalists in Berlin. Hostwriter aims to encourage collaboration between...
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September 4, 2014 •
Media Economics, Specialist Journalism •
by Miroljub Radojković
Broadcasting in Serbia is about to change. In July 2015 the country will switch to digital television, one of the last European countries to do so and three years behind schedule. The delay was due to a combination of the economic crisis...
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August 20, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Paulina Pacula
Europe’s media often ignores, or reports negatively, issues faced by minority groups and indigenous people, such as Crimean Tatars and Roma, according to human rights groups....
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August 13, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Daniela Kraus
User engagement is increasingly important to European media organizations. It is changing the way news is produced and consumed. Readers, listeners and viewers can now communicate directly with news providers. Newsrooms can also interact...
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August 5, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Tina Bettels
”What we do is not actually journalism” is the catchy title of a study into how online journalists in Slovenia and Serbia perceive their work and their professional role within the newsroom. The study’s title – a quote by...
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July 28, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The only way to respond to the ever-speaking, often-misleading and hyper-reacting world of Internet propaganda, it appears, is to establish a fact-checking website. These sites are set up to challenge spam, propaganda, misinformation and...
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