October 31, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Researchers occasionally make us aware of the insanity of scholarly “productivity“. The publish or perish system young researchers are forced into and the brutal competition they face. Thomas Hanitzsch, of the University of Munich, has...
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October 24, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Specialist Journalism •
by Peter Laufer
I teach the Journalistic Interview course at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Over the last few years I have been unable to find an up-to-date text to augment my classroom lectures and student assignments....
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October 22, 2014 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Caroline Lees
Journalism covers the European Union well – for the elite. Global newspapers, wire services, specialist magazines, websites and think tanks, as well as the information published by the EU institutions themselves, are well informed and...
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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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