March 5, 2019 •
Censorship, Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Damian Radcliffe and Payton Bruni
Being a journalist in – or reporting on – the Middle East brings with it many challenges. One key issue, for journalists and news consumers alike, is the relative lack of media freedom, and freedom of expression, in the region....
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February 13, 2019 •
Digital News, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Mündges
Europe goes to the polls at the end of May. With so much at stake in these elections, many fear a repeat of the massive disinformation campaigns that affected the results of the Brexit referendum and the US presidential elections in 2016....
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January 2, 2019 •
Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Joëlle Swart, Chris Peters and Marcel Broersma
People are increasingly moving from open platforms like Facebook towards more private social media such as WhatsApp. But what goes on inside these “black boxes”? And how does it affect news engagement? A new study tried to find out....
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December 17, 2018 •
Press Freedom, Specialist Journalism •
by Johanna Mack
Award-winning Pakistani journalist and activist Saddam Tufail Hashmi explains why journalism is such a risky profession in his country and how determined reporters try to do their work under the most severe circumstances....
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December 13, 2018 •
Digital News, Research, Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Andrea Briga
Hackathons have become a trend in journalism, too. But what is their purpose? And do they have a positive effect on news innovation? New research looks at this phenomenon through a journalism lens....
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November 20, 2018 •
Digital News, Specialist Journalism •
by Linda Vecvagare
Podcasts are the latest trend in newsrooms – and getting it right must not be difficult. We interviewed Dávid Tvrdoň, who created one of the most popular news podcasts in Slovakia and kicked off a "podcast revolution", about his tips...
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November 12, 2018 •
Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Johannes Kaiser, Tobias R. Keller & Katharina Kleinen-Von Königslöw
When users encounter news items on Facebook that were recommended by their friends which of these items will they choose to read? It will be the news shared by close friends with high knowledge and similar political opinions – even...
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October 8, 2018 •
Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Felix Simon
Everyone wants to be popular on social media, especially journalists. But which factors determine a journalist’s popularity on a platform such as Twitter? Might there even be something like a “golden formula” for success? New...
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October 4, 2018 •
Comment, Specialist Journalism •
by Latoya Peterson
Artificial intelligence is truly a black box. Journalists are reporting on a phenomenon that is hard to explain, even for experts in the field. But journalists need to develop a fluency in AI before it disrupts both our newsrooms and our...
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