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Loathing Thy Neighbour: Reporting Grexit
Please, beware of headlines promising to explain the Greek crisis in a nutshell. There is no fast and simple explanation to the problem. Only the minds of those trying to sum it up in a few clichés are...
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Berlin ‘Personalised News’ Start-Up Goes Global
Located in an airy office in Berlin’s Mitte neighbourhood, newscase is a fast-growing, profitable Berlin journalism start-up – without any journalists. Newscase is an aggregator with a difference. It...
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Research: Stories, Not Statistics, Can Overcome Compassion Fatigue
Mother Teresa understood compassion fatigue when she proclaimed, “If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at one, I will.” What Mother Teresa knew from personal experience has been...
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Campaigning, Investigative, Independent… Is Community Journalism Coming Of Age?
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...
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The Guardian: Giving Data To Journalists
Data has become essential to newsrooms. It is used to inform how audiences access news, at what time and for how long. Journalists and editors can use data to learn everything from which stories...
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The Crisis In Native Digital News
Hulk Hogan, the former wrestler, successfully sued Gawker for $140m for ‘invasion of privacy’ sparking fears of further internet libel actions With job cuts at Vice News, lay-offs at Mashable and a...
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“Another Question?” Journalism’s Role In Romanian Protests
Journalism played a key role in recent demonstrations against unpopular new legislation in Romania The extraordinary demonstrations in support of democracy and the rule of law in Romania, with hundreds...
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Alternative Facts: How To Cover Powerful People Who Lie?
Alternative facts: The so-called ‘Bowling Green massacre’, described by Kellyanne Conway to justify Donald Trump’s immigration order, never happened. Shortly after Kellyanne Conway defended White House...
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EJO European Media Diary: Research, Events, Funding and Jobs
EJO October diary: pick of recent European journalism research and forthcoming (mostly free) media events, awards, jobs and training…. LATEST RESEARCH Making the most of Twitter: How technological...
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Paradise Papers: The Power of Collaboration in Investigative Journalism
Source: Pixabay/geralt – Creative Commons. The recent publication of the Paradise Papers is another strong indication of the rising importance of global collaboration for investigative journalism. In...
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Search Engine Optimisation – A Guide From Polish Journalists
© Tumisu / Pixabay, CC0 If something doesn’t show up in Google’s search results, it’s almost as if it doesn’t exist. Nowhere has this been as evident as in Poland. According to statcounter.com, 92% of...
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Making News When the Market Fails
© Howard Lake Back in 2008, when I was working at a struggling local newspaper (the since-shuttered Guelph Mercury in Canada), I started to wonder why, if news really was so essential for democracy, we...
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We Can Use Robots But We Still Need Journalists
The Panama Papers investigation was a momentous task. The multi-award-winning international collaboration led by German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung was mainly about manpower. Reporters spent an...
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What DOES Happen When Women Choose The News?
When Newsmavens launched in September 2017, many said the concept was sexist. A roundup of news curated and recommended exclusively by women? Why, because women are better? No, because it’s never been...
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What Makes A Journalist Popular On Twitter?
Popularity on social media, especially Twitter, is important for many journalists. This is partly due to the fact that their employers like to see them do well online. A journalist with a strong...
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Seven ways journalists can up their social media game
It’s never been easier for journalists to interact with their sources and audiences through social media. But finding the right mix can be challenging. Social media is swimming with journalists and...
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Why journalists in Ukraine fell in love with Telegram
The messaging app Telegram was built around the idea that communication should be personal and encrypted. But in some countries it has become a popular tool for journalists to create public news...
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