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March 9, 2015 •
Digitale nyhende, Mediepolitikk •
by Philip Di Salvo
An online platform that enables citizens and journalists to send automated freedom of information requests to public bodies in Italy has been launched by Italian non-governmental organisation, Diritto di Sapere (Right to Know). The...
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March 6, 2015 •
Mediepolitikk, Medieøkonomi •
by Thomas Schmidt
In contrast to many European countries the United States imposes few public interest regulations on its media. In his new book, America’s Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform,...
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March 3, 2015 •
Mediepolitikk, Notisar •
by Roman Hajek
Most MPs in the Czech Republic believe the media undermines trust in politics and almost half believe the media has a negative impact upon democracy. Politicians also think that many journalists are more interested in expressing their own...
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February 26, 2015 •
Journalistiske prosjekt •
by Rachel Stern
ResearchGate, a social networking site for scientists and researchers, dubbed ‘Facebook for Science’, has launched a new social reader – the RG Format – which it claims will help academics manage their work and...
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February 24, 2015 •
Forsking, Notisar •
by Jørgen Skrubbeltrang
In modern foreign news reporting a ‘fixer’ is becoming as essential to the journalistic process as a foreign correspondent. Without a fixer – a local person hired to help with logistics, contacts and translation – the...
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February 19, 2015 •
Pressefridom •
by Ariane Kleijwegt
There is hardly a country where Edward Snowden, probably the best-known whistleblower of our time, is more highly-regarded than in Germany. This is ironic considering how disinterested Germans usually are towards whistleblowing in their...
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February 18, 2015 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Journalistiske prosjekt •
by Rachel Stern
The old adage: “If it bleeds, it leads” is still embraced by many large news outlets, with stories of war, disease and scandals dominating headlines. Yet the public still has a thirst for positive news, according to Charlie Beckett, a...
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February 11, 2015 •
Aktuelt, Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Nicholas Diakopoulos
Automated Insights, a American technology company, recently announced that it is producing and publishing 3,000 earnings report articles per quarter for the Associated Press, all automatically generated from data. Narrative Science,...
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February 9, 2015 •
Aktuelt, Digitale nyhende, Journalistiske prosjekt •
by Alexandre Léchenet
Swiss Leaks’ investigation into secret HSBC banking files is the latest example in a growing list of successful cross-border journalistic collaborations. The HSBC files were obtained by an international group of news outlets, including...
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