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February 1, 2013 •
Pressefridom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
“Reporters Without Borders“ has once again published its annual Press Freedom Index. According to the ranking, Finland remains the global “front runner,” followed by the Netherlands, Norway, and Luxembourg. In the European Union,...
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January 30, 2013 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Andreas Sträter
In disciplines like politics, economics, and consumerism as well as in journalism, the issue of transparency has become an important value. Globalization, the Internet, and the first generation of digital natives are working as engines in...
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January 28, 2013 •
Digitale nyhende •
by Kate Nacy
Anyone who knows about good stories knows that the best ones are seldom the easy ones. That said, the story of Carta has not been an easy one. Carta is a German multi-author blog dedicated to exploring the interface of media, economics and...
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January 25, 2013 •
Etikk & Kvalitet •
by Anda Rožukalne
Latvian media outlets experienced a tumultuous 2012, filled with financial instability, changes in ownership, and trends of concentration. Yet in the middle of the acrobatic marketplace – brave achievements in journalism and...
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January 21, 2013 •
Journalistiske prosjekt •
by Michael Wise
A new study by journalism researchers Scott Maier and Staci Tucker shows that online and print readers in two large American cities receive a strikingly different news mix from their regional papers. According to the researchers, the...
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January 18, 2013 •
Digitale nyhende •
by Natascha Fioretti
Two young reporters, seven cities and a blog on how the press, and the media at large, is changing. Caterina Lobenstein, 29, one of the top thirty young German reporters as voted by Medium Magazine and Amrai Coen, 26, formerly on the...
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January 16, 2013 •
Digitale nyhende •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
A new contract between Instagram and its users will take effect Saturday (Jan. 19), and the far from smooth transition in shifting contracts has taken the photo sharing service to the courthouse. As lawyers, concerned users and service...
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January 14, 2013 •
Journalistiske prosjekt •
by Michael Wise
A new study finds that despite the media’s role as a primary information source during natural disasters, most of the news provided is too current and region specific to be useful for audiences. The study, done by J. Brian Houston and...
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January 11, 2013 •
Journalistiske prosjekt •
by Thomas Hanitzsch and Folker Hanusch
Despite increased popularity over the past two decades, lifestyle journalism is still somewhat neglected by academic researchers. A new study, presented at the “Matters of Journalism: Understanding Professional Challenges and...
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