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March 26, 2014 •
Forretningsmodellar, Mediepolitikk •
by John Anderson
Radio broadcasting remains a powerful medium of modern communications: in the United States, more than 240 million people use it every week. In times of crisis and disaster, it is often the medium of last resort. But its place of primacy...
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March 24, 2014 •
Pressefridom •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
This article has been amended. A newspaper editor in Tajikistan is locked in a legal battle with academics over her right to publish an opinion piece. Olga Tutubalina, editor of the country’s most popular newspaper, Asia-Plus wrote an...
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March 13, 2014 •
Mediepolitikk, Pressefridom •
by Evgeniya Boklage and Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
The editor of a liberal Russian news website Lenta.ru has been fired in a move that many say is part of a Kremlin-backed crackdown on press freedom. Galina Timchenko was fired on March 12 after ten years as editor of the site by the...
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March 11, 2014 •
Mediepolitikk •
by Dariya Orlova
Ukrainian journalists and social activists are fighting back against what they claim is a flood of distorted, inaccurate coverage of the country’s affairs from the Russian media. The Ukrainian media have started compiling lists of...
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February 25, 2014 •
Mediepolitikk •
by Evgeniya Boklage
Ukraine’s violent turmoil is the most important international news story at this moment, and has sparked international debate on democracy, popular protests, the role of the European Union and Russia’s influence in Europe. For Moscow,...
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February 20, 2014 •
Forsking, Mediepolitikk •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
A study looking at how politicians and journalists interact with each other in Berne reveals some surprises about the interplay between media and government. Is the interaction between journalists and politicians in small states different...
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February 11, 2014 •
Mediepolitikk •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Switzerland’s decision this weekend to vote in favour of imposing quotas on the numbers of newcomers into the country has caused uproar across Europe, and within the country. Germany’s Ralf Stegner, deputy chairman of the centre left...
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February 3, 2014 •
Pressefridom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
At a first glance, president Obama’s recent speech about the NSA seems to support arguments by Dan Gillmor, one of America’s most prominent Internet gurus. He believes that the fallout from the information leaked by Edward Snowden...
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December 20, 2013 •
Mediepolitikk, Pressefridom •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
Is Putin’s swift reorganization of RIA Novosti really an exercise of strengthening control or is it merely a rebranding strategy planned well in advance? The EJO’s Rukhshona Nazhmidinova looks at the reactions and implications to the...
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