Young people are disengaging from online spaces out of a concern for the repercussions of saying anything people might disagree with, according to a study to be released by the Engaging News Project team this week.Jake Evans spoke with Katie Steiner, the Communication Associate at Engaging News Project, who will be co-hosting an event with WAN-IFRA, Global Alliance for Media innovation at SXSW next week, about how this shows why media businesses and academia need to collaborate.
Young people are disengaging from online spaces out of a concern for the repercussions of saying anything people might disagree with, according to a study to be released by the Engaging News Project team this week.
Jake Evans spoke with Katie Steiner, the Communication Associate at Engaging News Project, who will be co-hosting an event with WAN-IFRA, Global Alliance for Media innovation at SXSW next week, about how this shows why media businesses and academia need to collaborate.
‘Robots are not going to take your job’ will always be a welcome and reassuring phrase to hear, but unfortunately it’s not entirely true. While automated reporting isn’t the end times for journalists, it will occupy seats in the newsroom – especially at entry-level positions – and this impact on employment will grow as it develops. However, it might also be a boon to journalism, as Jake Evans reports.
In November 2013, Expressen in Sweden made a concerted decision to start offering its advertising clients the ability to buy inventory programatically. Today it has advanced to a point where programmatic is playing a significant role in the company’s digital advertising strategy.
The official Outcome Document from this week’s major UNESCO conference on the future of the internet has put the need to enhance protection for journalists’ sources firmly on the table. Julie Posetti reports that the conference, staged in Paris, was designed to engage governments, media, internet intermediary companies, and civil society on the preliminary findings of a global study on freedom of expression, access, privacy and ethics online.
A new report from Pew Research Center on shows nine in ten residents in the three diverse cities across the U.S. follow local news.
World Press Photo are reopening their investigation of the controversial prize winning story ‘Dark Heart of Europe’. An investigation by some concerned journalists found that one of the photos was shot in Brussels, 50km from Charleroi, the town the story depicts. Jake Evans reports.
With the Finnish parliamentary elections coming up on 19 April and the election coverage intensifying by the day, the Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat (HS) is now using an automated system in order to provide further light on the issue of media impartiality.
The impact of the digital era on journalistic source protection is under consideration at a major UNESCO conference on the future of the internet being staged in Paris this week. The conference is designed to engage governments and civil society on the preliminary findings of a global study on freedom of expression, access, privacy and ethics online. Julie Posetti is there.
2015-03-03. Behind the ceremony and the award, the lives of the laureates are ones of extraordinary personal courage and self-sacrifice, with stories of imprisonment, beatings, bombings, censorship, exile and murder.
A controversial story by Giovanni Troilo which won this year’s World Press Photo Contemporary Issues prize is now under fire for being staged and inaccurate. It should, by the organisation’s own standards, be disqualified. Jake Evans reports.
This WAN-IFRA report examines how news publishers can profit from programmatic advertising, a rapidly evolving trend that is reshaping the digital advertising landscape.
Jonathan Halls is Principal of Jonathan Halls & Associates and an adjunct professor at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He has worked for more than 20 years in the media industry, in more than 20 countries and with 30 different nationalities. He teaches and consults on organizational dynamics including leadership, change, communication and innovation. He also teaches media production.