The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has delivered a landmark decision this month on criminal defamation, declaring custodial sentences a violation of freedom of expression rights. But in South Africa, a court has ruled that criminal defamation is constitutionally valid. Angelique Lu reports on these conflicting judgements.
As the year draws to a close, Ashleigh Tullis looks at the trends expected to shift journalism and newsrooms in 2015. Drawing from NiemanLab’s Predictions for Journalism 2015, Schibsted’s Future Report and Webbmedia Group’s 2015 Trend Report she finds common threads, including personalisation and algorithms.
Live coverage of an armed hostage siege in Sydney, Australia has once again highlighted flaws in the way crisis situations are reported in the social media era. Ashleigh Tullis writes.
Turkish authorities have detained at least two-dozen journalists, editors and critics of the Government in a number of raids on Sunday writes Angelique Lu.
So this is off the record. Or to be precise, this is a review of The Newsroom – Off the Record. It’s not often we get a chance to conduct film reviews, but this documentary makes essential viewing for the news publishing industry, telling the story of Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet’s fight against dropping print circulation and their own local critics.
The annual New Practices of Journalism conference at Sciences Po University in Paris this week focused on how algorithms, robots and data security are shaping journalism. Ashleigh Tullis reports her top take-aways.
The report showcases how both large and small news media companies can thrive in the face of intense digital competition.
Alan Rusbridger announced this week that he will be stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of the Guardian in the 2015 summer after 20 years in the role writes Angelique Lu.
Webbmedia Group’s annual trend study, released this week, is a much anticipated pointer to digital and tech developments affecing media. Founder Amy Webb spoke to Ashleigh Tullis about the advances that are likely to touch journalists in the next 12 months.
Webbmedia Group has released their research into near-future trends in digital media and technology. They have identified 55 key insights about media trends in 2015. Ashleigh Tullis shares the top trends relevant to news organisations and editors.
Jailed Al Jazeera correspondent Peter Greste was awarded the second highest journalism prize in Australia last night, winning the Walkley award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. Angelique Lu writes.
Stephen Pritchard, the Readers’ Editor of The Observer, UK, has seen the progression from readers writing letters to the editor to them posting their comments online. He talks to Ashleigh Tullis about the future of online commenting systems, the tension between moderator and commenter, sponsored comments and anonymity.