High ranking German journalists frequently mingle with the political and economic elite. Friendly connections offer access to top notch sources, but reflect as agreeably framed stories, writes Uwe Krüger, of … Continued

The Journal of International Press/Politics will start arranging conferences. The first annual conference will be hosted by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at the University of … Continued

A symposium on gender in media is now accepting paper proposals. The event itself will be held in Tarragona, Spain, on the 16th and 17th of October. It is organized … Continued

Politically right-leaning United Kingdom newspapers feature more opinions skeptical to climate change than left-leaning papers, write James Painter, of University of Oxford, and Neil T. Gavin, of University of Liverpool. … Continued

The deadline for a conference on Capitalism, Culture and Media has been extended. The due date for submissions has been postponed by one week, from February the 2nd to the … Continued

English language elite press paints a consistently negative picture of the European Union’s future, write Mai’a Davis Cross, of Northwestern University, and Xinru Ma, of University of Southern California. They … Continued

Late Ottoman newspapers represented Bosniak Jews through a discourse emphasizing unity, writes Dženita Karić, of Oriental Institute in Sarajevo. The author studied issues published between 1866 and 1875 in two … Continued

The director of the Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (Nordicom) is about to change. The current director, Ulla Carlsson, of University of Gothenburg, will step down in … Continued

Journalism in Czech Republic is unable to perform its societal duties, writes Jiří Zatloukal, a fellow at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ). Zatloukal is also a journalist … Continued

Journalists in South-East Europe come frequently under duress, writes Eugenia Siapera, of Dublin City University. The result is based on a series of journalists’ interviews in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, … Continued