A newly published book, Todenmukainen journalismi (“Truthful journalism”), gives an overview of the different factors contributing to, or detracting from, the truthfulness of modern journalism. The volume is edited and … Continued

Despite the common conception to the contrary, bankrupt entrepreneurs are mostly covered in a balanced tone by the Dutch press, write Ingrid Wakkee, Frank Dorrestein, both of VU University Amsterdam, … Continued

A special issue of the International Journal of Press/Politics has been published. Titled “News, Agenda-Building & Intelligence Agencies: Understanding Manipulation and Methodologies”, the publication delves into the relationship between journalism, … Continued

The end of this week is jam-packed with events, with a total of four overlapping on Thursday. Here are our introductions to them.   First of the events is the … Continued

Helsingin Sanomat Foundation has announced its newest grantees, two of which will go toward journalism research. Katja Valaskivi, of University of Tampere, received a grant of 140 000 euros for … Continued

A conference on outside influence on media is looking for submissions. The event, Media Trends 2015, is subtitled as “Power and Media: Ownership, Sponsorship, Censorship”. It is organized and hosted … Continued

A new issue of the open access journal Media & viestintä has been published. The generalist journal is published by the Finnish Association for Media and Communication Studies. Its articles … Continued

In academia, both academics and publications aim to acquire prestige. Taking prestige into consideration is to increase one’s own. Prestige in academic publishing is basically all about citations: whoever cites … Continued

The Norwegian public service broadcaster NRK has “settled in” to the online environment, write Helle Sjøvaag, Eirik Stavelin and Hallvard Moe, all of University of Bergen. The authors compared NRK’s … Continued

A new, overarching agreement on journalism’s rules of conduct and transparency is sorely needed, writes Aidan White, of Ethical Journalism Network. White is the editor of a recently published study … Continued