Edward Snowden’s revelations and the acts in 2014 by the United Kingdom’s Metropolitan Police have brought the issues of source protection and information security close to the everyday practice of … Continued

Niek Hietbrink, a teacher and researcher at the Windesheim University of Applied Sciences talked to us about his research into local daily newspapers in the Netherlands. The study looked at … Continued

More than 50 dedicated fact-checking outlets have launched across Europe over the past decade, write Lucas Graves, of University of Wisconsin and Federica Cherubini, a research associate at the Reuters Institute for … Continued

A recent article by Giora Goodman, of Kinneret College, and Sandrine Boudana, of Tel Aviv University, recounts the struggle of the Reuters news agency in trying to hit a neutral … Continued

The editors of an upcoming book on transmedia journalism are looking for chapter proposals. The book will comprise double-blind peer reviewed chapters, and it is to be published by IGI … Continued

US journalists are more unanimous about defending journalists’ privacy from government spying, than the privacy of ordinary citizens, Courtney N. Johnson of University of Washington writes. Johnson analysed 61 editorials … Continued

Using data in sports journalism is a promising prospect, but its easy to misuse the data, write Thomas Horky and Philipp Pelka, both of Macromedia University of Applied Sciences. The … Continued

The founders, funders, judges, and scopes of American journalism awards are becoming more diverse, write Joy Jenkins and Yong Volz, both of University of Missouri. The authors analysed the development … Continued

Under the title “Books of the week”, JRN will list new, relevant publications that have recently become available. Click the title of the book for further information on the publisher’s … Continued

A series of symposia on the topic of broadcasting and Canada’s native peoples is looking for contributions. Six regional gatherings and a three-day conference will be organised under the title … Continued