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

The biggest conference for European communication research, ECREA 2016 was held in Prague in the beginning of November. There was a lot of discussion going off- and online during the … Continued

The way sports journalists view sports bloggers is not unanimous, Simon McEnnis writes. McEnnis is a lecturer at the University of Brighton, and a former sports journalist. He interviewed seven … Continued

Christian Baden, Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, talks about his recent studies on narrative resonance. He has researched how terrorist attacks in Israel have been covered and … Continued

A weakly market-oriented newsroom focuses on the needs of citizens, not on making money, writes Patrick Ferrucci, of University of Colorado Boulder. The study examines how journalists at weakly market-oriented news … Continued

New article by Merel Borger and Anita van Hoof, of VU University Amsterdam, and José Sanders, of Radboud University Nijmege explores the assumptions that news organizations and journalists have about … Continued

New article by Marina Ghersetti and Oscar Westlund, both of University of Gothenburg, studies how how different generations’ media habits interrelate with media use during societal crises. The study is based … Continued

A new report called “US Election Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign” is now published. The report is edited by Darren Lilleker, Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson and Anastasia Veneti … Continued

The organisers invite contributions from scholars to  Academic Research Conference on Safety of Journalists. The conference, taking place on 3–4 May 2017, is a special academic session held alongside UNESCO’s … Continued

In the digital age news content may be seen by more people in more places for much longer, so the potential to do lasting damage is greater. New article written by Ivor … Continued

Laura Ahva, of University of Tampere, Arjen van Dalen, of University of Southern Dernmark, Jan Fredrik Hovden, of University of Bergen, Guðbjörg Hildur Kolbeins, of Bifröst University, Monica Löfgren Nilsson, … Continued

The debate over birth control has been a staple of the US press for the past 140, but men’s decisive position in it has not changed, write Ana C. Garner … Continued

Journalism Research News has now been running for about two years. We constantly want to improve our service and now we would like to hear from you. What do you … Continued

The editors Lucile Davier, of University of Geneva, and Kyle Conway, of University of Ottawa are calling for book chapters for a book called “Multilingualism and Journalism in the Era of Convergence”. Technological convergence, or the blurring of … Continued

Alyt Damstra, and Rens Vliegenthart, both of Amsterdam School of Communication Research, explore how the recent economic crisis was framed by print media and how do they differ in their use … Continued

Newspapers’ coverage of corruption is different in different countries – and in different papers, a study by Paolo Mancini, Marco Mazzoni, Rita Marchetti, all of University of Perugia, and Alessio … 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

Many American journalists – who either are Jewish or were perceived as such – were harassed during the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election, an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) report … Continued

News organisations play a crucial role in many events’ Twitter visibility, write Francesco Bailo and Ariadne Vromen, both of University of Sydney. The authors analysed the Twitter networks active in … Continued

David Domingo, Professor at l’Université libre de Bruxelles told us about his recent work related to how journalists deal with norms. Finally, he shares his ideas for future research: creating … Continued

Journalists frequently use Twitter as a source and many of the tweets are written by politicians. Julia Metag, of University of Fribourg, and Adrian Rauchfleisch, of University on Zurich, study on journalists’ … Continued

Journalists and advertisers are reformulating the metaphors used to describe the separation between the newsroom and the advertising department, write Katie Artemas, of Starcom Advertising Agency, with Tim P. Vos … Continued

Organisers have announced the call for papers for the forthcoming International Conference of Political Communication. It is organised jointly by the Research Committees for Political Communication (RC22) and Electronic Democracy … Continued

Windesheim University of Applied Sciences organises the very first Constructive Journalism conference in Zwolle, the Netherlands. The event will take place on Friday the 2nd of December. The program consists of presentations, … Continued

Lindita Camaj, of University of Houston, has studied the collaboration between Bulgarian non-governmental organizations (NGO), Access to Information Programme (AIP), and local news media in lobbying for Freedom of Information right (FOI) … Continued

In their newly published article Merryn Sherwood, of La Trobe University and Penny O’Donnell, on University of Sydney study how job losses impact on journalists professional identity. The study is based … Continued