The annual Press Freedom Day’s celebrations are underway in Helsinki, Finland. Organised by UNESCO, the three-day event commemorates the 25th anniversary of the so-called Winhoek declaration, which led to the … Continued

Journalists are renegotiating their relationship with the audience, writes Jaana Hujanen, of University of Helsinki. The author interviewed 26 Finnish journalists, editors, and other newsroom employees between 2010 and 2015. … Continued

Politically right-leaning newspapers are most influential in shaping the television coverage of UK elections, write Stephen Cushion, Allaina Kilby, Richard Thomas, Marina Morani and Richard Sambrook, all of University of … Continued

Journalistic organisations that live in exile from, or under a repressive regime struggle to make ends meet, writes Clare Cook, of University of Central Lancashire. The author interviewed a total … Continued

The fifth International Conference on Online Journalism is looking for paper proposals. The event will take place on the 24th and 25th of November 2016 in Porto, Portugal. The conference … Continued

There are two types of news in terms of the immediacy of their publication, write Florian Buhl, Elisabeth Günther and Thorsten Quandt, all of University of Münster. The authors analyzed … Continued

What kinds of sentiments are expressed by Arab Facebook users commenting on the news articles? ask Ahmed Al-Rawi, of Concordia University and Erasmus University. Study examines the online public comments and the hundred most commented … Continued

Is it more dangerous to be a woman journalist when reporting conflict? ask Janet Harris, Nick Mosdell and James Griffiths. Study draws from a survey of journalists who work in conflict zones. Survey indicates … Continued

In order for making news go viral it needs to be shared by masses of online media users. Key element in understanding news flows is what makes a piece of content worth sharing … Continued

As news becomes more social, so too, it seems, must the journalists, write Lisette Johnston. In this paper she examines how social media and eyewitness video, referred to as user-generated … Continued

Reporters Without Borders has published its annual Press Freedom Index. European countries score highest: Finland tops the index, Netherlands is second and Norway is third. Sweden instead is down from fifth … Continued

Conference Freedom of Speech in France, Germany, and Ireland in Time of Conflict is calling for paper proposals. Event is organized by the Newspaper & Periodical History Forum of Ireland in association with … Continued

Scrolling is the most common way to transition between the elements within a piece of longform journalism, writes Tuomo Hiippala, of University of Jyväskylä. The author studied twelve long form … Continued

The journalistic profession is going through dramatic times in Greece, write Maria Touri, of University of Leicester, Sophia Theodosiadou, of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Ioanna Kostarella, of Technological Education … Continued

Despite the prominently displayed “megaleaks” of recent years, leaks are by and large the same as they were in 2001, write Zvi Reich and Aviv Barnoy, both of Ben-Gurion University … Continued

The Nordic Data Journalism conference (NODA16) ended with a well-attended presentation on the so-called Panama Papers project, on Saturday (23.4.). In addition to its professional focus, the event featured an … Continued

In our interview with Raul Ferrer Conill, a PhD candidate at Karlstad University, we dive into the topic of gamification. Ferrer Conill explains gamification of journalism and shares interesting findings … Continued

When algorithms enter professional news production, ethical challenges arise on various levels, write Konstantin Nicholas Dörr and Katharina Hollnbuchner. Focus of their article is on algorithmic journalism and aims to provide a framework … Continued

As a third of the Swedish journalists have received threats and majority have received insulting comments, intimidation and harassment have become a common element of journalists daily work, write Monica Löfgren … Continued

The Nordic Data Journalism conference 2016, or NODA2016, will begin tommorrow (Thursday the 21st) with an academic preconference. The main event, starting on Friday, will focus on the practical side … Continued

Computer-written news tends to be rated higher than human-written news in terms of credibility but news consumers get more pleasure out of reading human-written news, write Andreas Graefe of Columbia University, LMU Munich, … Continued

March 2016 issue of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator is out now. The magazine features an intriguing collection of journalism and communication related articles and book reviews. The articles explore themes … Continued

RISJ and Columbia University Press are launching a new book series called Reuters Institute Global Journalism Series. Publishing will start in 2017. The focus of the book series is on journalism … Continued

The conference Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Researching Journalism and Media in a Digital Age is now accepting paper proposals. The event will take place on the 26th and 27th of … Continued

When telling of the Syrian civil war, foreign newspapers largely neglected to diagnose its causes, write Amélie Godefroidt, Anna Berbers, and Leen d’Haenens, all of University of Leuven. The authors … Continued

Messages sent from news organisations’ official Twitter accounts more often mention journalistic accounts than others, write Martin Chorley and Glyn Mottershead, both of Cardiff University. The authors algorithmically analysed over … Continued

Twitter users mainly distrust the narratives offered by Russian mainstream media, write Irina Khaldarova and Mervi Pantti, of University of Helsinki. The authors analysed 6043 Twitter messages which referred back … Continued

The 5th annual International Symposium on Media Innovations held in 13-14 October 2016 at the University of Oslo, Norway is calling for papers. The focus of the Media Innovations symposium … Continued

Local journalism is giving up on the “watchdog” role and turning increasingly to a “campaining” role, writes Julie Firmstone, of University of Leeds. Firmstone interviewed 12 local journalists and two … Continued

Our recent article about altmetrics introduced the concept and highlighted some of its benefits. We’ll now dive behind the metrics and explore what this young concept needs in order to … Continued