Very few sources have remained of the earliest Irish journalists associations, writes Mark O’Brien, of Dublin City University. He has composed an overview of the history of journalistic professionalization in … Continued

The concept of storytelling and its value to journalism has been under debate for some time, yet the discussion has made little to no progress, write Tim Groot Kormelink and … Continued

Newspapers describe different subgroups of men in different terms, note Paul Baker, of Lancaster University, and Erez Levon, of Queen Mary University of London. They used a two-pronged research method … Continued

Different British newspapers approached the case of whistleblower Edward Snowden in very different ways, Jens Branum and Jonathan Charteris-Black, both of University of West of England, confirm. They conducted a … Continued

British propaganda efforts during the Second World War were able to heighten the French opinion of the United Kingdom, writes Kay Chadwick, of University of Liverpool. BBC’s French Service broadcast … Continued

The conference titled “Re-Inventing Journalism” will start off on Thursday in Winterthur, Switzerland. There’s also a get-together on Wednesday evening, but it features no academic content apart from its attendees. … Continued

The percentage of UK journalists stating they can’t do their job without social media has increased from last year, a recent survey reveals. At the same time, however, the number … Continued

A new issue of the International Journal of Communication is out. The journal is published only once a year, and thus each issue makes for a voluminous read. Here’s a … Continued

A new issue of the journal Journalism and Discourse Studies is out. It’s published biannually by the University of Newcastle. As the journal’s title suggests, its current issue features several … Continued

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

10th International Interpretive Policy Analysis conference is still looking for submissions. The event is subtitled “Policies and their publics: discourses, actors and power”. It features a host of various sessions, … Continued

Nordic Data Journalism Conference, NODA, will fire off on Friday, and even those unable to attend should have something to look forward to. Here’s a sneak peek. The second installment … Continued

A new research project will look at the images, both still and moving, through which the Ukrainian conflict is portrayed in both social and mainstream media. Starting February, the project … Continued

Comment section on news websites do not fulfill their normative goals, write Nina Springer, Christian Pfaffinger, both of Ludwig Maximiliam University of Munich, and Ines Engelmann, of University of Jena … Continued

The story of Lena Zavaroni (1963-1999), a child singer sensation grown into anorexic adulthood, was covered in the British press with various tints, writes Su Holmes, of East Anglia University. … Continued

Repeated exposure to negatively framed news has a noticeable effect on the audience’s political views, write Sophie Lecheler, Andreas Schuck, both of Univeristy of Amsterdam, Mario Keer, of the Netherlands … Continued

In recent years women have outnumbered men in UK journalism education despite the fact that men’s application to enter j-schools are consistently more successful. Women also hold more degrees in … Continued

European University Institute has finished its task of creating a standardized tool to gauge media plurality in the European Union. The mission was launched by the European Commision and undertaken … Continued

A new book in the Routledge series Studies in European communication research & education has been published. Titled Radio Audiences and Participation in the Age of Network Society the volume … Continued

Conference titled Writing Digital: MIX DIGITAL 3 is now looking for content proposals. The event will be hosted and organized by Bath Spa University, in Bath, United Kingdom. The event’s … Continued

Finnish journalists admit to their personal interests’ influence on topic selection, write Esa Reunanen and Kari Koljonen, both of University of Tampere. Even more than by the journalists’ personal inclinations … Continued