With only little investment, hyperlocal news ventures are able to significantly increase their usefulness to their surrounding community. The finding is stated in a freshly released report of the ‘Neighbourhood … Continued

The Flemish public radio and television broadcaster VRT has ordered an investigation into its impartiality. The announcement is connected to the questions raised over the issue during latest electoral campaigns. … Continued

A new issue of the Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies has been published and made available online. Included are a number of articles of interest in terms of … Continued

The fourth international symposium on media innovations is now accepting paper proposals. As per usual, the focus of the symposium is on “evolutions and trends in the different media sectors”. … Continued

Stock photo courtesy of pixabay.com user niekverlaan. The Finnish research fund Helsingin Sanomain Säätiö has announced its newest grant recipients. Seven research projects were granted a total of 538 600 … Continued

In her new book, Lisa Müller, of London School of Economics, compares the performance of media systems in various countries. She measured the systems’ performance on two functions: firstly as … Continued

Stock photo courtesy of pixabay.com user stevepb. Only one in five United Kingdom citizens turn to the internet for local news, reveals a recent study by the British communications regulating … Continued

Stock photo courtesy of pixabay.com user Hans. Gathering money directly from would-be audience members is not a particularly successful method of funding journalistic investigations, claim Ralf Spiller, Andreas Köhler, both … Continued

Stock image courtesy of pixabay.com user geralt. A new book by John Lloyd, of Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Laura Toogood, of Financial Times chronicles the development … Continued

The 8. Congress of Local Communication is open for paper proposals. The even is to be held in mid-April (15.-17.) next year in Castellón, Spain. The event is titled “The … Continued

Stock photo courtesy if pixabay.com user jarmoluk. The European Communication Research Association’s (ECREA) temporary working group on communication education is calling for papers for its first conference. The event is … Continued

Stock image courtesy of pixabay.com user Life-Of-Pix. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth transitioned onto the internet not by carefully calculated managerial scheme nor with teleological ascent set in technological determinism, writes … Continued

Public broadcast journalists in four European newsrooms consider convergence to be inevitable, yet they still resist change, write Ainara Larrondo, of University of the Basque Country, David Domingo, of the … Continued

A look at French-speaking Belgium in terms of data journalism reveals severe hindrances and diverse approaches, write Juliette De Maeyer, of University of Montreal, Manon Libert, David Domingo, François Heinderyckx … Continued

The December issue of European Communication Journal is now out and available online. It features five articles, previously published online first earlier this year. Of interest to journalism scholars are … Continued

After revisiting the classic Daniel Hallin & Paolo Mancini study of 2004, authors Michael Brüggemann, Sven Engesser, Florin Büchel, Edda Humprecht and Laia Castro arrive at the conclusion, that instead … Continued

The value of the Finnish media market went down roughly three per-cent in 2013, statistics reveal. In total numbers, the decline amounts to some 150 million euros. Unsurprisingly, publishing sector … Continued

Journalists influence politicians through off-the-record talks, a study performed in Denmark finds. Camilla Dindler, of Aalborg University, came to the conclusion through a series of observations and interviews with both … Continued

The adoption of computational journalism in Los Angeles Times significantly changed the form and nature of the paper’s homicide reporting, write Mary Lynn Young and Alfred Hermida, both of University … Continued

Epistemological tensions arise when journalists create news stories by analyzing huge datasets, writes Sylvain Parasie. Traditional journalistic norms can be reached, but only with significant effort. As the author’s investigation … Continued

Quantitative journalism, or as it would be fashionable to put it, data journalism, is in fact generations old, writes C. W. Anderson. As a milestone on the way to a … Continued

A recently published study details the internet use of Swedes. Internet use is widespread and still growing, and its importance greatest to the young, the study confirms. More surprising is … Continued

A look at Danish media industry shows severe structural issues ahead, write Stig Hjarvard and Aske Kammer in a new online first article of the journal Media, Culture & Society. … Continued

Locality, in terms of both creation and consumption of local news, can fundamentally be seen as habitus as described by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. This argument is furthered by the authors … Continued

A national survey of Danish digital media use has been published. Its results suggest that despite of their widespread use of the internet, Danes are fairly conservative in their habits. … Continued

The all-time second issue of the Journal of Media Innovations is out and available online. As the name of this open access journal suggests, its contents focus heavily on change … Continued

Issue 41(8) of the journal Communication Research is now out and publicly available online. The articles featured in the issue have appeared online first from August 2012 to June 2014. … Continued

The final day of ECC did not show signs of slowing down – at least not in Twitter. Especially plenary session speakers seemed to inspire a lot of conference goers. … Continued

We live in a time in which professional journalists can no longer claim to be the sole purveyors of truthful, unbiased information to the public. Empowered by technology, the public … Continued