Article: (Pragmatic) collaboration for progress or threat to autonomy? African news discourses about Chinese technology in Nigeria and Ghana

This is a guest post by Edwin Nfor, a doctoral student in University of Jyväskylä. The study “(Pragmatic) collaboration for progress or threat to autonomy? African news discourses about Chinese technology in Nigeria and Ghana” by Dennis Nguyen , Bei Wang and Bruce Mutsvairo from the Utrecht University, The Netherlands studied the multifaceted portrayal of … Continued

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Published: 5 Mar 2024

ARTICLE: Blurred lines of INGO’s and freelancers

The distinction between an INGO (international non-governmental organization) and news organization is blurred by the use of freelancers, claims a new article by Kate Wright of University of Roehampton, published as an online-first version in the journal Journalism. INGOs are known to employ freelancers to produce multimedia and to pitch it for them to mainstream news outlets, Wright … Continued

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Published: 26 Jun 2015