Sourcing, verifying, and mediating journalistic truth during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

The study “Sourcing Dis/Information: How Swedish and Ukrainian Journalists Source, Verify, and Mediate Journalistic Truth During the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict” by Nina Springer and Gunnar Nygren from University of Stockholm, and Dariya Orlova and Daria Taradai from University of Kyiv-Mohyla academy, and Andreas Widholm from University of Stockholm looked at how journalists both on the ground … Continued


Discursive sainthood of journalists killed in conflict work

The study “Saints and witnesses: Virtue and vocation in the memorialization of the Western conflict journalist” by Richard Stupart and Rob Sharp from University of Liverpool looked at the discursive repertoires through which the memorialization of journalists killed in conflict reporting. It utilized Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to do so. War correspondents are nowadays … Continued