Hanna Nikkanen JRN video interview

VIDEO: Covering complex global issues and discussing new forms of publishing

Hanna Nikkanen, a Visiting Professor at the University of Tampere, talked with us about her plans for teaching and current interests. We went through various interesting topics such as the future of journalism and skills required from future journalists. She also talked about the difficulty of covering global issues, such as climate change. In the … Continued

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Published: 2 Nov 2016

REPORT: Legacy media struggles to move online

Large legacy news organisations are investing heavily in their online expansion, a new Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) report reveals. It is authored by Alessio Cornia, Annika Sehl, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, all of University of Oxford. The authors interviewed editors and managers from 25 private legacy new organisations based in Finland, … Continued

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Published: 30 Sep 2016

CFP: Value Creation in Media Markets

The European Media Management Association (emma) is looking for paper proposals for its 2017 annual conference. The event will be held in Ghent, Belgium, on the 11th and 12th of May next spring. The conference is entitled “Value Creation in Media Markets: Business Models, Clusters and Ecosystems”. The organizers suggest topics such as “Entrepreneurship in … Continued

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Published: 16 Sep 2016

ARTICLE: Mapping digital journalism

With the rise of the Internet, the technological possibilities for journalists to create transparency in news reporting have increased, write Edda Humprecht and Frank Esser, both of University of Zürich. Online journalism is also able to increase understanding by providing background information, and add participation by providing a platform for interactive exchange. The study explores to what … Continued

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Published: 8 Sep 2016

ARTICLE: Turning state media into PSB

Government-owned television has always been used for the interest of repressive regimes in Egypt, where the boundary between public service broadcasting (PSB) and state television has been blurry, write Rasha A. Abdulla, of The American University in Cairo. The article studies the boundaries between state and media in times of transition. The focus of the study … Continued

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Published: 30 Aug 2016

REPORT: Newsroom practices in different news organizations

  The research and development strategies newsrooms currently use vary, write Alexis Alizor and Talia Stroud. The newly published report focuses on challenges facing the journalism industry and it is based on 525 surveys conducted of editors and news directors working in different newsrooms. The report lists several interesting findings. For example television and website-focused newsrooms are more likely to … Continued

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Published: 23 Aug 2016

PAPER: Crowdfunded journalism around the world

A new Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) fellowship paper on crowdfunded journalism has been published. Its author, Zichao Liu, is a senior writer at the Southern People’s Weekly and a RISJ fellow. He compares three crowdfunded journalism initiatives in Taiwan, United Kingdom, and China, and suggests directions for improvement. As conclusions, Liu … Continued

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Published: 5 Aug 2016

REPORT: Swedish media in a continued change

A new edition of MediaSverige, a statistical overview of Sweden’s media is now available. This year’s MediaSverige is a simple presentation, consisting mainly of statistical tables and short introductions to different media sectors. Among other things, the statistics show how the advertising revenue distribution continues to shift from print to digital. Ad revenues for newspapers … Continued

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Published: 22 Jun 2016

CFP: Funding and management in the convergence era

The special issue of International Journal on Media Management is calling for papers on the topic “Funding and Media Management in the Convergence Era”. The special issue aims to showcase research that examines the impact of convergence on funding and media management questions; that interrogates relationships between the digital, the funding of media, and the transformations emerging in production, … Continued

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Published: 16 Jun 2016