Typology of Journalistic Collaboration

The study “New Guests Crashing the Party: A Typology of Journalistic Collaboration” by Patrick Walters from Washington and Lee University examined the variables when journalists collaborated with groups outside the traditional journalistic field – such as  nonprofits, universities, think tanks, artistic groups, and citizen journalists.  According to the author, collaboration has become a bit of … Continued


Data journalism as a cure against misinformation

The study “Examining the Democratic Potential of Data Journalism in Curing Misinformation” by Tianru Guan and Qiong Wang from Wuhan University used the Chinese case of “Military World Games and the origin of Covid-19” to examine the effectiveness of data journalism in debunking misinformation. The Covid-19 epidemic amplified the so-called infodemic politics, as numerous conspiracy … Continued