N.I.C.E. in Philadelphia – Mutual aid journalism collaborative serving the BIPOC community

The study “Mutual aid for local journalism?: A public media collaborative” by Andrea Wenzel from Temple University, Philadelphia investigated a local project starting from local radio, News and Information Community Exchange (N.I.C.E.) and how the project challenged traditional journalistic norms, strengthened the connections between public media and grassroot influencers, and what sort of challenges it … Continued


Emerging media following the Arab uprisings

The article “Understanding Emerging Media: Voice, Agency, and Precarity in the Post-2011 Arab Mediasphere” by Yazan Badran from Vrije Universiteit Brussel sought to understand the genesis, development and relevance of the new emerging media organizations in the Arab mediasphere following the Arab uprisings of 2010-2011. The study builds on the author’s previous work on the … Continued