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The profession of an international reporter is a daily balancing act between risk, ethics, and the right to be heard.
Examining media framing of the Russian war in Ukraine, the author of this piece highlights how we, who consume these visual ...
Part of the PROMPT series, this text examines how the re-run of Romania's presidential elections continues to be overshadowed ...
Manipulators of public opinion are using false stories to wreak havoc in Eastern Europe. Yet, there are some initiatives which are trying to fight them.
Every journalist has experienced a time when emotional intelligence became a more important element in news gathering and reporting than merely stating “the facts”. Whether they’re trying to persuade ...
In recent years we’ve seen the emergence of a number of alternative, populist, or partisan websites that have grown rapidly in some countries largely through free social media distribution. In most ...
From “Letters to the editor” to comments on news websites and social media pages: audience feedback can take many forms. But does it also affect how readers see a story? Can negative comments from ...
The refugee crisis in 2015 shook the foundations of trust in the German media. A few years later, the situation is slowly improving but a lot remains to be done. The younger generation of journalists, ...
National newspapers in the UK are mostly written by male journalists. The majority of news, business and comment articles are written by men.
Liberals like good journalism, conservatives propaganda: "Network Propaganda", a new book by three Harvard researchers describes how a far-right media system emerged in the United States – with ...
Conflicts in Yemen and Ethiopia, described as ‘the world’s worst humanitarian crisis’ and ‘the deadliest war of the 21st century’, were barely covered by mainstream media in some European countries, ...
It has never been easy for independent Russian journalists. Even before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there were challenges. But since the war in Ukraine in February 2022, it has been ...