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  1. Revolution in Libya - what happened and how the media reported it

    The session by Lindsey Hilsum on covering the revolution in Libya was an honest and candid account from someone who went into the country to report on one of the defining moments of recent history. read more ›

  2. Former fellow wins prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism

    Arijit Sen, a former Reuters fellow 2010-11 and a broadcast journalist with CNN-IBN has been awarded India's prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism for the second successive year. Arijit...read more ›

  3. Does the watchdog bark? The European Union, the Greek debt crisis, and the press

    Cristina Marconi, an Italian print journalist who has worked out of Brussels since 2006, has turned her forensic attention to the role that the press in Europe has played, or has failed to play, in holding EU institutions to...read more ›

  4. A reporting disaster? The interdependence of media and aid agencies in a competitive compassion market

    Monika Kalcsics, a freelance radio journalist and producer for the Austrian broadcaster ORF who has also worked as an emergency aid worker for the Caritas network, has chosen to examine the often fraught relationship between...read more ›

  5. “Ground Wars”—Rasmus Kleis Nielsen publishes new book on American politics

    Political campaigns in the U.S. are won or lost in the so-called ground war—under cover of candidate debates, television advertisements and social media outreach, campaigns deploy teams of staffers, volunteers, and paid...read more ›

  6. Judging panel looks for brave reporting around the world

    The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund (KSMF) has opened the call for entries for its 2012 annual awards in international journalism.read more ›

  7. The Ordinary Reader in the History of Business Newspapers: A misunderstanding

    Iuliana Roibu, a Romanian business journalist working for BUSINESS Magazin in Bucharest, has written an engaging study on the role of the business print media in informing the general citizen.  In her paper...read more ›

  8. Fellowship Programme application deadline extended to 7th February

    Applications for joining us in Oxford in the academic year 2012-13 are still open, with a deadline of 12.00 on Tuesday 7th February 2012.Click here for more information about the Fellowship Programme.read more ›

  9. “We are the dinosaurs”

    Documentary filmmaker and producer Norma Percy spoke about making long-format documentaries at the RISJ seminar on 18th January 2012. Her new series “Putin, Russia and the West” began on January 19th on BBC2. She has previously...read more ›

  10. Marginal on the Map: Hidden wars and hidden media in northeast India

    Arijit Sen, an Indian television journalist working for CNN-IBN, has written a provocative study on the media coverage of the various conflicts in the north-eastern region of his country which is designed to explain and challenge...read more ›

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'Ground Wars' book launch on American politics