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Journalism, Democracy and the State in South Africa
South Africa has now been a democracy for more than 15 years. It has a Constitution that is renowned as one of the most liberal in the world, a ruling party that has a 100 year long history of embracing human rights and a diverse...read more ›
RISJ Fellows lead first conference on defamation law in the Vietnamese media
Former Visiting Fellows Tran le Thuy and Stephen Whittle have organised a high profile conference in Ha Noi focused on discussing defamation issues in Viet Nam, introducing British law concepts of privilege and how...read more ›
Running the BBC
"The debate around public service broadcasting is a live issue across Europe and in the rest of the world too,” Caroline Thomson, Chief Operating Officer for the BBC, started her argument, citing the several recent examples of...read more ›
Making waves: Reporting Climate Change
The Reuters Institute has hosted a series of workshops and events on the hot topic of how the mainstream media around the world have been, and should be, reporting the complexities of climate science. On Friday 26 February a...read more ›
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Photojournalism – its relevance in today’s media
In the context of photojournalism in the modern press, Robin Laurance, a photojournalist with many years of experience in covering news and featuring social issues in the UK and USA, argues that “photos should not be just news...read more ›
Thomson Reuters Foundation increases Reuters Institute funding award
The Thomson Reuters Foundation has today announced the renewal and increase in their core funding award to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University. This renewal underscores The Thomson Reuters...read more ›
Novaya Gazeta: Journalism, murder and reporting the truth on Russia's bravest newspaper
What is to be a journalist in Russia? It is dangerous and can even be fatal, argued the Moscow correspondent of the Guardian, Luke Harding. 19 Journalists have been killed in Russia since 2000.read more ›
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The State of Arab Journalism
When it comes to press freedoms, Arab states rank among the worst in the world, according to the 2009 Press Freedom Index of Reporters without Borders. Kuwait and Lebanon have the broadest press freedoms in the Arab world, coming...read more ›
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Former Fellow elected Region 2 director of Society of Professional Journalists (USA)
Brian Eckert, director of media and public relations at University of Richmond, has been elected to a two-year term as Region 2 director of the Society of Professional Journalists.He will serve on SPJ’s national board of...read more ›
The Internet and the Mainstream Media
Richard Sambrook, Director of Global News at the BBC and visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, presented a compelling case and painted a clear picture of how new media technology is affecting...read more ›