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Quality Journalism: The View from the Trenches
Jarmo Raivio, staff writer at the Finnish weekly news magazine Suomen Kuvalehti, has written a very interesting study on what editors and journalists think is quality journalism. In his research paper, Quality Journalism:...read more ›
Reuters Institute expert helps Libya take step towards independent media
The transformation of the authoritarian state-run media system in Libya towards an open media system progressed this week in a meeting advised by Robert G. Picard, Research Director of the Reuters Institute.Picard, who is an...read more ›
The journalist as terrorist: an Ethiopian story
The Ethiopian government is using charges of terrorism to silence and intimidate independent journalists, accusing them of conspiracy. One of its targets, Abiye Teklemariam Megenta, responds. read more ›
The Rise of Citizen Journalism in Nigeria – A Case Study of Sahara Reporters
Sunday Dare is a Nigerian investigative journalist with two decades of media experience both nationally and abroad. During his time as a Thomson Reuters fellow in 2010/11, he wrote a research project entitled The Rise of Citizen...read more ›
The Power of the Chinese Netizen? How Microblogging is Changing Chinese Journalism
Zhou Kangliang is a Chinese journalist who has worked at Yunnan Satellite TV Station and China Central Television (CCTV) as an investigative journalist and correspondent. During his time as a Thomson Reuters fellow Zhou wrote a...read more ›
Reporting Afghanistan and Iraq - new Fellow's paper now online
Greg Wilesmith, who is a senior producer with Australia’s leading international current affairs television program ‘Foreign Correspondent’, spent Trinity Term researching the complex relations between the military, governments...read more ›
Watch again - Reuters Memorial Lecture by Baroness O'Neill
Baroness Onora O'Neill gave the keynote lecture on Monday 21st November, followed by a panel chaired by Lord Patten. read more ›
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News of this World
This year's Reuters Memorial Lecturer, Baroness Onora O'Neill writes in the Financial Times about what we mean when we talk about press freedom.While nobody doubts that press freedom matters, it is frequently discussed in terms...read more ›
Poles Apart: the international reporting of climate scepticism
A new RISJ study of climate change coverage in six countries suggests that newspapers in the UK and the US have given far more column space to the voices of climate sceptics than the press in Brazil, France, India and China. More...read more ›
Media Regulation – New Ideas
It’s 2011. I’m a consumer. I know a bit about the media and its regulation. I know that Ofcom regulates television and radio. I’ve read that the PCC has been through some rough times recently but I know that, for the time being...read more ›