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News Podcasts and the Opportunities for Publishers

Podcasts a 'rare, bright spot' for the news industry, new report finds.

People most likely to vote Conservative are the least likely to get news online

Just over half (51%) of left-leaning voters say that their main source of news is online, compared to around one-third (34%) on the right

News

What can be done? Digital Media Policy Options for Europe (and beyond)

This report considers what steps the European Commission and EU member states can take to create a more enabling environment for independent professional journalism

News

These are our Journalist Fellows for 2019 Michaelmas term

Journalists from across the world begin their fellowship at the Reuters Institute

Digital News Report 2019 in 3 minutes

Watch our animated video with the key findings from the Digital News Report 2019.

Exploring the future of journalism worldwide through debate, engagement, and research

What we do

Research Article

Old, Educated, and Politically Diverse: The Audience of Public Service News

Public service media are struggling to reach younger, less educated audiences, and risk decline and ultimately irrelevance

News

How Brexit Referendum Voters Use News

Remainers are more likely to use the Guardian, The Times, the Mirror, and HuffPost for news. Leavers are more likely to access news from the Sun, Daily Mail, Sky, and ITV. But by far the most popular outlet with both groups is BBC News.

Digital News Report 2019

The Digital News Report is the world’s largest international comparative study tracking online news access and engagement over 38 countries. The 2019 report focuses on the issues of trust and misinformation, subscriptions, levels of news avoidance, the changing fortunes of social media platforms and how they are used for news, populism's impact and much more.

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Journalist Fellowship Programme
Applications open for October 2020 and January 2021

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Media Leadership Programmes

The Reuters Institute offers Media Leadership Programmes throughout the year. Previous attendees have come from the BBC, News UK, JP/Politikens Hus and other world-leading media organisations. Leading Newsroom Change is designed for senior journalists, editors and newsroom managers who would like further insight into becoming an effective newsroom leader. Future Leaders in News is for those who have recently assumed a news leadership role or aspire to hold one.

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March

Event

Annual Memorial Lecture - Rebecca Corbett, Investigations Editor, New York Times

Rebecca Corbett leads The New York Times’s investigations department and oversaw the Harvey Weinstein investigation.

5.30pm, Monday 2 March 2020

In the news

RISJ Director comments on loss of political ad records

Rasmus Nielsen was interviewed about the disappearance of political advertising records on Facebook.

In the news

DNR findings on media trust covered in the Economist

Digital News Report research on trust in the media discussed in article of trust in politics and the general election.

In the news

Our news podcasts report featured in Meedia

Research on news podcasts by Nic Newman covered in German media website Meedia.

Strengthening Journalism Globally

655 Journalist Fellows in 36 years

Our Journalism Fellowship Programme brings outstanding international journalists to Oxford from all over the world.

Journalist Fellows from 92 countries

The Fellowship Programme offers journalists a chance to step back, reflect and connect.