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Advanced Research

News Podcasts and the Opportunities for Publishers

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

A man walking past the Houses of Parliament is reflected in a puddle. REUTERS / Hannah McKay

News

An election fought on screens big and small: how British voters get their news

Here are five things you need to know before the UK election about how British citizens get their news

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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December

Event

Press freedom and media censorship

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, speaks at Green Templeton College, Oxford, 2pm, 4 December

2.00pm, Wednesday 4 December 2019

In the news

RISJ opinion piece in the Washington Post

Director of the Journalist Fellowship Programme Meera Selva, Director Rasmus Nielsen and Senior Research Fellow Richard Fletcher discuss the harm to the media's reputation during the British general election

In the news

RISJ Director interviewed on election spending

Rasmus Nielsen commented for an FT article on the various parties' online spending campaigns.

In the news

Digital News Report covered by Austrian daily

Trends in European media, including data from the Digital News Report, covered by Der Standard.

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.