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The value of podcasts to newspapers and broadcasters

Journalist Fellow paper looks at how news outlets across the world have harnessed the growing popularity of podcasts.

'Netizens' and cartoons - Journalist Fellows delve into Egypt's difficult media environment

Papers by Egyptian Journalist Fellows look into how citizens have become social media journalists where traditional reporting has become impossible, and how cartoons have satirised global affairs.

News

Norwegian journalism after #MeToo

Journalist Fellow paper looks at whether the Norwegian media changed the way they report on sexual abuse following #MeToo.

Research Article

Pay Models for Online News in the US and Europe: 2019 Update

Fact sheet examines over 200 news organisations across the US and Europe and the prevalence and type of paywalls to access digital content.

Digital News Report 2019 in 3 minutes

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

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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Research Article

Are Journalists Today’s Coal Miners?

The Struggle for Talent and Diversity in Modern Newsrooms – A Study on Journalists in Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom

Research Article

Online Audience Engagement with Legacy and Digital-Born News Media in the 2019 Indian Elections

Online news audiences during Indian elections were not as fragmented as you may think, according to new research.

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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Journalist Fellowship Programme 2019/20

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In the news

Fear of online expression and Singapore anti-'fake-news' law

High level of worry about expressing oneself online in Singapore - from last year's Digital News Report - discussed in relation to new law giving the government power to declare online content as "false or misleading".

In the news

Comment piece cites DNR19 findings on news avoidance

Concept of the "unnewsed" raised in discussion of introducing the BBC licence fee for over-75s.

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RISJ Director comments on plans to charge VAT on digital publications

Rasmus Nielsen, Director of the RISJ, quoted in the Press Gazette, from his talk at the Global Conference to Defend Media Freedom.

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.