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How Brits engaged with news online during the 2019 election

According to our unique tracking data, news sites had wide reach but limited engagement throughout the campaign and BBC News was the most used news source.
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Google News Initiative and Oxford University agree extension in support for Digital News Project to August 2023

The current grant will be extended for three year. The financial value of the agreement is £4.77m
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The truth behind filter bubbles: Bursting some myths

Richard Fletcher discussed the evidence behind filter bubbles in one of our seminars. Here's an edited transcript of that talk.
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Fighting Words: Journalism Under Assault in Central and Eastern Europe

Report by Meera Selva looks at the threats that journalists face across the region and what they are calling for to address them.
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The most successful fact-checks with Africa Check's visitors

Journalist Fellow Anim Van Wyk studied the preferences of the audiences of this news organisation in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Here’s what she learned
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News in Argentina is in crisis: lessons from Spain and France may hold the key to survival

Journalist Fellow Javier Borelli helped save his newspaper 'Tiempo Argentino' after its owners pulled the plug. At the Reuters Institute, he studied reader revenue models at 'eldiario.es' and 'Mediapart'
Journalist Fellowship Summer School 2020

Five-day Summer School for practising journalists to help you understand the challenges you face in an ever-changing media landscape.
Runs in July and September.

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Do your bit for journalism. Donate to our new fellowship fund

Many journalists operate under pressure. Our fellowship gives the best of them the chance to get new energy and knowledge
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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
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Six trends you shouldn't miss for 2020 from subscriptions and platforms to podcasts and AI

Here are the key findings from 'Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2020', our annual report on the state of the industry
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News Podcasts and the Opportunities for Publishers

Podcasts a 'rare, bright spot' for the news industry, new report finds.
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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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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Indian media and caste: why are lower caste journalists missing from newsrooms?

Tejas Harad, Copy Editor at Economic and Political Weekly, and Journalist Fellow at the Reuters Institute speaks at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development

12.30pm, Monday 24 February 2020
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News in the Digital Age

Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, President, International, New York Times, 26 February, 2pm, Green Templeton College, Oxford

2.00pm, Wednesday 26 February 2020
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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
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Strengthening Journalism Globally

655 Journalist Fellows in 36 years
655 Journalist Fellows in 36 years

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

Journalist Fellows from 92 countries
Journalist Fellows from 92 countries

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