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How innovation and storytelling are helping in the fight against disinformation

Digital news outlets in the Global South are innovating out of necessity as they pursue their journalistic mission and values.
Leading Newsroom Change
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APPLICATIONS CLOSING: Leading Newsroom Change: two-day senior leadership programme

Applications close on 22 April for our next 2-day leadership programme on 22-24 May 2019 for senior media leaders. Find out more.
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Misinformation: The evidence on its scope, how we encounter it, and our perceptions of it

Round up of Reuters Institute research into misinformation.
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EU drive for greater media literacy should address poor algorithm awareness

Research finds just 28% of people across EU know their Facebook news feed is largely determined by computer selection.
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A Journalist's Story: Anim van Wyk of Africa Check

Anim van Wyk, Chief Editor of Africa Check, and RISJ Journalist Fellow, talks about how her fact-checking organisation separates truth from fiction, the disastrous potential for misinformation spreading in Africa, and the challenges her organisation faces.

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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Lessons in Innovation: How International News Organisations Combat Disinformation through Mission-Driven Journalism

This report examines how digital-born news media in the Global South have developed innovative reporting and storytelling practices in response to growing disinformation problems.
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India Digital News Report 2019

Election year study of English-speaking Indians finds platform-dominated market, with low overall levels of trust in news, and concerns over disinformation and expressing oneself online.

Journalist Fellowship Programme 2019/20

 

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Political Knowledge Gaps and the Role of the BBC in the Era of Misinformation

Professor Marta Cantijoch (University of Manchester) will talk about a recent project with the BBC where she and her team have used data from iPlayer to understand the acquisition of political knowledge by BBC audiences.

11.30am, Tuesday 30 April 2019
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Why don’t we take women as seriously as men?

In the first of our Trinity Term series of seminars on The Business and Practice of Journalism, Mary Ann Sieghart will be sharing with us insights drawn from her studies into why women are accorded less authority than men.

2.00pm, Wednesday 1 May 2019
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Digital News Report 2018

The Digital News Report is the world’s largest international comparative study tracking online news access and engagement over 37 countries. The 2018 report focuses on the issues of trust and misinformation, new online business models, the impact of changing Facebook algorithms and the rise of new platforms and messaging apps

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Strengthening Journalism Globally

634 Journalist Fellows in 35 years

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

Journalist Fellows from 93 countries

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