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10.60625/risj-v9n8-mr78

How are public service media services delivering news in an increasingly digital environment? And what action do they need to take to remain competitive in a fast-evolving global digital landscape?

A new Reuters Institute report looks at how public service news organisations in six European countries (Italy, Poland, the UK, France, Germany and Finland) are navigating an increasingly digital landscape.

What are the idea conditions that allow a public service news organisation to flourish? And who is remaining competitive in a shifting media environment? The report explores differing approaches, and warns that without strategic action that prioritises digital media, mobile platforms, and social distribution, some public service news organisations risk losing touch with their audience – the public they exist to serve and which funds them.

Published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism with the support of the Google and the Digital News Initiative.

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Meet the authors

Prof. Annika Sehl

Professor Annika Sehl holds the Chair of Journalism with a Focus on Media Structures and Society at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and is a Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at the University... Read more about Prof. Annika Sehl

Dr Alessio Cornia

Dr Alessio Cornia is a Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. His main area of research interest is the comparative research of journalism, with a focus on news industry developments, digital news, EU journalism,... Read more about Dr Alessio Cornia

Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is a Professor at the Department of Communication of the University of Copenhagen and a Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Before leaving Oxford in 2024, he worked at the Institute,... Read more about Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen