Discerning, sceptical, and relatively well informed: news audiences in the 'infodemic'

This piece is a lightly edited version of Rasmus's keynote speech at Global Fact 7, this year's…

From Maria Ressa to Supriya Sharma: the threat to press freedom in the pandemic

One week ago, Maria Ressa, the charismatic, talented editor of Rappler, an independent, digitally…

What journalists can learn from their mistakes during the pandemic

This piece is the transcript of the opening remarks Dorothy Byrne gave during a recent seminar…

ICFJ joins INERC, survey in the field now available in 5 languages

The world has changed much faster than the BBC. The new DG needs to confront that

Today Tim Davie has been named the incoming Director General of the BBC, taking over from Tony Hall…

I’ve studied journalists under pressure for 20 years. Here's what I've learned so far

Anthony Feinstein is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is the co-author of…

Here are the ICA 2020 talks featuring researchers from the Reuters Institute

As the 70th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA)…

“We shouldn't address this communication emergency without also relying on communications research expertise”

An update on INERC: new members join, survey in the field

From hard news to 'Gogglebox': why fun TV has also been important during this crisis

We television journalists have a strong sense of our own importance. And indeed, in this crisis, we…

“I think removing content by Donald Trump will always have to meet a very high bar”

Richard Allan has spent most of his life working on issues related with politics and tech. He left…

Dorothy Byrne appointed as Visiting Fellow