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Write a bad review of Taylor Swift and get death threats: Inside the fan backlash facing music critics in the digital age

Five music journalists explain how they do their job in an environment where criticising a superstar might get them doxxed, bullied or harassed.

Plagios, citas falsas y nuevas oportunidades: Así está cambiando la IA cómo se enseña el periodismo

Seis profesores de Camboya, España, Perú, Serbia, Reino Unido y Estados Unidos explican cómo esta tecnología está transformando su día a día y el de sus estudiantes.

Plagiarism, fake quotes and new opportunities: How AI is transforming journalism education

Professors from Cambodia, Peru, Serbia, Spain, the UK and the US explain how they are adapting their teaching to AI and how their students are using it.

“It’s like drinking from polluted water”: How the UK media gets immigration coverage wrong and how to fix it

A new report highlights UK journalists’ role in fuelling a distorted public debate around asylum seekers and the European Convention on Human Rights.

“It’s a feature, not a bug” – How journalists can spot and mitigate AI bias

Consultant and executive coach Ramaa Sharma spoke to journalists, media leaders, technologists and academics to gauge how newsrooms are working with and around AI bias.

Two Italian journalists’ phones were infiltrated with spyware. Nobody seems to know why

Fanpage colleagues Francesco Cancellato and Ciro Pellegrino were told their phones had been infected by spyware only sold to government actors.

Research

Extinguishing wildfire misinformation: avenues for journalistic improvement

Our Journalist Fellow Niko Efstathiou looks at how news publishers can improve their coverage of wildfires and fight false narratives around them.

Reporting climate tech in context

Magnus Bredsdorff from Denmark unpacks the trap of current climate tech news cycles towards better context and greater audience understanding.

Still listening: audience strategies of Russia-focused media in exile

Journalist Maria Kiseleva unpacks the challenges of reaching audiences from exile amid censorship and disengagement.

Rethinking journalism’s silence on animal agriculture

Journalist Anne Salomäki unpacks the human-centric approach when covering animal farming in the media.

How TV news is learning to speak to vertical social video audiences

As TV's polished broadcasts meet social video's raw immediacy, journalists face a new fluency test: speak the language of vertical video, or risk being silenced in the scroll.

Perceptions, power, and polarisation: the political impact of UK fact-checking

Through interviews with UK politicians, strategists, and advisers, this project investigates whether fact-checking changes how politicians craft their messages.

Digital News Report

Actitudes del público sobre el uso de la IA en el periodismo

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Percepciones de la cobertura de la guerra en Ucrania

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Perceptions of media coverage of the war in Ukraine

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Perceptions of fair news coverage among different groups

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Events

Europe at war – And how the world reacts to it

Exploring RSF’s new AI charter for journalism

¡GOOOL!: Meet the team behind the scoop that brought down Spain's football chief

Refocusing attention on the climate crisis

A roundtable on public service broadcasting and impartiality

An event led by Tim Davie, Meera Selva and Rasmus Nielsen.

Insights from Bellingcat on Russia's Ukraine ambitions

Seven highlights from our seminar with investigative journalist Christo Grozev, who spoke about Bellingcat's work on the war in Ukraine.

Other

A selection of readings on journalism - for journalists

This list contains key recommendations for anyone interested in grappling with what academic work can tell us about journalism, its place in society, and its future.