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☁️ Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on continuing Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira's investigations, a broadcaster killed in the Philippines and news on social platforms.
🌳Dom and Bruno's legacy. After the murder last year of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, a group of media outlets took on their investigations. They will start publishing their stories today. https://bit.ly/3MM6ZtI
🕯A killing in the Philippines. Radio broadcaster Cresenciano Bunduquin was killed outside his home in the Philippines on Wednesday. The Philippines are one of the most dangerous places for journalists. https://bit.ly/3WHCGJk
🪙News on social platforms. Meta threatened to remove news links from its social media platforms in California in response to a bill that would tax it for news content. https://bit.ly/43yxlGs
🤖Evidence of war crimes. Media platforms' use of AI to remove graphic content can lead to to the erasure of war crimes evidence, Maria Korenyuk and Jack Goodman from the BBC global disinformation team found. https://bit.ly/3N6EY1m
🗓 Here's our weekly roundup with pieces we've published and promoted in the last few days.
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👩🏽Tuesday. We published this piece by Laura Oliver looking at how a small news site reports on corruption and women's rights for an Arabic-speaking audience: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-news-site-daraj-reports-womens-rights-and-corruption-across-middle-east
We also published the third episode of our Authentic Leadership podcast hosted by Ramaa Sharma: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-authentic-leadership-episode-3-authenticity-and-perseverance-it-became-clear-it
🤖Wednesday. If you missed our seminar with Rishad Patel from Splice on how newsrooms in Asia are using AI, you can watch a recording and read a summary of the discussion here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/how-media-businesses-asia-use-ai
🇬🇹 Thursday. We published a piece by Gretel Kahn exploring the state of independent journalism in Guatemala: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-journalists-defying-widening-crackdown-press-freedom-guatemala
🤖For today's session of our #RISJSeminars we're hosting Rishad Patel, co-founder of Splice.
🕐13:00 UK time
🖊It’s not too late to register online: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZzZkiUxWTHGfiYP-K6VrxA#/registration
😁😨Since the release of ChatGPT last year, especially in the West, public debate around AI has expressed both great excitement and rising concern about the possibilities - and the risks - posed by this new technology.
🌏But in Southeast Asia, the news industry is already using generative AI for content generation, translation and localisation – as well as other AI technologies for content recommendation, fact-checking, and more.
For an SEA take on AI, this week we’re turning to Rishad Patel, a seasoned product and design professional based in Singapore who writes a weekly newsletter on product developments, Splice Frames.
👋 Hello. Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on a new BBC unit, press freedom in Tunisia, the fall of Vice and BuzzFeed, the Messenger and the deaths of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
✅ An important BBC unit. A new 60-strong BBC Verify unit will aim to show the workings behind some of the broadcaster's output, and well as engaging in fact-checking, verifying video, countering disinformation and analysing data, explains CEO Deborah Turness https://bit.ly/3MXjDHX
🙈 Tensions in the newsroom. On some occasions over the last week, The Messenger published two versions of the same story, with editors unaware of what their co-workers were working on." Ben Mullin looks at some of the confusion and tension at startup news site The Messenger https://bit.ly/3q3cTPL
🇹🇳 Press freedom in Tunisia. Tunisian independent radio station Radio Mosaique said two of its top broadcasters, Haythem El Mekki and Elyess Gharbi, were summoned by police for their journalistic work. Some fear the move spells a greater crackdown on press freedom https://bit.ly/3OxdraC
⚖️ Deaths in the Amazon. The former head of Brazil's indigenous protection agency has been charged in relation to the deaths of journalist Dom Phillips and campaigner Bruno Pereira in the Amazon last year https://bit.ly/43gENFZ
📉 Digital media darlings. "What went wrong was not just a worsening economic climate, hubris and mismanagement, but also a payment system in which these two very different digital media darlings were set up to fail." Jane Martinson on the demise of Vice and BuzzFeed https://bit.ly/3IyZN2V
🌥️ Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the NYT’s audio app, Twitter in trouble, China’s moderation efforts, and more.
🎧 New audio app. The New York Times has launched a new audio app that gathers their roster of audio journalism in one place. They said the aim of the app is to become an “audio front page. https://bit.ly/3obUAqW
🇸🇦 Legal troubles. Twitter and Saudi Arabia were sued by the sister of an activist who disappeared in 2018, alleging the social media network allowed the kingdom to target dissidents including her brother by allowing access to the company’s confidential data. https://bit.ly/3MMLsTf
🇨🇳 Battling fake news. China has closed more than 100k online accounts in the past month that misrepresented news anchors and media agencies, in what they say is an effort to combat false news. https://bit.ly/3MAgvBs
💸 Financial woes. As Vice Media files for bankruptcy protection, a number of its creditors have come into focus including several media companies that are listed as top unsecured creditors that aren’t insiders. https://bit.ly/459aN0D
📺 New TV channel. Inside The Washington Post’s online free ad-supported streaming television channel which will provide something similar to a conventional 24-hour news channel. https://bit.ly/41I35Ys
👋 Hello. Today's round-up on journalism news around the world has pieces on Turkish politics, an AI hoax, Vice, Google search and TikTok.
🇹🇷 Media freedom in Turkey. As the future of Turkish politics hangs in the balance, persecuted news media "are far from certain that a new government led by the opposition National Alliance will see Turkey transformed into a beacon of media freedom." - Alex MacDonald at MiddleEastEye https://bit.ly/42Va7Kp
😳 An AI hoax. The editor of the Irish Times has apologised after the paper was duped into running a hoax opinion piece generated by AI https://bit.ly/42XM7GG
💸 Bankrupt. Vice Media, once considered to be worth $5.7bn, today filed for bankruptcy, with a group of its lenders including Fortress Investment Group and Soros Fund Management being tipped to acquire the company https://nyti.ms/42C1IMe
🖱 The future of search. Laura Hazard Owen looks at how Google's shift to AI-generated search, announced at #GoogleIO, could affect journalism and news publishers, including potential reductions in traffic and affiliate revenue https://bit.ly/41AQQwS
🕺 News on TikTok. Journalism on TikTok should be personality-driven and journalist-led, with explainers, repurposed content and collaborations likely to do well, a senior TikTok executive tells Wan-Ifra https://bit.ly/3M6rAZn
🌥️ Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Tucker Carlson, Saudi Arabia’s media ambitions, the war between Meta and Canada, and more.
🐦 Tucker vs Fox. US television personality Tucker Carlson announced that he will launch a new show on Twitter following his sudden departure from Fox News saying it is ‘the last big’ platform to allow free speech. https://bit.ly/3HX2uer
🇸🇦 New global media. A Saudi Arabia state-backed media group is looking at launching an international English-language news channel that could rival Al Jazeera as the kingdom aims to expand its global media influence. https://bit.ly/3O3RTlF
❌ Meta vs Canada. Meta said they are planning on blocking news for its Canadian users if the Liberal’s bill that would force tech firms to pay fees to publishers passes. https://bit.ly/42t5iIl
🧌 Troll army. Inside the Vietnamese military group devoted to policing the country’s internet by manipulating Facebook’s moderation tools to silence dissenting speech. https://bit.ly/3I3xlWB
🕯️Another casualty. French journalist Arman Soldin died Tuesday in Ukraine in a Grad rocket attack, according to AFP journalists who accompanied him. https://bit.ly/3NYJhg2
👋 Good morning. Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Tucker Carlson, AI, CNN, press freedom in India and Evan Gerskhkovich
🦊 Firing back. Tucker Carlson will try to force Fox News to release him from his contract, which expires in 2025, according to Axios. "The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond preposterous," says his lawyer
https://bit.ly/3HO6qOo
🦾 In plain sight. "A world in which AI creations mingle freely and sometimes imperceptibly with human work isn’t speculative; it’s flourishing in plain sight on Amazon product pages and in Google search results,” says Will Oremus https://bit.ly/3nxgNiV
🇮🇳 Journalist detained in India. Prominent Indian journalist Sakshi Joshi was harassed and then detained for several hours after covering a protest in New Delhi against sexual harassment of women athletes https://bit.ly/3nCyc9M
🤝 A marriage of convenience. Critics are calling CNN's townhall with Donald Trump this week a "marriage of convenience: an ailing network looking to boost ratings and a disgraced 76-year-old candidate seeking rehabilitation," writes David Smith https://bit.ly/44AOKQf
🇷🇺 An unprecedented move. Close friend of Evan Gershkovich, Pjotr Sauer tells the International Press Institute, "They’ve never done this with a foreign correspondent in modern Russia. So even in our worst scenarios, I don’t think people saw this coming, because it’s so unprecedented." https://bit.ly/3NJ3SoE
🌼 Hello from Oxford. Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on press freedom in Belarus and worldwide, legacy media on TikTok, Canada’s online news bill and more.
🇧🇾 A “fake trial”. A Belarusian journalist, Roman Protasevich, who was taken off a diverted flight against his will two years ago has been sentenced to eight years in prison. His supporters say his confession to a range of offences was forced https://bit.ly/3NCMzFy
📲 A gateway. "TikTok allowed us to deliver our journalism to new and younger audiences in a format they were familiar with and comfortable with — and attract our next generation of subscribers in the process," says The Economist's Head of Social Media Liv Moloney
https://bit.ly/4254glx
🍏 News apps. The Apple News app, pre-loaded on iPhones, is the UK's most popular news app, with the BBC's coming a close second
https://bit.ly/3NEjXvN
🍁 Canada’s online news bill. Google and Meta have threatened to withdraw news articles from their services in Canada if a law is enacted requiring them to compensate publishers.
https://bit.ly/3NDlhPn
🗺 Global media freedom. “The security of journalists is not a matter just for journalists or international organizations. It is a matter for society as a whole," UNESCO's Director-General Audrey Azoulay warned on #WorldPressFreedomDay https://bit.ly/3AVwaEG
🌥️ Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the future of Vice, journalists killed in Haiti, violence in South Sudan, and more.
📉 Filing for bankruptcy. Vice Media Group, the company behind Vice News and Motherboard, is preparing to file for bankruptcy, according to a report by the NYT. https://bit.ly/3p320MZ
🇭🇹 Violence in Haiti. Two more journalists have been killed in Haiti in April as rampant gang violence has gripped the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. https://bit.ly/3NvF6Zc
📻 Emergency service in Sudan. The BBC World Service has launched an emergency pop-up radio service on BBC News Arabic for Sudan to provide access to news and information for those in the country amidst rival military factions battling for control of the country. https://bit.ly/3NtD0c4
🇸🇩 Speaking of Sudan. A Sudanese journalist retells his journey back home as a correspondent for the Guardian and Observer. https://bit.ly/40VXa1p
🤖 AI Content farms. Dozens of news websites generated by AI chatbots have been proliferating online spreading fake news and collecting advertisement revenue. https://bit.ly/40XCq9I
✍️ One month later. As American journalist Evan Gershkovich has now spent more than one month arrested in Russia, journalist and colleague Polina Ivanova wrote a letter to his friend. https://bit.ly/3nmkw2A
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👋 Hello! Today's thread on journalism worldwide includes pieces on attacks on journalists in Ukraine, that Royal interview, Google's Bard, Nicaraguan journalism and more.
🕯 Journalists ambushed. Bogdan Bitik, a Ukrainian journalist working for Italian newspaper La Repubblica, was killed in Kherson in an attack that also injured Italian reporter Corrado Zunino. They are suspected to have been targeted by Russian snipers https://t.co/2YwIjHzcbh
🇺🇸 A co-ordinated campaign. Three US newspapers are running full-page ads today demanding the US government makes more effort to secure the release of Evan Gershkovich https://t.co/XAvZRvFW2C
🍕 Prince Andrew. A new documentary will explore the background to Prince Andrew's 2019 BBC Newsnight appearance, "the most explosive royal interview of the decade", as part of Channel 4's alternative Coronation coverage https://t.co/nJO4GT7hqC
🤖 Chatbot fail. A Bloomberg report into the launch of Google's Bard AI chatbot "illustrates how Google has apparently sidelined ethical concerns in an effort to keep up with rivals like Microsoft and OpenAI." https://t.co/lBQ35hq7c5
📱 A ‘dumb decision’. "I was very proud of the journalism we did but it was probably one of the dumbest decisions in the history of media from the perspective of shareholder value to turn down $600m," Ben Smith tells Ros Atkins on BuzzFeed declining Disney's offer to buy it https://t.co/kL4vXNCp0D
Hello! Here's a piece we've published earlier this week. As Fox News agrees to pay $787m to settle a lawsuit, a similar outlet in Brazil faces legal trouble, our contributor Murillo Camarotto reports. Here are the key points and the link:
The outlet. Established as a radio station in São Paulo in 1942, Jovem Pan amplified Jair Bolsonaro's views throughout his presidency. Once he lost the election, though, the media group got into trouble: it announced a round of layoffs, its CEO was removed and it was challenged in court for spreading dangerous disinformation.
The case. In January this year, prosecutors opened an investigation against the group. An analysis of Jovem Pan’s content over several months showed that Jovem Pan had broadcast false news and speeches that undermine the institutional order “in a period that coincides with the escalation of the coup and violent movements across the country.”
What’s next? The investigation will assess whether Jovem Pan violated the fundamental rights of the population and abused the freedom of broadcasting. The group can be subjected to fines. The government can suspend their broadcasting licence for up to 30 days or even revoke it. No deadline has yet been set for the announcement of a decision.
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/dominions-case-against-fox-news-goes-trial-similar-outlet-brazil-trouble
⛅ Good morning! Our round-up on journalism worldwide has pieces on a Welsh village newspaper, press freedom in El Salvador and India, fact-checking in Indonesia, and the NYT and Twitter.
🏴 An endearing outlet. “Most people really enjoyed it but a few people said we used too many long words.” Welsh newspaper the Dynamic, which covered village life "enlivened with an edge of satire" is featured in a new photo exhibition https://bit.ly/3L37cZU
🇸🇻 Press freedom in El Salvador. Digital news outlet El Faro, founded in El Salvador will relocate its administrative and legal functions to Costa Rica amid threats and harassment, much of which stem from the government https://bit.ly/41CP66F
🐦 Twitter and the NYT. Journalists spend too much time on Twitter. I think they're too attuned to what the Twitter audience thinks about them and their journalism," says NYT exec. ed. Joe Kahn, but the paper won't lead a boycott of the platform https://bit.ly/41utGsg
🇮🇳 Authoritarian regulations. A proposed fact-checking unit of the Indian government is not aimed at censoring journalism, the country's IT minister insists, despite concerns from media freedom groups. https://bit.ly/43HiCKq
✅ Tackling misinformation in Indonesia. “During these activities, windows of opportunity to talk about misinformation suddenly appeared." Indonesia's Mafindo aims to address misinformation as a societal problem, by working with communities on a wider range of concerns https://bit.ly/43DPljp
🌻 Hello from sunny Oxford! Here's our daily roundup on journalism, with readings on news orgs leaving Twitter, AI, podcasting and TikTok
📺 Bye bye, Elon. US public broadcaster PBS has followed NPR in quitting Twitter after the social media network labelled both organisations as government-backed media http://bit.ly/40ax4Hv
🎙 Watch this space! Why are some news organisations putting their podcasts on YouTube? Sarah Scire explores the answer to this puzzling question http://bit.ly/3KVDTs5
🎧 We have data on this. Our own figures show that many people listen to podcasts on YouTube. Percentages vary across countries: 14% in the UK, 19% in Germany and 30% in Spain, where no platform has the same reach. More here https://bit.ly/DNR2022summary
📱Now Vox sells. Media group Vox Media is spinning off viral politics site Now This. The deal is backed by Accelerate Change (a nonprofit dedicated to increasing civic engagement among underrepresented groups) and will include a cash payment to Vox Media https://nyti.ms/3GHeKPv
📚 We also have data on this. According to a recent report authored by our own Nic Newman back in December, Now This is the news publisher with the most followers on TikTok worldwide. Read the report here https://bit.ly/3P9u76a
☀️ Good morning from sunny Oxford! Here's today's roundup, with readings on Evan Gershkovich, women journalists in Somalia, ChatGPT and more.
🛣The path to release. Felicia Schwartz from the FT explains how Evan Gershkovich's path to freedom is complicated by the nature of Russia's accusations against him. http://bit.ly/41einUY
🇸🇴 Being a journalist in Somalia. "We face abuse simply for going to work. People shout at us in public, telling us to go back home where we belong." Fathi Mohamed Ahmed of Bilan Media, Somalia's only all-women news team, writes about her experience for The Guardian. http://bit.ly/3o6JmDO
🤖Regulating ChatGPT. Following a temporary ban in Italy, ChatGPT could be heading for further regulatory trouble in the EU, Clothilde Goujard and Gian Volpicelli write for POLITICOEurope. http://bit.ly/3Up5iWC
🗣Accusations against journalists. “The detention of Evan Gershkovich in Russia on espionage charges marks an unusual throwback to the old Soviet tactics for handling foreign correspondents.” In this piece for Nieman Lab, a media historian looks back at similar cases in the past. http://bit.ly/43lUj4o
👫Beats vary by gender. US journalists’ beats vary by gender, employment status, race and ethnicity, a new analysis by Pew Research Center found. http://bit.ly/3o1MeSh
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🌥️ Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on reporters in India and China, Turkey’s TV channels investigation, journalism in Iran, and more.
🛂 Tensions rising. India and China have ejected each other’s journalists, and denied reporter visas, virtually wiping out mutual media access as tensions between the two countries escalate. https://bit.ly/43Dl7fT
🇹🇷 Post-election crackdown. Turkey's broadcasting watchdog has launched a probe into six opposition TV channels over their coverage of Sunday's presidential vote saying that they are being investigated for "insulting the public". https://bit.ly/3C1mHwj
🇮🇷 Trial ahead. Ahead of the expected trial this week of two female journalists who reported on the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini, reporters in Iran have described the violent beatings, threats and imprisonment they have faced for reporting on protests in the country. https://bit.ly/3q9wFZG
🤖 AI journalism. News companies are exploring ways to structure deals with artificial intelligence firms that could help them reap the benefits of AI's explosive consumer adoption, rather than be overcome by it. https://bit.ly/3IS8OUT
🎙️Podcast magazine. A Q&A with two of the founders behind Good Tape, a new biannual print magazine that is aiming to tell the untold stories within the podcast industry. https://bit.ly/3INvu8Q
NEW on our website
🇬🇹 The piece. A piece by Gretel Kahn explores the state of independent journalism in Guatemala after elPeriódico’s closure due to government pressure. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-journalists-defying-widening-crackdown-press-freedom-guatemala
📰 The closure. elPeriódico published its last edition on 15 May. The newspaper was worn down by government pressure. Its founder Jose Ruben Zamora was jailed in July 2022. 9 journalists are under investigation and 4 of its lawyers have been arrested, with 2 still in jail.
🌎The big picture. The situation in Guatemala should be seen in the context of a decline of press freedom in Central America. Jailed, exiled and harassed, journalists are defying strongmen in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
🌥️ Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Kanya’s content moderators, Canada’s battle for news content, and the US’ Republican presidential debate.
🇰🇪 Labour battle. For the laid-off Meta moderators in Kenya, the battle is far from over: the 200 former content moderators are taking the Kenyan subsidiary moderation company Sama to court after struggling with bills and emotional trauma. https://bit.ly/3ouaDjV
🇨🇦 Big tech news. The head of Canada’s news industry trade body has told publishers in other countries not to be “intimidated” by threats from Google and Facebook as more jurisdictions pursue legislation to force the duopoly to pay for news. https://bit.ly/432dyPZ
🐘Presidential debates. Politico and the New York Times have decided to sit out the Republican presidential primary debates partially out of concern about the high cost of partnering with the RNC and a network on the debate. https://bit.ly/3MrcAWl
💸 Hefty fine. Meta has been fined €1.2 billion by European Union regulators for violating EU privacy laws by transferring the personal data of Facebook users to servers in the United States. https://bit.ly/3Ozy85D
🇦🇺 Farewell to a host. ABC host Stan Grant announced he would be standing down from the Australian TV show Q+A due to 'racist abuse'. https://bit.ly/3oo30eM
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👋 Hello! Here's our weekly roundup with pieces we've published and promoted in the last few days.
💬 Authenticity and honesty. "It was a big moment to say I was struggling." On Tuesday, we published the second episode of our Authentic Leadership podcast hosted by Ramaa Sharma. She spoke to Anup Kaphle on honesty and finding ways to be yourself.
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-authentic-leadership-episode-2-authenticity-and-honesty-it-was-big-moment-say-i
✍️ Effective leadership. Check out these five newsroom leadership tips curated by our very own Priscille Biehlmann, from panel speakers at #ijf23. Featuring insights from Daisy Veerasingham, Salam Omer, Candice Fortman + more
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/five-tips-newsroom-leadership-international-journalism-festival-2023
🇷🇴 By and for Gen Z. “Every time we asked, 'Where do you get the news?' there was an awkward silence.” We re-published Francesco Zaffarano's interview with Diana Filimon, co-founder of Romanian TikTok/IG-first news outlet Gen, știri. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-romanian-news-brand-reaching-young-audiences-instagram-and-tiktok
🇵🇷 Crowdfunding. We also heard from Camille Alexandra Padilla Dalmau, Co-founder of 9 Millones on using crowdfunding campaigns to support their journalism. She spoke to Caithlin Mercer for our #RISJSeminars. Watch it back and read a summary by Gretel Kahn
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/crowdfunding-independent-journalism-latin-america
🚀 Crypto journalism. Our journalist fellow Brett Aresco explored how journalism should be addressing issues around crypto in this fellowship paper. He looked at the questions journalists should ask, how to avoid mistakes and how to understand crypto's hype and potential.
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/crucial-questions-every-journalist-should-ask-when-covering-crypto
🌊 An innovative project. And yesterday, we published a piece looking at a climate visualisation project 'La ciudad sumergida' (The submerged city) that illustrates the impact of rising sea levels. Our Marina Adami spoke to Miguel Dobrich from Amenaza Roboto
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-small-news-site-built-innovative-data-project-visualise-impact-climate-change-uruguays
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🌻 Good morning from sunny Oxford! Here's our daily roundup, with readings on press freedom, online journalism, covering the Middle East and more
🌍 Covering the Middle East. This piece by Lourdes Ortiz looks at the many challenges faced by women who report on the region https://bit.ly/3Ojp5pD
🕺 A victory for press freedom. Tory donor Javad Marandi, whose companies were part of a global money laundering investigation, lost a 19-month legal battle with the BBC to remain anonymous https://bit.ly/42wd3gJ
📚 An interesting book. "The showdown between BuzzFeed and Gawker is best understood as a contest of attitudes. BuzzFeed was all Disney princesses, cute pets and toxic positivity, while Gawker had put its chips on tabloid-style exposés," writes Virginia Heffernan in this review of Ben Smith new book https://bit.ly/3Bs8rMI
🇪🇸 A new Spanish news site. In Spain data-powered news site Demócrata aims to increase accountability reporting, Hanaa Tameez reports. "When the noise of politics occupies the entire news cycle, it generates a space for opacity that isn’t reported on," says editor Pilar Velasco https://bit.ly/42CSPln
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🌸 Good morning from Oxford spring! Here's our weekly roundup with pieces and charts we've published and promoted in the last few days:
🎙️A new podcast. On Monday we published the first episode of our new podcast series on authentic leadership, hosted by award-winning editor Ramaa Sharma. Her guests were Ruchika Tulshyan and Stepháne Mayoux https://bit.ly/3Bi6hzl
🤝 A new paper. On Tuesday we published a paper from our Singaporean Journalist Fellow Soon Kiat Ng on how his news organisation should address trust in news issues https://bit.ly/44UeiYv
💃A useful piece on vertical video. On Wednesday our own Caithlin Mercer hosted an interesting seminar with Carmella Boykin, one of the members of the award-winning Washington Post TikTok team. Here's a summary with 5 useful tips https://bit.ly/42QLP3Y
🇬🇹Press freedom in Central America. On Thursday we published a new piece by Gretel Kahn on how journalists are defying the measures of authoritarian strongmen in this region.
Read in English https://bit.ly/3nRznlX · Lee en español https://bit.ly/3LVPNBD
🎙 The first episode of our new Authentic Leadership podcast series hosted by Ramaa Sharma is out today.
We discuss what authenticity means in the context of newsroom leadership and the challenges that leaders from minority backgrounds face in staying true to themselves and thriving in the workplace.
With Ruchika Tulshyan (inclusivity expert and former journalist) and Stéphane Mayoux (psychotherapist and former BBC journalist).
In upcoming episodes we hear from news leaders across the Global South to hear their inspiring stories of achieving success while remaining true to themselves. The series focuses on the unique challenges faced by those from minority backgrounds of all kinds.
🔗 Find the opening episode on our website along with a full transcript: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-authentic-leadership-episode-1-what-does-authenticity-mean
It's available on:
🟢 Spotify
🍎 Apple Podcasts
🤖 Google Podcasts
#leadership #inclusion #authenticity
☁️Today: a weekly round-up showcasing our most recent pieces, including a look at how Russian journalists in exile are faring in Latvia and the challenges faced by women journalists in Somalia.
🇱🇻 Journalists in exile. Thousands of journalists fled Russia after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Last year we published a piece by Benjamin Bathke on how they were rebuilding their lives in Riga. One year later, he spoke to some of these journalists again. https://bit.ly/3pbuLHE
🇸🇴 Gendered abuse and sexual harassment. In Somalia, one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, women journalists face additional obstacles. A new piece by our contributor Maurice Oniang’o discusses these challenges. https://bit.ly/3Nxekzq
🧑🏻⚖️ Journalism on Reddit. We also republished this interview by Francesco Zaffarano originally published in his excellent newsletter on journalism and platforms, in which Marshall Project audience director Ashley Dye explains how they use Reddit to reach a broader audience. https://bit.ly/3p787QB
📧We’ve just sent out an edition of our newsletter, read here https://bit.ly/417di0e
🌍Happy World Press Freedom Day! Today, we’re bringing you a round-up of our most recent stories on press freedom around the world.
🇸🇴Gendered abuse and sexual harassment. In Somalia, one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, women journalists face additional obstacles. https://bit.ly/3Nxekzq
🇺🇦 Journalism in a warzone. In Ukraine, journalists have kept bravely working throughout Putin's invasion of their country. https://bit.ly/3nm7MJp
🇻🇪Government pressure. Journalists are facing increasingly hostile environments in Latin America.
In Venezuela, reporters are embracing digital as a way to defy government censorship. https://bit.ly/40Zdn67
🇳🇮Reporting from exile. In some countries, the only way journalists can keep working is to leave.
Award-winning editor Carlos F. Chamorro explained how he and his Nicaraguan colleagues keep reporting from exile at the 2023 Reuters Memorial Lecture. https://bit.ly/411iin8
🇷🇺 Imprisoned journalists. The invasion of Ukraine triggered a crackdown on independent press in Russia, causing many journalists to flee, and some to be arrested. https://bit.ly/3Gm0f3y
🇺🇲 Dangers to come. The BBC’s Clive Myrie warned against the dangers of propaganda and polarisation in a recent speech we reproduced, detailing worrying developments for press freedom in the US and worldwide. https://bit.ly/3VyH7FW
🌧 Good morning from rainy Oxford! It's been a busy week at the Reuters Institute. We've welcomed our new Fellows and published a couple of pieces and a thread. Here are the links:
🍕 Takeaways from Perugia. On Monday we published the final version of our summary piece on #ijf23 in Perugia, with insights from dozens of people we admire https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/international-journalism-festival-2023-what-we-learnt-perugia-about-future-news
📺 A great seminar. On Wednesday we welcomed Nobel Prize-winner economist Joseph Stiglitz, who spoke with our own Mitali Mukherjee about AI, climate change and business journalism. If you missed the event, you can watch or read a summary piece by our own Gretel Kahn here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/role-business-journalism-financial-crisis
📊 A thread on Tucker. As Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News, we published this thread with a few charts from our research on him, on Fox News and on news consumption and trust in news in the United States.
https://twitter.com/risj_oxford/status/1650535971178389505?s=20
☀️Good morning from sunny Oxford! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, Buzzfeed News, and more.
📣 Tucker out. Fox News has dismissed one of its most influential and popular anchors, Tucker Carlson, less than a week after Fox settled a defamation suit for $787.5 million. https://bit.ly/40BfIE6
📺 Another dismissal. CNN also dismissed one of their anchors: Don Lemon was fired after 17 years on the network, following on-air remarks in which he said Republican Nikki Haley was not "in her prime". https://bit.ly/41WRYvi
📉 Digital media. A look into what drove the demise of Buzzfeed News: from declining referrals on social media to a lack of a sustainable business model. https://bit.ly/41Bxl89
🇷🇺 More on Evan Gershkovich. More than 300 foreign correspondents who have worked in Moscow have written to the Russian government to call for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter being held on espionage charges. https://bit.ly/41A1yUR
📬Our weekly newsletter is out today: https://bit.ly/40xk52R
☀️Good morning! Today, we want to bring you our latest report and our recommendations for the International Journalism Festival in Perugia starting later this week.
📄The report. Today we’ve published a report looking at disadvantaged communities and how their trust in the news is impacted by how they are represented in it. Some of the key findings are that many participants are frustrated by the representation of their communities in the media, the media is often perceived by disadvantaged communities as an instrument of power rather than a service for the entire public, and many participants value alternative news sources. https://bit.ly/41xr6Cp
🍕 The Institute at the Festival. This year's International Journalism Festival will take place in Perugia later this week. We are looking forward to reconnecting with friends from all over the world. Our colleagues Rasmus Nielsen, Mitali Mukherjee, Eduardo Suárez and Nic Newman will speak at different panels on climate journalism, trust in news and the media business. We hope to see you there. As for the rest of the event, we've prepared a piece with around 30 talks you shouldn't miss. https://bit.ly/3UQojSh
📬Our weekly newsletter is out today https://bit.ly/3KJkaut
⛅Good morning! Here's today's roundup, with readings and announcements from our team including pieces on AI-generated images, our global journalism seminars, the International Journalism Seminar, and our new cohort of journalist fellows.
🖌️Age of disinformation. With AI image-generators like DALL-E Open Ai and Midjourney exploding in popularity, will fact-checkers face a fresh information crisis? In our latest piece, Gretel Kahn seeks to answer that question with the help of journalists, experts, and fact-checkers. http://bit.ly/43Kpabd
📌 Global Journalism Seminars. We are thrilled to announce this term's GJS. Every Wednesday at 13:00 UK time, our guests will join us from across the world to discuss some of the most pressing issues for the news industry. http://bit.ly/408RBfF
🌄International Journalism Festival. From 19 to 23 April, journalists from all over the world will be gathering for the International Journalism Festival in Perugia once again, including many voices from the Reuters Institute who will be speaking at the festival. http://bit.ly/3UQojSh
🎙️Journalist Fellows. Four journalists from four countries have joined the Reuters Institute to join our Journalist Fellowship Programme this term. The new cohort includes reporters and editors from news websites, public broadcasters and legacy newspapers. http://bit.ly/3KZaE7V
⛅Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on an AI news presenter, the effort to release Evan Gershkovich, Twitter’s new “Government Funded Media” label, and more.
🤖 News presenter avatar. A new virtual news presenter generated using artificial intelligence debuted in a Kuwaiti media outlet. “Fedha” will be reading online bulletins for Kuwait News. http://bit.ly/3UypwNF
🪆Releasing a reporter. The U.S. government has launched a broad effort to exert pressure on Russia to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after the State Department designated the reporter as “wrongfully detained.” http://bit.ly/3GBOZjr
🐦 Twitter labels. In an interview, Elon Musk said that he uses a Wikipedia page on “Publicly-funded broadcasters” to determine which outlets receive Twitter’s new “Government Funded Media” label on their profiles. http://bit.ly/3zVaPuJ
🇲🇻 Threats on the press. Two senior Maldivian journalists were issued serious threats via phone and text following the publication of an article about a high-profile arbitration case between a Maldivian tourism group and Hilton Worldwide. https://bit.ly/43uWAKO
🇲🇽 Journalist investigation. After a Mexican journalist was murdered in broad daylight, a small band of journalists began secretly conducting a murder investigation of their own. http://bit.ly/3KT63UH
📊 A chart from our research. When asking audiences in 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇬🇧🇺🇸 if they agreed or disagreed with several statements on journalism, almost half of respondents in every country agreed with negative statements. Details in chart. More here https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/trust-gap-how-and-why-news-digital-platforms-viewed-more-sceptically-versus-news-general
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