How do you access news?
39 out of 50 of the top US news sites now get more traffic from mobile devices than desktop computers. Explore this and other data on the media industry from the latest Pew annual report which also has a useful media indicators database.
Rapping the News
Rap News Plus from the official Vietnamese News Agency produces short rap videos aimed at young people from 15 to 25, news topics covered have included the Snowden leaks, European football http://www.vietnamplus.vn/tags/Rap-News.vnp Read about it in the World Editors news blog. http://blog.wan-ifra.org/2014/12/02/rapping-the-news-engaging-young-people-in-news
Media use of Images
BagNews provides useful discussion between photojournalists and researchers on the framing of particular events using photographs. The most recent discussion considers the representation of surveillance in traditional and social media.
Alternatives to Wikileaks
Wikileaks is widely known as a portal where whistleblowers can securely upload classified information. Recently a number of newspapers have created their own systems. The Guardian uses Securedrop. Source sûre was launched in February 2015 by Le Monde, La Libre Belgique, Le Soir de Bruxelles and is focussing specifically on Francophone nations.
Charlie Hebdo: Internet archive
Internet Archive Global Events and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France are creating an archive of web materials about the January 7th, 2014 attacks in Paris. These include snapshots of key websites, twitter postings and other social media . Websites have been captured on several occasions, enabling researchers to examine the evolution of public reaction over […]
Accuracy of web-based news
How news websites spread rumours Lies, Damn Lies and Viral Content – a new report from the Tow Center examines the role of journalists. See further examples from: Poyner Center blog Reports from the Reuters Institute include a recent comparison of accuracy in online and ‘legacy’ media. European Journalism Observatory
What is the future of news?
A new report from the BBC considers how the growth of the Internet is changing the way we access news. It covers the changing nature of journalism and whether the BBC should have a future public service news broadcasting role. Other useful resources include: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism – The website includes the […]
Journalism and Discourse Studies launched
This new open access journal is published by Newcastle University. It aims to offer a forum for the publication of studies covering critical discourse analysis and journalism. The first issue contains a series of articles discussing the opportunities offered by this cross-disciplinary approach.
Violence against journalists
Following the Charlie Hebdo atrocity read the statement to the nation from French President Francois Hollande and view this homage A snapshot of newspaper coverage from around the world can be seen in the front page headlines for Jan 8/12preserved in the Newseum For further discussion of media coverage try Jean-Marie Charon, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. The CPJ records that […]
The most dangerous places for a journalist
According to data from the Committee to Protect Journalists in 2013 it was Syria, Iraq and Egypt. See the Guardian Datablog visualisation graphic. In a recent survey the International Women’s Media Foundation found that 21% of respondents had experienced physical violence and 47.9% some form of sexual harassment.
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