Free data journalism handbook
Released by European Journalism Centre: http://datajournalismhandbook.org/ A book which introduces you to the basics of data journalism: uses real life case studies from international news rooms. Go behind the scenes at the Guardian data blog. http://datajournalismhandbook.org/1.0/en/in_the_newsroom_3.html
Advertising expenditure
BRAD Insight at http://www.bradtop100.co.uk/02-finance/ shows the 100 UK companies who spent the most on advertising in 2011.
Measuring Peace in the Media 2011
The Institute for Economics & Peace produces a number of indexes which measure levels of peace and conflict worldwide. Its latest publication analyses global TV networks coverage of peace and conflict. The full 42 page text can be downloaded from the website: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Measuring-Peace-in-the-Media-2011-Report.pdf Its Global Peace Index ranks 153 nations according to 23 dimensions of […]
US Presidential Elections in Cartoons
Cartoons from the Cartoonist Group including 2012 editorial cartoons from top us newspapers http://www.theeditorialcartoons.com/subject/6219/The-2012+Election-Editorial-Cartoons.php Washington post http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-best-cartoons-on-election-2012/2012/02/08/gIQAaNk61Q_gallery.html selection of the best so far. Finally some satire from the Onion http://www.theonion.com/section/politics/
US Election Advertising
Electad: http://electad.com/ An independent site which claims that it posts all examples from the different campaigns online. The site also indexes polls, tweets and interviews. Many newspapers also analyse the latest ads. See this example from the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/track-presidential-campaign-ads-2012/ If you are interested in ads, the Living room candidate enables you to view examples from […]
Internet enemies report 2012
Reporters without Borders has publishes the Internet Enemies 2012 Report http://march12.rsf.org/en/#ccenemies This provides rankings and information on nations that censor internet access. Other useful sites on this topic: The Ifex international Freedom of Expression Exchange http://www.ifex.org/ is a good starting point; it aims to rapidly disseminate news and information about freedom of expression violations around the […]
Cartoon movement
http://www.cartoonmovement.com/ Cartoon Movement is a community of international editorial cartoonists and fans of political satire originally set up by set up by Tjeerd Royaards, a Dutch editorial cartoonist. It seeks to promote examples of good political and satirical cartoons. Browse the online gallery. They include political cartoons with recent examples relating to Syria. the environment […]
UNESCO’s inaugural World Radio Day.
Held on 13th February. Find general statements and news on the website: http://www.worldradioday.org/ It sought to raise awareness about the power of radio as a tool for education, culture and development. Frontline SMS radio was involved in events. It also has a useful blog discussing the potential uses of SMS by radio stations to interact […]
EUScreen
Free online access to videos, stills, texts and audio from European broadcasters and audiovisual archives. Explore selected content from early 1900s until today. http://www.euscreen.eu/
2012twit
http://2012twit.com/ A project which aims to provide real time coverage of the USA 2012 elections from Twitter. It looks at trending topics and recent tweets. There is also an interesting blog http://140elect.com/ with coverage of twitter tools and metrics. Currently it is covering controversy over the campaign to promote a minor candidate by retweeting. See […]
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