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Constructive Journalism: Applying Positive Psychology Techniques to News Production

Karen McIntyre, Cathrine Gyldensted

Journal of Media Innovations, volume 4, issue 2 (2018), pp. 20-34

"We propose to expand the boundaries of the news process by introducing and defining the interdisciplinary concept of constructive journalism — an emerging form of journalism that involves applying positive psychology techniques to news processes and production in an effort to create productive an ... more

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Tiangao or Tianxia? The Ambiguities of CCTV's English-Language News for Africa

Vivien Marsh

In: China's Media Go Global

Daya Kishan Thussu; Hugo de Burgh; Anbin Shi (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2018), pp. 103-121

"Sustained media interest in African countries, funded from deep pockets in Beijing, may well attract admirers if the coverage is positive or uncritical. The forward-looking narrative promoted by 'constructive' or 'positive' reporting may help developing nations by not crushing them under too much e ... more

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"Free Internet" and the Costs to Media Pluralism: The Hazards of Zero-Rating the News

Daniel O'Maley, Amba Kak

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2018), 20 pp.

"In many countries, mobile operators have teamed up with social media platforms to offer free access to specific websites or internet services—including news websites. The most well-known of these offerings, Facebook’s Free Basics, has been explicitly pitched as a way to give citizens in develop ... more

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Financial Inclusion Youth Toolkit

Cape Town: Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) (2018), 121 pp.

"Between August 2017 and July 2018, CRF implemented the Kilimo Mtaji project (“agriculture makes sense” in Swahili) in Tanzania and DRC. The aim of the project was to seize the power of youth-produced radio shows and outreach events in order to share key messages that raise awareness around fina ... more

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How Journalism Responds to Right-wing Populist Criticism

Benjamin Krämer

In: Trust in Media and Journalism: Empirical Perspectives on Ethics, Norms, Impacts and Populism in Europe

Kim Otto; Andreas Köhler (eds.)

Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2018), pp. 137-154

"Right-wing populists often criticise the established media for being untruthful or censoring what critics consider to be important information—for instance, the ethnic background of perpetrators—and for being biased against right-wing populist actors. That hostility towards journalism can be un ... more

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Data Journalism Test Question Bank

Internews (2018), 13 pp.

"These test questions accompany Internews' 200-hour data journalism training program. The test is administered before and after each workshop. Answers are provided in bold. These sample questions come from the Data Journalism Certification program run in Pakistan in 2016 and 2017." (Page 1)

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Raking Muck and Raising Funds: Capacity Development Strategies for the Future of Investigative Journalism in the Global South

Nadine Jurrat, Jan Lublinski, Attila Mong

Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2017, Research Paper presented at the Academic Track (2018)

"The authors present regional trends from Sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, and Eastern Europe in light of global developments in investigative reporting, taking into consideration different muckraking cultures, and share examples of successful strategies of investigative media outlets. They suggest ... more

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Quality of News Content in Two Radio Stations in Addis Ababa: Case Study of Abay FM 102.9 and Bisrat FM 101.1

Berhanu Tessema

Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Master Thesis (2018), vii, 57 pp.

"My research focuses on two FM radio stations in Ethiopian capital-Abay FM 102.9 and Bisrat FM 101.1 in serving their audiences by providing content deliveries in news writing and reporting. The study based on what listeners of the mushrooming FM radio stations complaints on lacking content from the ... more

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Journalist Social Media Practice in China: A Review and Synthesis

Guowei Jian, Ting Liu

Journalism, volume 19, issue 9-10 (2018), pp. 1452-1470

"The growing influence of social media on journalistic work has attracted scholarly attention worldwide in recent years. However, due to cultural and language barriers, we lack comprehensive understanding of the journalist social media practice in non-Western countries. To help fill this gap, this s ... more

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The Promise and Challenge of Data Journalism: Lessons from Pakistan

Eva Constantaras, Asad Jan, Asma Usman, Muhammad Adil

Internews (2018), 19 pp.

"The barriers to data journalism identified by academics and industry are very real. Several veteran journalists with a strong history of public interest reporting lacked the basic grasp of mathematics and technology needed for the pace of the program, and were unable to complete the course. Similar ... more

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Facebook News Feed Changes: Impact and Actions

Ross Settles

New York; Prague: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2018), 27 pp.

"An MDIF analysis of the impact of Facebook’s Q4 2017 “Explore” News Feed test showed a steep decrease in traffic for test market publishers versus traffic changes for publishers in nearby regional markets. This report will explore the impact of the Explore changes in emerging markets, discuss ... more

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Global Teamwork: The Rise of Collaboration in Investigative Journalism

Richard Sambrook (ed.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2018), vi, 107 pp.

"Recent major leaks of documents and data have seen new approaches to investigative journalism develop. Collaboration across countries and across organisations has been necessary to share the scale of the investigation, share expertise, and co-ordinate publication to maximise impact. This new model ... more

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Journalists’ Autonomy Around the Globe: A Typology of 46 Mass Media Systems

Michael Meyen

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 8, issue 1 (2018), 23 pp.

"Using structuration theory, assuming that every government has a stake in steering public communication and comparing 46 nation-states, this paper explores the major principles that can be used to explain different mass media structures around the globe. The study draws on extensive documentary ana ... more

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Research Evidence for the Relationship Between Corruption and Civil Liberties

Transparency International (2018), 8 pp.

"Corrupt individuals have proven very adept at finding ways to get around formal constraints, which is why grassroots and bottom-up approaches to fighting corruption tend to be more sustainable in the long run than isolated institutional and legal reform. Often, well-intentioned laws are poorly enfo ... more

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The Conflict-Sensitive Journalism Teaching Guide: Philosophy and Practice
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Karlon Rama, Katja Gürten

Davao City, Mindanao et al.: Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst (forumZFD);Peace and Conflict Journalism Network (PECOJON);Media Educators of Mindanao (MEM);Commission on Higher Education (CHED) (2018), 65 pp.

"This teaching guide aims to assist those who intend to learn conflict-sensitive journalism (CSJ) and those who want to instruct others in the principles, techniques, and strategies of the craft. It is not a course but a collection of lessons to be integrated in existing curricula for communication ... more

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Innovadores en el periodismo latinoamericano
Inspiring Practice

Teresa Mioli, Ismael Nafría

Austin: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas;Open Society Foundations (2018), 107 pp.

"El libro recopila los reportajes de la serie “Innovadores en el Periodismo Latinoamericano”, publicada en el blog del Centro Knight entre los meses de diciembre de 2017 y abril de 2018. Además, ofrece consejos prácticos sobre innovación periodística digital sobre distintos temas." (Página ... more

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Best Practices for Data Journalism
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Kuang Keng Kuek Ser

New York; Prague: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2018), 51 pp.

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The Role of the Media and Investigative Journalism in Combating Corruption

Paris: OECD (2018), 18 pp.

"Media reporting and investigative journalism, including by NGOs, is a vastly useful, but possibly underexploited, source of information for allegations of transnational corruption. The exposure of recent scandals through effective international cooperation by transnational networks of journalists a ... more

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Innovators in Latin American Journalism
Inspiring Practice

Teresa Mioli, Ismael Nafría (eds.)

Austin, Tex.: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (2018), 106 pp.

"This book was presented in April 2018 at the 11th Iberian American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin. The book compiles reports from the series “Innovators in Latin American Journalism,” published ... more

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Toward Gender Equity: Women and Media in Cambodia

Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2018), 45 pp.

"More men than women work in the media, including in management positions. Women have joined the industry in greater numbers in recent years, particularly through recruitment of university graduates; radio has the highest proportion of young women journalists. A higher proportion of women had full-t ... more

The Conflict-Sensitive Journalism Teaching Guide: Philosophy and Practice Key Guidance

Innovadores en el periodismo latinoamericano Inspiring Practice

Best Practices for Data Journalism Key Guidance

Innovators in Latin American Journalism Inspiring Practice

The Conflict-Sensitive Journalism Teaching Guide: Philosophy and Practice
Key Guidance

Innovadores en el periodismo latinoamericano
Inspiring Practice

Best Practices for Data Journalism
Key Guidance

Innovators in Latin American Journalism
Inspiring Practice