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Lobbying for life: Violence against the press and the public interest

Julieta Alejandra Brambila, Jairo Lugo-Ocando

In: Public Interest Communication

Jane Johnston; Magda Pieczka (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2018), 18 pp.

"This chapter investigates the relationship between civic networking coalitions and public interest communication, and an opportunity to explore how the coalitions produce 'public interest-forming practices'. It examines the ability of civic networking coalitions to act and, next, to investigate whi ... more

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ISolezwe’s Coverage of the May 2008 Xenophobic Riots: An Irresolute Start and an Ambivalent End

Simphiwe Ngwane

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 10, issue 3 (2018), pp. 297-315

"IsiZulu is one of South Africa’s Lingua francas and has two successful news publications, iLanga and iSolezwe, both written in isiZulu but vastly different in how they convey, craft and package news. This article aims to examine how iSolezwe, an isiZulu-language tabloid, used two editorials to sh ... more

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‘The Big Brother We Appreciate’ or a ‘mafioso’? The Emergence of Stereotypes Concerning China and the Chinese in Angola

Jaroslaw Jura, Kaja Kaluzynska, Paulo de Carvalho

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 10, issue 3 (2018), pp. 251-271

"This article aims to analyse the process of emergence of China-related stereotypes in Angola, which have started to appear with an increasing number of Angolans establishing direct and non-direct contacts with the Chinese. The article investigates this issue based on the content of China-related ar ... more

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Newsreel: New Skills for the Next Generation of Journalists. Research Report

Tina Bettels-Schwabbauer, Nadia Leihs, Gábor Polyák, Annamária Torbó, Ana Pinto Martinho, Miguel Crespo, Raluca Radu

Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism (EBI);University of Pécs (PTE), Institute for Communication and Media Studies;ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL);University of Bucharest (UB), Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies (FJSC) (2018), 106 pp.

"The digitalisation has significantly changed the dynamics of journalism and the job of journalists. Journalism education should stay abreast of these changes. Against this background, we have analysed how academic journalism education in Germany, Hungary, Portugal and Romania teaches new skills nee ... more

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Data Journalism Program Design Guidelines

Eva Constantaras

Internews (2018), 13 pp.

"There is a growing awareness that the challenge of teaching data journalism in many countries is split straight down the middle between teaching data and teaching journalism — in countries where neither data science nor public interest journalism are particularly well developed. Open data can be ... more

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Punto de partida: Enseñar para el periodismo del futuro

Patricio Contreras

SembraMedia (2018), 38 pp.

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Journalism Aid: Country of Origin and Influences on Beneficiary Perceptions and Practices

Gilbert K. M. Tietaah, Abena A. Yeboah-Banin, Sarah Akrofi-Quarcoo, Fidelis Y. Sesenu

African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 90-103

"A sub-text in the discourse on international development assistance is the argument that aid is not necessarily a beneficent, or sustainable, solution to the development needs of African countries. This argument raises a conceptual conundrum with respect to the many training programmes and fellowsh ... more

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The Relevance of Journalism Education in Kenya for Professional Identity and Ethical Standards

Maryann Ijeoma Egbujor

Geneva: Globethics.net (2018), 133 pp.

"In summary, this study recommends improving and promoting journalistic ethical standards in media education and professional identity as necessary tools for the growth of sustainable development, knowledge generation and authentic African cultural identity. This is possible because the media and in ... more

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Journalism Education and Training in Malawi: A Case for a National Policy

Levi Zeleza Manda, Noel Drake Kufaine

Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2018), pp. 35-53

"[...] despite the welcome increase in the number of journalism and communication qualifications offered by public and private journalism training colleges in Malawi, the quality of the output is still lackluster. This is overwhelmingly because practical skills courses are taught inadequately, hapha ... more

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Status of Training and Research in Reporting Conflict, Peace Journalism and Safety Education in English Speaking West Africa: The Cases of Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Umaru A. Pate, Lai Oso, Abubakar Jibril

Journalism Education, volume 6, issue 2 (2018), pp. 28-36

"This paper examines the teaching of conflict-sensitive reporting, safety education and peace journalism in the curricula of institutions offering mass communication/journalism programmes in three English speaking countries of West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. It assesses the status of r ... more

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Manual de Periodismo de Datos

Luciana Renó

Aveiro: Ria Editorial (2018), 129 pp.

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How to write and talk about infant and young child feeding in emergencies

Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN);IFE Core Group;USAID (2018), 3 pp.

"The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for anyone involved in humanitarian assistance who produces communications on behalf of an organisation (e.g. press releases, social media, fund raising appeals) or engages with the media (e.g. interviews). It aims to support communications expert ... more

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Korrespondenten des Wandels: Lokale Akteure der globalen Nachrichtenindustrie

Martin Heidelberger

Bielefeld: transcript (2018), 325 pp.

"Der Auslandsjournalismus des 21. Jahrhunderts stützt sich zunehmend auf lokale Akteure der globalen Nachrichtenindustrie, die häufig als lokale »Stringer« oder »Fixer« bezeichnet werden. Auf Basis von Feldforschungen in Indien und Europa untersucht Martin Heidelberger diese lokale Teilhabe an ... more

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Placing Constructive Journalism in Context

Liesbeth Hermans, Nico Drok

Journalism Practice, volume 12, issue 6 (2018), pp. 679-694

"This article describes how the social context of professional journalism has changed in the twenty-first century and why this has strengthened the need to redefine the function of journalism in this new era. Pivotal questions for journalism are: How to stay relevant for the public? How to redefine ... more

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Sur l'autoroute de l'information numérique: Le journalisme citoyen en RD du Congo face au défi de la post-vérité

Sisi Kayan

Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 264 pp.

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Journalistic Narratives and Media Activisim: Inside the News

Elaide Martins da Cunha

C&S, volume 40, issue 1 (2018), pp. 335-364

"This is an empirical study which analyzes the Mídia Ninja group’s coverage of the Occupation Movement involving more than one thousand educational institutes across Brazil in 2016. This movement was in protest against Bill 241/55, proposed by the Temer government, which puts a cap on the spendin ... more

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État des lieux de la presse aux Congos

Joseph Okania

Pierre Ntsemou (préface)

Congo-Brazzaville; Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 155 pp.

"Joseph Okania fait ici l'autopsie, voire une intervention chirurgicale, de ce mal récurrent qu'est l'amateurisme de nos journalistes, lequel, bien que décrié par tous, gangrène le corps de la presse congolaise, rives droite et gauche confondues. Après une immersion complète et une laborieuse ... more

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Women's Rights: Forbidden Subject

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2018), 31 pp.

"Covering women’s issues does not come without danger. A female editor was murdered for denouncing a sexist policy. A reporter was imprisoned for interviewing a rape victim. A woman reporter was physically attacked for defending access to tampons, while a female blogger was threatened online for c ... more

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Social Media & Sex Trafficking Process: From Connection and Recruitment, to Sales

Ryan Kunz, Meredith Baughman, Rebecca Yarnell, Celia Williamson

University of Toledo, Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute (2018), 12 pp.

"This report serves to inform professionals, parents, and youth about the dangers of online predatory practices to connect, recruit, and sell youth for sex. This report outlines themes which include access and the ability to connect to more vulnerable youth online, the ease of assessing vulnerabilit ... more

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The Constructive Role of Journalism: Contentious Metadiscourse on Constructive Journalism and Solutions Journalism

Tanja Aitamurto, Varma Anita

Journalism Practice, volume 12, issue 6 (2018), pp. 695-713

"This paper examines the normative role of constructive journalism—also called “solutions journalism”—by analyzing metajournalistic discourse about solutions-focused journalism. The findings show that constructive and solutions journalism are defined similarly: they profess traditional Anglo ... more