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The Truth and Nothing But the Truth: A Re-Affirmation and Re-Evaluation of Undercover Journalism Practices

Ylva Rodny-Gumede, Colin Chasi

African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 3 (2016), pp. 107-128

"The role of journalism in contemporary society is highly debated and highly contested all over the world, even more so in the context of young democracies. We note that in societies where journalism faces constant threats of tighter government control and where even the most innocuous piece of repo ... more

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Investigative Journalism in the Arab World: Issues and Challenges

Saba Bebawi

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), x, 175 pp.

"This is the first book that looks into the state and role of investigate journalism in the Arab world. It explores the vital role the media could potentially play in informing and empowering society, to assist in opening up the communicative space in a region where this has previously been taboo." ... more

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How to Become a Mouthpiece for the People: A Manual for Investigative Journalism
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Syed Nazakat (ed.)

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), 115 pp.

"The Investigative Journalism Manual (IJM) is designed to equip journalists with core investigative reporting skills and to support watchdog journalism in difficult environments. The results of their work will strengthen existing democratic institutions or serve as a catalyst to establish democratic ... more

Open Source Intelligence Techniques: Resources for Searching and Analyzing Online Information

Michael Bazzell

Charleston, South Carol.: IntelTechniques.com, 5th ed. (2016), vi, 407 pp.

"Always thinking like a hacker, the author has identified new ways to use various technologies for an unintended purpose. This book will improve anyone’s online investigative skills. Among other techniques, you will learn how to locate: Hidden Social Network Content, Cell Phone Subscriber Informat ... more

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La navaja suiza del reportero: Herramientas de investigación en la era de los datos masivos
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David Hidalgo, Fabiola Torres

Lima: Ojo Público;Consejo de la Prensa Peruana (2016), 92 pp.

"El lector de “La navaja suiza del reportero” recorrerá una selección de los principales casos de periodismo de datos a nivel internacional y conocerá las herramientas digitales más usadas por las mejores redacciones del mundo para limpiar, analizar y visualizar grandes cantidades de informa ... more

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DATNAV: How to Navigate Digital Data for Human Rights Research

Engine Room;benetech;Amnesty International (2016), 85 pp.

"We assume you know how to do human rights research but wish to expand on your knowledge of how to use digital data and online media for documentation purposes. This is a broad introduction that will set you on the right path to asking your own questions and seeking your own solutions. We aim to ins ... more

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Capacity Building, Tertiary Postgraduate Interventions and the Changing Media Environment in Southern and Eastern Africa

Ruth Teer-Tomaselli

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2016), pp. 205-218

"An academic revolution in higher education during the past half century has been marked by transformations unprecedented in scope and diversity. Simultaneously, the significant changes in the ‘mediascape’ of southern and eastern Africa over the past two decades have replaced total state control ... more

What Can Nonprofit Journalists Actually Do for Democracy?

Magda Konieczna, Elia Powers

Journalism Studies, volume 18, issue 12 (2016), pp. 1542-1558

"At a time when news organizations are struggling to define and promote their own relevance, some argue that journalists should make explicit their efforts to contribute to democracy as well as the results of those efforts. This study focuses on one prominent nonprofit news organization, the Interna ... more

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The Ethical Journalist: Making Responsible Decisions in the Digital Age

Gene Foreman

Hoboken: Wiley, 2nd ed. (2016), xx, 396 pp.

"Like the first edition, issued in 2009, this book is intended to inform your professional life. Technically, it is published as a textbook for college courses in journalism ethics and communications ethics, and as the ethics textbook in a course combining journalism ethics and law. I hope that prac ... more

Gender in the Myanmar Media Landscape. Full Report: Yangon, Kayin, Saggaing, Shan and Across Myanmar

Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Nang Phyu Phyu Lin

Stockholm: Fojo Media Institute (2016), 32 pp.

"The Myanmar media industry reflects global trends to the extent that women are strongly represented in newsrooms in terms of numbers but media institutions remain significantly male-dominated at the decision making level. Safety is a major concern for women media professionals within the workplace ... more

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The Sage Handbook of Digital Journalism

Tamara Witschge, C. W. Anderson, David Domingo, Alfred Hermida (eds.)

London et al.: Sage (2016), xviii, 605 pp.

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The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism

Carolyn M. Byerly (ed.)

Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, paperback ed. (2016), xxxi, 477 pp.

"Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation. The book's editor was the principal investigator of the original study. ... more

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Editorial Analytics: How News Media Are Developing and Using Audience Data and Metrics

Federica Cherubini, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2016), 46 pp.

"In this Reuters Institute Report, we review how a range of different newsrooms across Europe and North America use analytics. On the basis of more than 30 interviews, we find the following: Leading digital news organisations are developing distinct forms of editorial analytics tailored to help them ... more

Journalists in India

Jyotika Ramaprasad

Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 6 pp.

"The top five roles, in order of importance both by mean scores and by percent who said “extremely” and “very” important, for Indian journalists, were: report things as they are (88.4%), educate the audience (85.5%), provide analysis of current affairs (84.7%), let people express their views ... more

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Journalists in Albania

Jonila Godole

Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 6 pp.

"Albanian journalists believe their most important professional role is reporting things as they are, being detached observers and providing the kind of news that attracts the largest audience. These functions contrast with the dominant perceived role of journalists in the early 1990s as missionarie ... more

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Das journalistische Interview

Jürgen Friedrichs, Ulrich Schwinges

Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 4., überarb. Aufl. (2016), 340 pp.

"Was wir vorlegen, sind systematisierte Erfahrungen, Ergebnisse von Diskussionen mit Journalisten und Befragten und sehr viele Rezepte. Mögen sie helfen, die journalistische Praxis zu verbessern und die Neigung zu raschen und dafür dramatisierten Produkten zu vermindern. Wir verwenden ausschließl ... more

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Journalists in Mexico

Mireya Márquez Ramírez, Sallie Hughes

Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 7 pp.

"With regards to professional role orientations, the vast majority of journalists in Mexico found it extremely or very important to report things as they are, followed in second place by the role of promoting tolerance and cultural diversity, and the role of advocating for social change in third pla ... more

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