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Gender Divides and African Journalism Practice

H. Leslie Steeves, Irene Awino

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 84-92

Untold Stories: How Corruption and Conflicts of Interest Stalk the Newsroom
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London: Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2015), v, 82 pp.

"This report, which has been produced by a group of distinguished journalists and their supporters, examines the broad scope of the crisis. It covers countries where media are on the frontline of tough political battles, such as Egypt and Turkey. In Ukraine, for instance, the practice of paid-for jo ... urnalism is a tool routinely used by politicians at election time. The same is true in India. In other countries, including Nigeria, Philippines, and Colombia the precarious working conditions of news staff provide fertile conditions for corruption and “brown envelopes” or under-the-table cash payments to reporters and editors which are a routine feature of journalistic work. The struggles facing journalists in settled democracies, such as the United Kingdom and Denmark, are less brazen, but no less challenging and in a range of countries across the Western Balkans with a shared and painful history, media corruption hinders aspirations to break free from the legacy of war, censorship and political control during decades of communist rule. The story is of an uphill struggle. Everywhere there is a crisis of confidence inside newsrooms caused by crumbling levels of commitment to ethics, a lowering of the status of journalistic work and a pervasive lack of transparency over advertising, ownership and corporate and political affiliations. Government control over lucrative state advertising, which is often allocated to media according to their political bias, remains widespread. At the same time, the elimination in most countries of the invisible wall separating editorial and advertising has created a surge of so-called “native advertising,” hidden advertorials and paid-for journalism. It was this conflict of interest that plunged the crisis-prone UK press into a new bout of handwringing in February 2015 when Peter Oborne, a leading political journalist, quit his job at the Daily Telegraph accusing the management of censoring stories about HSBC bank, a leading advertiser caught up in a tax scandal. These reports tell essentially the same story of deep cuts in editorial investment, undue pressure on newsrooms, and media increasingly dependent upon atypical models of ownership in which media have become the trophy possessions of powerful figures and institutions in pursuit of wider corporate and political objectives." (Introduction, page iii-iv) more

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Factors Affecting the Quality of Malawian Journalism

Levi Zeleza Manda

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 156-162

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Guide to Crowdsourcing

Mimi Onuoha, Jeanne Pinder, Jan Schaffer

Columbia Journalism School, Tow Center for Digital Journalism (2015)

"Crowdsourcing efforts don’t fit neatly into discrete classification, but for the purpose of this report, we’ve organized our typologies into six different calls to action: Voting—prioritizing which stories reporters should tackle; Witnessing—sharing what you saw during a news event; Sharing ... more

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Baseline Study: Fojo Media Institute Project Capacity Building of the School of Journalism and Communication, University of Rwanda

Anki Wood

Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2015), 62 pp.

"This baseline study has been conducted within the inception phase of the project Capacity Building of the School of Journalism and Communication, to support the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) under the University of Rwanda. The findings rest mainly on eight brief background papers ana ... more

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Etre journaliste dans les Grands Lacs: Une identité en (re)construction

Marie-Soleil Frère

In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)

Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)

Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 207-223

"Marie-Soleil Frère propose une analyse de l'identité professionnelle des journalistes en RDC, au Burundi et au Rwanda. Partant d'une perspective historique, elle montre comment la profession a évolué dans les trois pays, de la période du monopole étatique à celle du pluralisme médiatique et ... more

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Televisión y construcción de lo público

José Miguel Pereira G. (ed.)

Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana;Cátedra UNESCO de Comunicación (2015), 151 pp.

Du journalisme en Côte d'Ivoire

Francis Barbey, Zio Moussa

Paris: L'Harmattan (2015), 150 pp.

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Guía periodística agenda verde: Una mirada a la problemática del medio ambiente y el cambio climático en las regiones de Colombia

María Clara Valencia

Bogotá: Consejo de Redacción;Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2015), 144 pp.

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Verification Handbook for Investigative Reporting: A Guide to Online Search and Research Techniques for Using UGC and Open Source Information in Investigations
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Craig Silverman (ed.)

Maastricht: European Journalism Centre (2015), 121 pp.

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Remaking 'area Studies' in Journalism Studies

Silvio Waisbord

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 30-36

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The Future of Quality News Journalism: A Cross-Continental Analysis

Peter J. Anderson, George Ogola, Michael Williams (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2014), xi, 330 pp.

"This new study, a follow-up to 2007’s The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies, includes a comparative analysis of possible alternative business models that may save the future of the quality news business across the developed, intermediate, and developing worlds. Its detailed evaluat ... more

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Hate Speech

Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2014)

"The dangers of hate speech in journalism are well-known and can have tragic consequences. In response, the Ethical Journalism Network launched the Turning the Page of Hate campaign in 2014 to mark the 20-year anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. As part of the campaign, the EJN has created a 5-poin ... more

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Moskau fest im Blick: Die deutschen Medien und die Ukraine

Gemma Pörzgen

Osteuropa, volume 64, issue 5-6 (2014), pp. 295-310

"Vor dem Herbst 2013 spielte die Ukraine in deutschen Medien kaum eine Rolle. Die repressive Politik des Janukovyc-Regimes und die wachsende Unzufriedenheit in der Bevölkerung interessierten nur wenige Redaktionen. Auch die Verhandlungen der EU mit der Ukraine über das Assoziierungsabkommen wurden ... more

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Hechos para contar: Conversaciones con 10 periodistas sobre su oficio

Lorenzo Morales, Marta Ruiz

Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes, Centro de Estudios de Periodismo (CEPER);Penguin Random House (2014), 331 pp.

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Media Outlets and Their Moguls: Why Concentrated Individual or Family Ownership is Bad for Editorial Independence

Chris Hanretty

European Journal of Communication, volume 29, issue 3 (2014), pp. 335-350

"This article investigates the levels of owner influence in 211 different print and broadcast outlets in 32 different European media markets. Drawing on the literature from industrial organization, it sets out reasons why we should expect greater levels of influence where ownership of individual out ... more

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Reporting Atrocities: A Toolbox for Journalists Covering Violent Conflict and Atrocities
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Peter du Toit

Internews (2014), 61 pp.

"This toolbox should provide some insights and tools for journalists reporting on events in other countries, but it has primarily been developed for journalists reporting on extremely violent conflicts in their own communities. It hopes to provide these journalists with insights they can draw on in ... more

Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual Handouts
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Jacobo Quintanilla, Jesse Hardman, Matt Abud, Alison Campbell, Deborah Ensor

Internews (2014), 161 pp.

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A Clash Between Journalistic and Capitalist Values? How Advertisers Meddle in Journalists’ Decisions at the Nation Media Group in Kenya

Jacinta Mwende Maweu

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 1 (2014), pp. 27-42

"Grounded in the critical political economy of the media tradition, it is argued in the article that, in the highly commercialized media environment in Kenya today, market forces pose the greatest threat to media freedom and responsibility. Through in-depth qualitative interviews of twenty journalis ... more