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For the last few years the rise of data journalism has generated some hope that newsrooms could make use of new technologies for better reporting. But what about enabling newsrooms to create new servi...

Too often journalists tell their readers and viewers what they consider to be the problem. Reporters sometimes try to find ways to prove their own beliefs instead of listening to the real-life expe...

The long Italian transition is moving towards an increasingly accentuated oligarchic structure, which corresponds to a increasingly broad and generalist area of recipients of the message. Time and s...

For a long time, journalists have had no real interest in finding out what impacts their stories are having: "Get the story out now. And tomorrow is a new news day" seems to have been the motto. We ...

In the North of Italy there is an environmental emergency due to illegal toxic waste spill but politicians and the media are struggling to admit it. Why? What are the points of contact and the diffe...

Wars and political unrest have displaced millions of people. With Italy's Mare Nostrum mission tailing off, and the EU's border agency lacking resources (and political goodwill), the boat migratio...

People reporting offenses or irregularities often risk serious personal repercussions, sometimes putting their own life at risk. This seminar intends to illustrate best practice and the latest tec...

As news events break, newsrooms need the ability to contextualize and verify reports, photos and videos from social media channels. We’ll discuss some simple tools to help journalists verify infor...

AJ+ is the recently launched digital-only video news network that was birthed out of the Al Jazeera's innovation department. AJ+'s endeavor is to reimagine the news for a mobile-centric generation. ...