A free, diverse and responsible press is a core element of any functioning democracy. But covering a potentially interesting story is risky and costly, both for the media organisation and often for th...

"Legacy media need to put as much emphasis on transforming their organisations as they do transforming their content” – this is the premise underlying Lucy Kueng’s research report Going Digital....

In today's digital market, technology is an essential competitiveness factor for news publishers and media companies. How software, tools, architectures and algorithms support the editorial productio...

The journalism/academic divide in the post-truth era. The session will focus on the ongoing challenges for researchers to make their work relevant to both journalists and the academy, and the frustra...

"Twenty years ago, in the province of Modena, sixteen children were removed from their families forever. The parents had been accused of abusing their children and performing Satanic rites, with some ...

The role and function of local journalism are evolving and so are its players: journalists, audience and publishers. Local journalism has a vital function not just as a source of information on what i...

Egypt, where President Al-Sisi has recently been re-elected with 97 percent of the votes, is a country where human rights violations - even forced disappearances, torture, executions - are multiplying...

While discussion continues as to whether brand journalism is appropriate terminology, many large companies have already decided to invest resources and expertise in this specific area, in so doing tak...