The practice commonly known as “parachute journalism”, i.e. dispatching journalists to a country for a relatively short period of time to cover a story, is a controversial type of reporting. But j...
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There have always been battles about what journalism is, and who should be allowed to call themselves a journalist. Some want to put up razorwire around the profession, and others are more comfortable...
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6 april 2019
Inside the mind of a hacker: why all journalists need to care about digital security
Reporters working on national security or with sensitive government sources obviously need to keep hackers out of their online accounts. But in reality, all journalists, including sports, tech, fashio...
The mantra of 'move fast and break things' defined the last wave of innovation in media. Fuelled by venture capital and a Silicon Valley ethos, many digital news companies were built for a speed and s...
From Seneca to Fedez and beyond: the Bacio Perugina - from the cartouche to social media, from chocolate to an almost-100-year-old communicative symbol, what this icon of Made in Italy teaches us abou...
Facing the challenges of a datafied society: how journalist, activists and hackers can make sense of datafication. The contemporary datafied society is hybrid in nature: information technology, polic...
The ethical and social impact of technology, and the role of journalists and media in it. The session will consider what the social impacts and ethical implications are of new technologies such as ar...
Our societies feel more fragmented than ever and it’s not just tabloids who seem to be stoking the flames of discord and division. In the wake of the Christchurch terror attack, the UK's head of cou...
In the era of digital agora, political leaders, gurus and corporate CEOs can speak to millions of people every day, bypassing journalists' questions. Can video clips or headline-grabbing phrases reall...