Scoop: Netflix depiction of Prince Andrew interview is a welcome addition to the journalism film canon: The car crash interview with Prince Andrew was indeed a scoop for then BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis. Its depiction in the new Netflix film Scoop is a reminder of the power of the one-to-one interview where, as in …
Misinformation: how fact-checking journalism is evolving – and having a real impact on the world: “Fake news” loves a crisis. It’s clear now that false information has played a role in recent events around the world from divisive elections to the COVID pandemic to the conflict roiling Israel and Gaza. It is important to counter false …
Local journalism: why a tiny news operation could inspire a different approach and is attracting big name support: It started as a one-person operation, funded by personal savings and based in a bedroom, with a mission to provide a new format for local news in Manchester, and now The Mill is attracting £350,000 of funding …
Canadian government’s battle with big tech platforms and what it means for the future of journalism: Canada recently passed a law to address the continuing financial woes of its traditional news media, trust in which has steadily fallen to 42% in 2022. The Online News Act, known as Bill C-18, passed in June 2023 but …
Climate change journalism in South Africa misses the mark by ignoring people’s daily experiences: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2022 COP27 meeting in Egypt. Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images South Africa’s media houses rely too heavily on events like conferences, climate disasters and the release of scientific papers in their reporting on climate …
Stefan Wolff and Tetyana Malyarenko win Sir Paul Curran award for academic journalism – their editor explains why: Stefan Wolff accepts the Sir Paul Curran Award on behalf of himself and Tetyana Malyarenko. The Conversation, CC BY-SA During the average year on The Conversation we routinely work with thousands of authors. One of the unique …
Buzzfeed News: sad demise of a clever, innovative site that led the way in digital journalism: Buzzfeed News, once a shining star of digital journalism, has announced it will shut its award-winning news division for good, laying off about 60 journalists in a move its founding editor, Ben Smith, described as “the end of the …
Oakeshott and Hancock: betraying a confidential source damages journalism and is a threat to public health: It is an iron rule of journalism – probably the first lesson that a rookie reporter learns on joining a professional newsroom: never betray a confidential source. A core principle of the National Union of Journalists code of conduct …
Local journalism is under threat at a time when communities need more inclusive reporting: The future of local newspapers is under threat, according to parliament’s digital, culture, media & sport committee (DCMS) report released last month. This report into the sustainability of local journalism comes at a time when public trust in the national media …
Conversation Insights wins journalism award for climate coverage: The Conversation authors recognised for work on net zero. You may remember seeing an article we published in April last year in which climate scientists, James Dyke, Wolfgang Knorr and Robert Watson, set out the problems inherent in the idea of net zero. Climate activist Greta Thunberg …
Ukraine war: death of a ‘fixer’ underlines the dangers of this unsung but vital job for journalism: Oleksandra Kushynova died on March 14 in the village of Horenka north of Kyiv when the vehicle in which she was travelling was hit by incoming fire killing her and Irish cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, as well as wounding …
Journalism has changed. Education must reflect the reality: Traditional media, particularly print, are in decline as audiences move online. Patrick Meinhardt / AFP via Getty Images For more than a century, journalism education prepared young people for the role of full-time professionals employed by sizeable news organisations. But the advertising-based business model that sustained journalism …
Global effort to defend journalism needs a reset – here’s how to do better: Media freedom is increasingly under threat around the world from a combination of economic and political factors. For some years now, digital technology has undermined the business model that has traditionally sustained journalism. That – and an increasing concentration of media …
Saving journalism: views on how to pay for reliable information: Newsrooms in Africa are struggling to stay afloat amid declining revenue margins Fredrick Omondi/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons Journalism globally faces a sustainability crisis . It largely stems from declining advertising revenue, loss of revenue to technology giants, control of news media by political actors and individuals with …
Prof Sir Paul Curran Award for Excellence in Academic Journalism 2021 goes to Caitjan Gainty: Research helps build a better world. It also ignites debate, inspires new ideas, excites and entertains. That’s why, as editors at The Conversation, we love what we do. Our content, which recently received its billionth read, draws on the latest …
Hong Kong: how colonial-era laws are being used to shut down independent journalism: Hong Kong has never been a democracy, but it was home to a vibrant media scene and enjoyed the free flow of information. No more. The National Security Law (NSL), unilaterally imposed by Beijing in 2020, cracked down on protest and effectively …
How the COVID pandemic changed digital journalism: Arnap Pratav Singh/Shutterstock In the last decade, smartphones and mobile technology have altered newsrooms, transforming news gathering, live broadcasting and content distribution. Trained on an iPhone 4s at the University of Sheffield in 2011, I was one of the first mobile journalists in the UK. Over the course …
Official Secrets Act: UK government has a long history of suppressing journalism to hide its misdeeds: The UK government recently put out for consultation proposals for toughening the Official Secrets Act, ostensibly to deter foreign spies. Many lawyers, lawmakers and journalists have argued that laws concerning official data and secrets are in need of updating …