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In a context of defiance against media, how can journalists recover the public's trust and their image of "truth tellers"? Brazil provides a few examples.
The lack of in-depth coverage of the southern African floods tell a grim picture of the state of South Africa's newsrooms.
As the news of the shootings in New Zealand quickly unfolded, a researcher took note of the way the event was covered in news media and how the coverage was being discussed on social media.
The #MeToo movement brought to light the extent of sexual violence in the community, largely through the media. But there is still a long way to go to overturn stereotypes and shut down online abuse.
Psychological phenomena like confirmation bias and the Dunning-Kruger effect make it easy for people to fall for deliberate or inadvertent lies in the news.
With a long history in the media and public life, Ita Buttrose's appointment is a decision the government may have gotten right.
The arrest of a high-profile journalist in the Philippines has been rightly condemned. But the abuses she has been reporting continue daily.
Effective communication strategies will be crucial if scientists want to counter the worrying anti-vaccination trend.
Almost one-third of countries around the world are authoritarian regimes with the trappings of democracy. Their bad behavior poses a threat to real democracies, as the United States recently learned.
As politically polarized as the country may seem, when it comes to marijuana, Americans across the spectrum have changed their minds. A new study says it's all thanks to the media.
Strong public interest journalism needs champions like never before. The Conversation's editor Misha Ketchell explains why.
"Solutions journalism" aims to give more prominence to solution-oriented narratives. It reports on responses to social problems by moving the solutions out of the footnotes.
The media trope negates the work done by archivists, who are often well-aware of the existence of 'long-lost' letters, journals and stories.
In 1811 a former slave named Henry Christophe anointed himself 'First Monarch' of the 'New World.' For 10 years, he ruled over a part of modern-day Haiti, becoming a global media sensation.
While media outlets rail against being prohibited from reporting on certain cases, it is about striking a difficult balance between open justice and a fair trial.
A new form of journalism, dubbed "access journalism" is creeping into the media, and its reliance on allegations and lack of evidence poses a serious threat.
Why The Conversation really is different, both in terms of the funding model and the journalism it produces.
Nearing the end of his second and final term, the founding chair of The Conversation UK considers the role of universities in the news media environment.
Australia might become the first country in the world to submit Google and Facebook's algorithms to a public interest test.
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Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor Journalism & Media, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
