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Hundreds of Australian journalists signed an open letter to news organisations calling for better coverage of the war. It calls their impartiality into question.
The “he said/she said” reporting of yesteryear no longer serves a democratic purpose. Media must do better at calling out lies and misinformation.
Past controversies and their impacts show how important it is to make the right appointment to the position.
Observers regularly face dangers owing to political instability, insecurity, violence and other crises in some countries.
The disinformation age is changing what it means to produce fair or balanced reporting.
Instead of drawing on the lessons of its own negotiated settlement and its rich history of peace-making in Africa, Pretoria chose to appease Russia.
Claiming a right to determine reality by mere say-so is becoming increasingly commonplace, but we should never get used to it.
Given the summer we have had, media acquiescence in climate change denial, and failure to follow the weight of scientific evidence, looks like culpability.
The public broadcaster tries to cater to all views, but sometimes that’s a dangerous strategy.
In the digital age, one of the most complex challenges for media outlets is how to re-shape the editorial responsibilities of journalism itself. Are the hallmarks of good journalism – accuracy, independence…
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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PhD candidate in Communication and Media, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor of the Practice of Mediation, University of Notre Dame
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Chair Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
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Content Director & Editorial Trainer, ABC Radio; 2014 fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Surrey
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Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), University of South Africa
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PhD Candidate/Research & Teaching Assistant, Grenoble Ecole de Management/Lecturer in Organisational Psychology, Rhodes University
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Doctoral Researcher in Politics, University of East Anglia
