When news outlets also publish so-called ‘native advertising,’ their journalistic reputations suffer – and their news coverage shies away from the companies that paid for the ads.
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Does Australia benefit from Google paying for News Corp training?
A journalist’s role is to serve the public interest. But CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, by helping his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a scandal, put personal interests above the public’s.
The Associated Press will no longer name those arrested in minor crimes when the news service is unlikely to cover the story’s resolution. That’s a major shift in US news culture.
The BBC apologised for broadcasting images of Christian Eriksen’s collapse, but were they just giving the public what it wants?
To rebuild lost trust in the media will require more commitment and effort than just papering over ethical cracks.
Important news coverage or voyeurism disguised as journalism? It’s complicated.
Peace journalism is more than mediating or preventing conflict. It’s also about the dignity and agency of the affected populations.
Journalism’s ethics code says the press must ‘seek truth and report it,’ and also minimize harm. During a public health crisis, how should the press deal with President Trump’s inaccuracies and lies?
Trust in the news media is low. One way to regain that trust is better transparency, media experts say. But what does transparency mean? The field of organizational management may provide an answer.
The newspaper industry has been asking the federal government for financial assistance for years. Now that Ottawa has revealed its plan, what purpose will it serve to sustain news organizations?
The federal budget has offered several initiatives to help Canada’s ailing news industry. Does that mean journalists will be compromised by government handouts? New research suggests they won’t.
The Canadian government has announced a new policy of providing financial assistance to the country’s news industry. With any financial support will come a need to define who exactly is a journalist.
South African editors and journalists failed in their ethical contract with society.
Guardian Australia’s Katharine Murphy and former MP David Feeney on the digital disruption of media and politics.
The Conversation62.5 MB (download)
Today on the podcast we're talking filter bubbles, fake news, opinion vs fact. Media Files asks two experts how the media and politics influence each other - and why that's causing concern.
Spotlight’s Walter V. Robinson and the Newcastle Herald’s Chad Watson on covering clergy abuse - and the threats that followed.
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In this episode, we hear from Walter V. Robinson on how the Boston Globe Spotlight investigation into clergy abuse began, and from the Newcastle Herald's Chad Watson on how his paper covered abuse.
In Africa, biased media coverage is one of the reasons voters have little faith in credible elections.
The public broadcaster tries to cater to all views, but sometimes that’s a dangerous strategy.
Journalism needs to rebuild public trust, but it won’t be easy.
In a complex media environment, it’s become incredibly difficult for the neutral press to point out Donald Trump’s lies without having that information discounted as partisan bias.
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Professor of Communication, Deakin University
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor, School of Journalism; Senior Fellow, Centre for Free Expression, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University
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Head of the Journalism Department, City, University of London
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Reader in International Journalism, City, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of the West of England
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Mental Health, The Open 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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Lecturer in Communications, Media and Culture, University of Stirling
