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Highlights from The Election Aftermath
FuJo and the Online News Association hosted a vibrant discussion on media coverage of GE16 in DCU last night. For those who missed it, some…
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Data Analytics for Editorial Strategy
A new report by the Reuters Institute finds great variance in the way news outlets use data analytics to inform their editorial strategies. Based on a study of…
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Google DNI Funding Announced
On Wednesday, Google announced the recipients of funding under its Digital News Initiative. The €150m fund is designed to drive innovation and experimentation among large and small…
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Bad Engagement Metrics
From the Brookings Institute: The path toward sustainable journalism is being undermined by terrible data, argues Tom Rosenstiel in this paper which contends that the…
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GE16 What Wasn’t Covered
The welcome silence brought by the broadcast moratorium is a fitting time to think about the issues not raised in Ireland’s general election coverage. Over…
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Scholarships for DCU Journalism Students
Celtic Media Group and the Dublin People Newspaper Group are sponsoring seven training scholarships for DCU journalism students. Dr Jane Suiter, FuJo Director, said the…
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Rethinking Media Ethics
Writing in Media Shift, Stephen J. A. Ward outlines the need for a radical rethink of media ethics that can practically respond to new and…
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Using WhatsApp for Newsgathering
Alastair Reid of First Draft explores how journalists can use WhatsApp to find and distribute stories. “The messaging app’s potential as a broadcast platform was quickly seized upon…
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Fact-checking gathers steam in Ireland ahead of the general election
Alexios Mantzarlis, head of the Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network, reviews Irish efforts to fact-check the general election including work by TheJournal.ie, Prime Time and…
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What’s the Difference Between Activism and Journalism?
Joel Simon at Nieman questions the complicated distinction between journalism and activism in our digital era of news gathering and delivery: “As the volume, complexity,…