When China was awarded the 2008 Olympic Games, it promised to improve human rights and press freedom, a promise Reporters Without Borders and other organizations say it has failed to keep. Should your country boycott the Olympics to take a stand against the Chinese government's control over the media?
In countries with heavy press censorship, blogs and websites have become the preferred means for people to consume and distribute the news. Bloggers were initially succeeding in subverting government censorship, but now some governments have caught up with them and have actually been trying to launch blogs of their own.
The Agence France Presse (AFP) announced last week that it will no longer allow reporters to use Wikipedia and Facebook as sources. What should the standard be when it comes to using online sources? Does your news organization allow for the use of online sources such as Wikipedia? What can be done to ensure that information obtained from such sites is accurate and unbiased?
According to a recent survey, most journalists believe interactive media such as blogs have had a substantial impact on the form and speed of traditional journalism. Yet more than half of those surveyed say they don’t think such media have affected the quality of journalism.
Some journalists in the business say that journalism schools are failing to adapt as media moves in a digital direction. As media evolves, are journalism schools keeping up? Are journalism schools preparing aspiring writers, editors, reporters and managers for the challenges of new media? What have your experiences been in studying journalism at a university?
For five years in a row, Iraq has been the most dangerous place to be a journalist, with 31 reporters dying in 2007. In this video, Richard Rowley and David Enders look at the dangers of working as a journalist in Baghdad:
A new study has found "unique visitors" to be the most important metric of a story's traction online, but there are a number of factors journalists can note to decide if the story has been a success. How do you measure the value of your work?
Sensor journalism lets newsrooms capture and report on their own data instead of depending on governments or other sources. The growing practice raises privacy and safety concerns.
Citizen journalists help cover revolutions, offer personal takes on breaking news and tell stories that would otherwise go untold. How does this impact the role of freelance journalism?
The Romanian senate passed a law last week requiring the media to provide their audiences with 50 percent positive news. The bill’s creators say the law will help fight the harms of negative news and its effects on people’s lives.
