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Backstage to the Panama Papers: big data analytics and collaborative journalism
The Panama Papers has received the Pulitzer Prize in the Explanatory Reporting category. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) – the Washington D.C.-based organization that...
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The Marvelous Clouds: Towards A Philosophy of Elemental Media (book review)
The Marvelous Clouds: Towards A Philosophy of Elemental Media By John Durham Peters (4th Estate) “I get all the news I need from the weather report” (Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel: Only Living Boy In...
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If the #GE2017 election race is already over what do journalists report on?
Election campaigns are not just about who is going to win. Yes, the final result is all that matters in terms of power but democracy is about debate and deliberation as well as the decision. It’s a...
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Politics Trumps Ethics : The case of a French TV anchor’s suspension over an...
A French TV presenter has been suspended for signing up to an anti-Front National article. A defence of objectivity or an infringement of freedom of expression? When journalists are under attack from...
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Corbyn: the personal is political and it’s not appealing
When the going gets tough, the tough get, well in Jeremy Corbyn’s case they get going to a safe seat with a thumping majority of 24,000 to make a landmark ‘personal’ political speech. The Labour leader...
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Media and the Manchester attack: evil and emotion
The Manchester Arena attacks were extraordinary in their brutality. In response the news media sought to capture an emotional range including anger, pity, fear, pride, and compassion. But how...
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Post-truth: does the solution lie outside the newsroom?
Post-truth: how bullshit conquered the world by James Ball Post-truth: the new war on truth and how to fight back by Matthew d’Ancona John Lloyd has already reviewed these two books better than I could...
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How we report elections: time for a new agenda for political journalism after...
In the wake of this shock result should journalists now abandon their previously-held beliefs about covering elections? Or is there a danger that we’re replacing one set of shibboleths with fresh...
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Did broadcast stage-management create a vacuum for social media?
The following article is my contribution to an excellent collection of political and media analysis of the 2017 UK General Election edited by Bournemouth University. I described the 2015 election as...
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Providing a broadcast platform for extremist politicians is unethical
This article by Bart Cammaerts, Associate Professor in Media and Communications, LSE The decision of ITV to invite EDL leader Tommy Robinson on their breakfast news show Good Morning Britain was not...
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The challenge of connecting digital readers to quality content
This article by Polis LSE Summer School student Eleanor Jackson. My Government teacher once told our class, somewhat jokingly, we should always read The Economist when flying. Why? Because once when a...
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Story of a vote unforetold: Young people, youth activism and the UK general...
This article by Dr Shakuntala Banaji and Sam Mejias, LSE Source: New Statesman The UK election result which came out on June 9th 2017 was a surprise to even seasoned commentators. Instead of backing a...
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NEW RESEARCH: Rescue or report? The ethical and editorial dilemmas of crisis...
Photo: Peter Wixtröm/Aftonbladet A new Polis report by Petra Olsson considering the ethical and editorial dilemmas of crisis journalism. This report was produced as part of the Polis Newsroom...
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Social media and Charlie Gard: populism versus public services? (guest-blog)
This article by Ranjana Das, senior lecturer at Surrey University. A social media patient support group called Charlie’s Army on Facebook (#CharliesArmy on Twitter) has been in operation for the past...
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The Charlie Gard twitterstorm: a violent and negative impact (new research)
This article by Dr Ranjana Das, a senior lecturer at the University of Surrey. In a recent blog-post I presented some findings from the Facebook presence of the Charlie Gard support campaign, outlining...
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Truth, Trust and Technology: finding a new agenda for public information
‘Fake news’ is now a global issue but what’s really at stake? In this article based on his speech to the Asian Journalism Fellowship conference in Singapore, Charlie Beckett calls for a wider debate...
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Journalism’s new mission: understanding the human
There is a bias in journalism. Not against any particular party or point of view – it is a bias against understanding. Sound familiar? It is from John Birt’s seminal article in The Times in 1975. He...
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Sense and Sensibility: towards an emotionally networked journalism
Traditionally in journalism ‘objectivity’ has been seen as superior to ‘subjectivity’. But with the growth of social, journalism is turning more emotional. I’ve long advocated a more ‘networked’...
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Emotionally networked journalism: regaining trust, rebuilding truth?
This is the text of a talk by Professor Charlie Beckett at the University of Adelaide’s News Reporting And Emotions conference, September 2017. Introduction: how news is turning emotional and how...
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Journalism, news and trust: are we heading in the right direction?
This article is by LSE MSc student Emma McKay, and covers a recent talk by Mary Hockaday (pictured right), Controller BBC World Service English. Mary Hockaday discussed ‘Public service media in an age...
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