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Do as I Say, not as I Do. Media and Accountability
The European Union’s proposal to strengthen national media self-regulatory bodies has triggered a new debate on whether or not regulatory institutions carry out their tasks effectively and efficiently....
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Transparency policies in the US and UK often fail to provide reporters with information that would help voters hold government accountable. Government open data policies are more often focused on...
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Does Impartiality Matter in the Internet Age?
Legacy media organisations must adapt to the internet age or they may lose their younger audiences. Accuracy and impartiality still matter, but traditional media must learn to adapt to the tone and...
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OpenCorporates: Open Data for Corporate Transparency
Journalists and researchers are increasingly asked to understand, and interpret, vast amounts of data. Some of the most important recent public interest news stories were discovered hidden amongst...
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Hungary: Investigative Journalism Start-up
When Gergő Sáling was abruptly dismissed from his job as editor-in-chief of Hungarian news portal, Origo.hu, last June, at least half of Origo’s newsroom resigned in protest. Many claimed Saling had...
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Data Journalism: Cross-Border Investigations
Swiss Leaks’ investigation into secret HSBC banking files is the latest example in a growing list of successful cross-border journalistic collaborations. The HSBC files were obtained by an...
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Chiedi: Italy’s New FOIA Machine
An online platform that enables citizens and journalists to send automated freedom of information requests to public bodies in Italy has been launched by Italian non-governmental organisation, Diritto...
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“Build Your Own Ethics Code” For Digital Journalists
The Online News Association (ONA) will soon launch its “Build Your Own Ethics Code” project, designed to help news organisations, startups and individual journalists create codes of ethics that reflect...
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Ukraine’s Press Freedom Threatened by Oligarchs
Recent political developments in Ukraine, following the EuroMaidan Revolution, have seen increased democratization of the country. Yet press freedom remains highly vulnerable, as media-owning oligarchs...
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NewsGuard’s “news trust” ratings rolled out to Europe
NewsGuard aims to help readers find reliable sources of information NewsGuard, the US media start-up launched in 2018 with the ambitious aim of providing news consumers with a reliable guide to the...
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