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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Twitter gets a patent on… Twitter
Although Twitter famously has a pending patent on the familiar "pull-to-refresh" gesture, the company may have just acquired something more valuable: a patent on the Twitter messaging service itself. The new patent issued yesterday with Twitter founders Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone listed as inventors, and broadly describes a messaging service in which users follow each other and sent messages don't have specific recipients, but are rather sent and displayed to those followers by the system itself.
(The Verge)
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Data-based pilot study looks into characteristics of migration coverage
A comparative analysis of media coverage of migration issues in five countries, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States, showed that:
• at face value, mainstream news media are broadly adhering to journalistic standards when covering migration;
• migration is, however, frequently framed and presented in a way that may counteract the spirit of journalism ethics;
• the reporting agenda is strongly influenced by a national focus and has deficits where the big picture of migration is concerned.
The findings of the study were presented and discussed at the 5th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna on 28 February 2013.
Posted on February 28, 2013 by EJC
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The European Journalism Centre announces journalism grants for innovations in development reporting
The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is pleased to announce that it has received financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance journalistic coverage of issues related to global development and the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Therefore, in 2013 the EJC will implement a grants programme supported by the Gates Foundation.
Posted on January 21, 2013 by EJC
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The 4th edition of CLICK ABOUT IT announces winners
Following the past three successful editions, the fourth round of CLICK ABOUT IT focused on the theme “Crises & Disasters”. This competition received over 2000 photographs from more than 570 qualified applicants from all around the world. Two overall winners will be awarded with a reporting trip, organised by the EJC, to a post-disaster area in early 2013. Five runners-up will receive a 200 US dollar Amazon coupon or money transfer of the equivalent amount. Two honorable mentions were added for their significant work and will receive a 100 US dollar Amazon coupon or money transfer of the equivalent amount.
Posted on January 2, 2013 by EJC
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The EJC and Vuselela Media launch youth media literacy programme across South Africa
On 2 September 2012, as part of the European Journalism Centre’s (EJC) five-year Netherlands Foreign Ministry funded project ‘Press Freedom 2.0’, the EJC and its South African partner organisation, Vuselela Media, launched a two-month national skills development tour, visiting nine community centres and twenty-seven high schools across South Africa.
Posted on November 12, 2012 by EJC
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The European Journalism Centre launches development awareness programme in Kenya
On 2 October 2012 the European Journalism Centre (EJC) officially launched its multi-year programme in Kenya in partnership with Kenyan media organisation AfricaonAir and Dakar-based journalism school E-jicom.
Posted on October 16, 2012 by EJC
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RIA Novosti releases a Russian translation of The Data Journalism Handbook
The Russian translation of The Data Journalism Handbook, which was produced and published by the Russian International News & Information Agency (RIA Novosti) with support from the European Journalism Centre, has now been released.
Posted on September 24, 2012 by EJC
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The EJC announces special focus on Emergency Journalism in digital age
At this year’s PICNIC Festival in Amsterdam, the EJC is organising a session titled “Maps, the Power of the Crowd & Big Data Verification” on 17 September at the EYE Film Institute. The event will investigate the changing ownership in society and media in digital age, the advantages and limitations of crisis mapping, and the role of journalists in verifying crowd sourced information in disaster situation.
Posted on September 5, 2012 by EJC
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EJC Bolivian partner announces local winners of WAN-IFRA “My Dream Interview” competition
In early July newspaper readers across Bolivia encountered a new take on the standard journalism interview. Published in the pages of 12 of the most respected print media in the country were interviews developed and carried out by students between the ages of 11 and 14. Among those interviewed were the Bolivian president, a gay rights activist, former boxer, and a catholic priest. Organized by the Fundacion para el Periodismo (FPP), the only criteria students had to follow was that the interview had to be a person that they felt has contributed significantly to the building of Bolivian society through hard work.
Posted on August 31, 2012 by EJC
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Pope Francis, Shine the Light of Transparency on the Holy See
As most of the 5,300 journalists who came to the Vatican to cover the papal conclave leave Rome, the 400 reporters who regularly cover the Holy See hope for a new age of transparency for Europe’s last absolute monarchy. Eric J. Lyman looks at the Holy See’s purposefully opaque information policy and how it has added to controversy involving the Catholic church.
After Tsunami, Japanese Media Swept up in Wave of Distrust
Either because of negligence or a lack of good reporting skills, did Japanese journalists fail to properly inform their countrymen during the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster? Media analyst Ginko Kobayashi examines the press credibility gap that began in mid-March 2011 as well as some new media services that aim to bring more accurate news to the Japanese public.
The Baltics: Making Sense of the Journalism Next Door
An overview of the similarities - and more often, differences - in the media landscapes of the three Baltic states.
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Being that the news industry has more than a few business problems these days, Reuters' Social Media Editor Anthony De Rosa suggests hiring outside help. By choosing Craigslist, Groupon and Facebook as examples of places from which to steal employees, De Rosa makes a solid point: go where the success is, and learn from the people that have done smart things in the more turbulent and burgeoning media landscapes.
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DocumentCloud: Analyse, Annotate, Publish.
If you haven't heard of DocumentCloud yet, it's time you discover what it's all about. For those of you out there who regularly report on primary source documents, DocumentCloud is the tool for you. DocumentCloud allows you to turn your documents into useful data that you can use for doing some quick research, highlighting or emphasising a specific point in your story, and/ or sharing your work.
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