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Category Archives: International
Apr 25 2013
To 2020 and beyond: threats and opportunities to public service media across Europe
Leave a commentI recently chaired (and contributed to) an all-day seminar workshop with a group of European public service broadcasters who are trying to (re-)define the trends that are changing their work. Not just journalism, but across the board. They want to … Continue reading
Posted by: April 25, 2013
Tagged with: business models, business strategy, EBU, Future, News, PSM, Public Service Broadcasting, Public Service Media, social media, twitter
Apr 6 2013
Italian Journalism: the Real Loser in the Italian Elections (guest blog)
Leave a commentThe Italian general elections held in February resulted in parliamentary deadlock, and debates of who were the winners and losers still continue. Partito Democratico (PD), the centre-left coalition led by Pierluigi Bersani, and the Popolo della Libertà (PDL) party of … Continue reading
Posted by: April 6, 2013
Tagged with: Beppe Grillo, guest blog, Italy, Jacopo Genovese, Journalism, news media, objectivity, standards
Mar 14 2013
Newsmaking in the Twittersphere – some new international data on how journalism flows through the microblog network (guest blog) #twitter
Leave a commentMarco Toledo Bastos is a man with a lot of data on Twitter and how it is used as a stream for accessing news from mainstream journalism brands in a variety of countries. He is a visiting research research fellow at … Continue reading
Posted by: March 14, 2013
Tagged with: europe, germany, guest blog, Journalism, microblog, News, social media, spain, twitter, UK
Mar 11 2013
Kenyan elections and the media: complex illusions (guest blog)
Leave a commentLSE researcher Nick Benequista is researching networked journalism in East Africa. Here’s his take from Nairobi on the complexities of media coverage of the tightly-contested Kenyan elections. The national elections last week revealed an uneasy relationship between Kenyans and the … Continue reading
Posted by: March 11, 2013
Tagged with: Elections, guest blog, International, Kenya
Feb 15 2013
The €uro Crisis in the Press – we’re launching a comparative study
Leave a commentOver the past four years the European sovereign debt crisis has significantly affected the fortunes of many European citizens, but to what extent do they share an understanding of Europe, the crisis and its solutions? An interdisciplinary group of researchers … Continue reading
Posted by: February 15, 2013
Tagged with: comparative, crisis, economic, euro, europe, Journalism, LSE, News, news media, press, Research, study
Feb 13 2013
A strategic approach to the new threats and opportunities for Public Service Media
Leave a commentPublic Service Media like the rest of the industry is facing a tough time across Europe. In the Netherlands the government has ordered a wholesale restructuring as well as deep budget reductions. It’s a moment for the NPO to think … Continue reading
Posted by: February 13, 2013
Tagged with: AUdience, BSkyB, Business Model, Citizen, Hilversum, Journalism, Lectures, Media economics, Mumsnet, Netherlands, OPen Journalism, propublica, Public, public service, Public Service Broadcasting, Public Service Media, Sky News, speech, Strategy, talks
Feb 3 2013
The painful rebirth of Libya’s mainstream news media (guest blog)
Leave a commentHow are Libya’s journalists coping after the end of the Gaddaffi regime? Polis research fellow Fatima El-Issawi has been to find out. Here she gives a flavour of her trip. The Head of the security team at the national Libyan … Continue reading
Posted by: February 3, 2013
Tagged with: arab, fatima el-issawi, Middle East, reseach, Revolution
Jan 13 2013
Why we need better storytellers for the new narratives in our dangerous world
2 CommentsJournalists tell stories so it’s not surprising we think in terms of ‘narratives’ with even the most complex issues. For me narrative has become an almost redundant cliche over used by politicians and marketeers. But it’s still useful to describe … Continue reading
Posted by: January 13, 2013
Dec 13 2012
What is the point of studying at the LSE when my friends are being killed at home? (Guest blog)
Leave a commentThis week we were able to give a small but vital Silverstone Scholarship grant to one of our MSc students, Eman Eltigani, a journalist from Sudan. She was thrilled to get the financial support, but bad news from her homeland … Continue reading
Posted by: December 13, 2012
Tagged with: Africa, Development, guest blog, Scholarship, Silverstone, Sudan
Nov 21 2012
Chinese media soft power – the debate at LSE
Leave a commentI spent an hour last Sunday in the London studios of CCTV, the Chinese state global broadcaster. I as there to be part of a panel debate chaired from their studio in Beijing about the crisis in the BBC. The … Continue reading
Posted by: November 21, 2012
Tagged with: China, diplomacy, events, media, politics, soft power
