Tag Archives: Summer School

Aug 6 2012

Investing in the investigative in an age of alternative media (guest blog)

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What happens to investigative journalism when traditional trade craft is disrupted by a diverse range of new platforms with different principles and practices? Polis Summer School student Rahul Radhakrishnan reports. The gritty charisma portrayed by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in … Continue reading →

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Jul 19 2012

From Pyscho to YouTube: How A Generation Lost The Ability To Be Shocked (Guest blog)

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Thanks to the internet, digital technology and ‘citizen journalism’ the public can see a range of images and video footage unimaginable just 10 or 20 years ago. Some of this footage is shocking, haunting and desensitizing to a vast extent. … Continue reading →

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Jul 18 2012

Signs Of Struggle: The Power of Online Protest in Russia (guest blog)

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                        This photo is just one example of a recent upsurge in Internet activism in Russia. Polis Summer School student Anna-Verena Nosthoff reports.

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Jul 15 2012

The War Correspondent Action Hero (guest blog)

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Probably the most dangerous role in modern journalism is that of the ‘War Correspondent’, but what does that title actually mean? Polis Summer School student Karl Sorri reports on a talk by BBC World Affairs Producer Stuart Hughes who has covered … Continue reading →

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Jul 14 2012

Socrates, tabloids and trust: how to preserve the flies in the ointment (guest blog)

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This article by Polis Summer School student Fritz Brouwer Socrates may well have been a wise man. The leaders of fifth century BCE Athens, however, did not exactly appreciate his incessant stream of questions and rewarded him with the death … Continue reading →

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Jul 12 2012

Media Change – Majestic and Modest (Guest blog)

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“I do not think I am exaggerating the possibilities of this invention when I tell you that; it is my firm belief that, one day, there will be a telephone in every major town in America.” Alexander Graham Bell’s words … Continue reading →

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Jul 11 2012

The Power of Investigation: Truth-seeking on an International Battleground (guest blog)

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  Diving into Danger tells the story of men from the Mosquito Coast of Honduras who dive hundreds of meters below the sea, risking paralysis and death to catch lobsters that are then consumed at dining tables in the U.S … Continue reading →

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Jul 9 2012

Journalism As A Social Science: How Data Makes A Difference (Guest Blog)

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A telephone rings in a crowded newsroom, and journalists hit the ground running, chasing down the story, reaching out to sources, snatching up facts as the final-copy deadline looms.  For decades, that was the archetypal image of a newsroom, but … Continue reading →

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Mar 8 2012

Polis Summer School 2012: The Role of the News Media in the Modern World

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This year we celebrate the sixth POLIS Summer School: International Journalism and Society – The Role of the Media In The Modern World. Amazing things have happened in global news media recently and this course has been revamped to reflect those changes. … Continue reading →

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Jul 24 2011

WikiLeaks: Making Life Difficult (Summer School Guest Blog)

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This report is by Polis Summer School student Felicia Oschmann. Apart from several photographs of Julian Assange entering the Royal Court of Justice in London during the course of the last weeks, the media’s attention seems to have slipped away … Continue reading →

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