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Accessibility is still missing from many newsroom diversity conversations. That failure does not only exclude audiences. It also weakens journalism itself and limits who gets to produce it.
Ahmed Riad Younes, journalist and @cityjournalism doctoral student reflects on why inaccessible journalism is simply bad journalism:
https://t.co/aVdWcS4nFB
Giang is a PhD candidate at @cityjournalism, whose work focuses on #trust in the #BBC and public engagement through the soft power of the UK in Southeast Asia. Giang has previously served as Editor-in-Chief of the BBC Vietnamese Service in London.
EJO recently spoke with Giang on how he began his career as a journalist and his journey with the BBC World Service, the many lessons he has learnt along the way, and how all that is inspiring his PhD.
As #mediafreedom contracts between the rock of political pressures and the hard place of economic realities, researchers Beth Pearson and Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara examine lessons from beyond the Western world: https://t.co/c9obLUAX92 @cityjournalism
Fixers — local #journalists, #translators, coordinators, guides — have become an integral part of modern #warjournalism, serving as a kind of conduit between the combat zone and the global audience. Read this interesting piece: What do fixers do? https://t.co/SRCzvMRMPI
In case you missed it: what is a 'good #story' in times of #war?
Read #journalist Catalina Gomez's experiences and her views on war, #Iran, #Ukraine, and journalism as a craft of #humanity:
https://t.co/s1jIIr3QCj
Across Europe and beyond, the same themes keep coming back regarding anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation. New research from the EU-funded PROMPT project shows how these controversies are stitched into a wider disinformation ecosystem:
https://t.co/do7RZUsh9Y
In this interview, Timo Lenk and Martin Lestra discuss how disinformation is spread, what risks it poses, and how their respective projects contribute to exposing and combating manipulative narratives:
https://t.co/xrBm88fAFs
In a recent study, jointly conducted by the European Journalism Observatory (EJO) and the African Journalism Educators Network (AJEN), 2/3 of international #journalism educators responding said their institutes do not offer courses on how to cover #climatechange: https://t.co/BYLVMKjx1h
Conflicts in #Yemen and #Ethiopia, described as ‘the world’s worst #humanitariancrisis’ and ‘the deadliest war of the 21st century’, were barely covered by mainstream media in some European countries, study shows.👇
https://t.co/OlUczHsIKg