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✊🏼For tomorrow's session of our #RISJSeminars we're hosting @MLouisaE, PhD candidate at @UCC to discuss contemporary journalism in exile.
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🇺🇦 Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a number of journalists and newsrooms have had to flee both Russia and Ukraine in order to keep reporting safely and independently from government influence.
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🇸🇻 Often exile journalism is the only way independent media under authoritarianism can survive. Recently, Salvadorian newspaper @_elfaro_ announced that it had to move its legal and admin operations due to what they describe as a campaign of gov harassment
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For the last of our #RISJSeminars this term, @khalelashawe and Hail Khalaf of @FrontlineInFocu will discuss their groundbreaking AR/VR reporting of conflict zones later today.
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@khalelashawe @FrontlineInFocu On the sixth of February at 4.17am, the Kahramanmaras earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. More than 50,000 were killed and millions were displaced by the disaster.
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@khalelashawe @FrontlineInFocu For the past 30 days, journalists at @FrontlineInFocu have been working overtime to tell their stories using AR and VR technology
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Kicking off today's seminar on journalism in Ukraine:
🇺🇦 A conversation between our own @CaithlinMercer and our former Fellow @SMusaieva, from @ukrpravda_news #RISJSeminars
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🇺🇦 A conversation between our own @CaithlinMercer and our former Fellow @SMusaieva, from @ukrpravda_news #RISJSeminars
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📰 On her newspaper
"Before the invasion began, our newspaper had 1m readers a day and 26m unique users per month. We launched a reader revenue model right before the pandemic in 2020," says @SMusaieva from @ukrpravda_news
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"Before the invasion began, our newspaper had 1m readers a day and 26m unique users per month. We launched a reader revenue model right before the pandemic in 2020," says @SMusaieva from @ukrpravda_news
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🧳 On how they relocated
"We relocated part of our team to Western Ukraine. Many didn't understand this back then. But 2 of the editors who left were from Bucha. The father of them was killed in Bucha by Russians," says @SMusaieva from @ukrpravda_news
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"We relocated part of our team to Western Ukraine. Many didn't understand this back then. But 2 of the editors who left were from Bucha. The father of them was killed in Bucha by Russians," says @SMusaieva from @ukrpravda_news
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This week's #RISJSeminars, chaired by @CaithlinMercer, will feature @ukrpravda_news editor-in-chief @SMusaieva, who will share how Ukraine's biggest newsroom stayed afloat in the war.
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@CaithlinMercer @ukrpravda_news @SMusaieva It’s been 272 days since Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to @UN official numbers, at least 6,490 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and over 9,000 wounded since the attack began. Real figures are likely to be much higher.
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@CaithlinMercer @ukrpravda_news @SMusaieva @UN At least 7.4 million Ukrainians have become refugees, and at least 12 journalists have been killed. You can read about their lives in this piece remembering them.
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1⃣ RT's reach on the web is relatively small across the UK, Germany and France, but is "surprisingly strong on social media, at least in spots," writes @jbenton based on analysis by @rasmus_kleis
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2⃣ As Ukrainian journalism comes under incredible pressure to survive and tell the stories of the war, fundraising efforts by @j_parus seek to support the country's independent news media. @eduardosuarez spoke to him in this new piece on our website
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3⃣ Russian Wikipedia editors have prevailed in using the term 'invasion' in the page about the war, and 740 distinct authors have contributed to the English-language page on the subject, writes @harrisonstephen on the skirmishes playing out on the website
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Kicking off our seminar with @christogrozev from @bellingcat on using open source intelligence to cover the war in 🇺🇦. We'll be live-tweeting highlights of the event in this thread #RISJSeminars
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👉 On an initial tip
"In Dec 2021 a whistleblower told us that war with Ukraine was on the agenda, that Putin had told a small circle he was going to start a war and was considering using tactical nuclear weapons," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"In Dec 2021 a whistleblower told us that war with Ukraine was on the agenda, that Putin had told a small circle he was going to start a war and was considering using tactical nuclear weapons," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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💣 On documenting war crimes
"As the war began, we started trying to archive any evidence of war crimes. That's what we do. A lot of this work is invisible. A lot of this work will end up in courts in the future," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"As the war began, we started trying to archive any evidence of war crimes. That's what we do. A lot of this work is invisible. A lot of this work will end up in courts in the future," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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📌TODAY. Lead Russia investigator for investigative news site @bellingcat @christogrozev will join us for our #RISJSeminars series, w/chair @MeeraSelva1 sharing insights from his work and useful tips to cover the war in Ukraine.
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💻@christogrozev is a journalist and executive director of @bellingcat. He has received multiple awards, including the 2019 European Press Prize Investigative Reporting Award for an investigation into the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
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@EliotHiggins, founder of @bellingcat which relies on Open Source Intelligence, described his non-journalism background as an advantage in his work, and said he didn't see journalism "as something that has to be separate from advocacy or activism."
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Kicking off our seminar with our Journalist Fellow @Darhaneo on journalism and press freedom in Kazakhstan, chaired by @MeeraSelva1 #RISJSeminars
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⚫️ On internet blackouts
"It was blocked in the night of 5 January. It was a total blackout because the state of emergency declared in the country. Then there were partial blackouts and it was impossible to know when the net would work," says @Darhaneo
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"It was blocked in the night of 5 January. It was a total blackout because the state of emergency declared in the country. Then there were partial blackouts and it was impossible to know when the net would work," says @Darhaneo
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📱On how they adapted
"The Internet blackouts made it very difficult to work and to process very heavy video materials. So we switch to cell phone cameras. We would shoot and send it right away to our colleagues in Prague," says @Darhaneo
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"The Internet blackouts made it very difficult to work and to process very heavy video materials. So we switch to cell phone cameras. We would shoot and send it right away to our colleagues in Prague," says @Darhaneo
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🇰🇿 Join our Global Journalism Seminar today to hear what is happening to journalism in Kazakhstan with @Darhaneo of the @RFERL's Kazakh service speaking to chair @MeeraSelva1
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During the recent unrest in Kazakhstan, independent journalists were faced with "arbitrary arrests, police violence, blocked telecommunications and Internet cuts," according to @RSF_inter
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Among those detained was today's speaker @Darhaneo, who was interrogated by police for over four hours.
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🇹🇷 Our speaker today at the global journalism seminar series is our former Journalist Fellow @kemalgoktas, award-winning journalist, author and legal scholar. Kemal will speak about journalism in Turkey #RISJSeminars
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Kemal taught in @AnkaraUniver for four years and was a @risj_oxford Journalism Fellow in 2017. In 2019 he founded the podcast and online news platform @kisadalgamedya, where he is currently the editor-in-chief kisadalga.net
Kemal published this paper in 2018 on reporting on human rights violations in Turkey. He surveyed 133 Turkish journalists, 20% of whom worked for pro-government outlets. All of them feared prosecution for their work & frequently self-censored their writing reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/r…
Join the first of our #RISJSeminars of 2022 as @BBCSanaSafi speaks about the dire humanitarian situation and the state of journalism in her home country of Afghanistan with chair @MeeraSelva1
🕐 13:00 UK time, today
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Sana is a senior BBC journalist and creator of radio documentary 'Afghanistan and Me' where she talks of her and her family's upbringing in one of the most volatile parts of the world.
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Journalism has suffered greatly since the Taliban re-took control. The crackdown on independent media and the financial crisis has led to 250 media outlets closing, and the number of women journalists still working has collapsed, reports @Raksha_Kumar
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Join us later today as Pulitzer Prize winner @the_ayeminthant attends our Global Journalism Seminar on 'The Perils of Parachute Journalism' with chair and RISJ Deputy Director @MeeraSelva1
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Aye Min Thant was part of the Reuters team investigating ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in Myanmar which won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 2019.
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This @nytimes article describes the unease as the coup in Myanmar unfolded.
"The reality of the coup sank in, and panic seemed to grow. Long lines formed outside banks and cash machines. People started rushing to gold shops to exchange currency for gold."
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"The reality of the coup sank in, and panic seemed to grow. Long lines formed outside banks and cash machines. People started rushing to gold shops to exchange currency for gold."
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📌 Today we publish a NEW report by @joyjenkins on how local newspapers in Europe have adapted their business & editorial strategies to remain sustainable in the digital age
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2. The report focusses on outlets that have embraced the shift to paid content online
👩🔬 It's based on 20 interviews w/ managers & editors conducted between Dec. 2019 & March 2020
🌍 It covers 8 local newspapers in 🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧
Here's a list of interviewees
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👩🔬 It's based on 20 interviews w/ managers & editors conducted between Dec. 2019 & March 2020
🌍 It covers 8 local newspapers in 🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧
Here's a list of interviewees
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3. All of the newspapers covered here have shifted from digital strategies emphasising the pursuit of audience reach to a focus on building lasting relationships with readers who will pay for online content in the form of subscriptions, memberships, donations, or micropayments
As part of our Summer School, @FT columnist @TimHarford will speak about his new book on how to think differently about numbers in an open seminar #RISJSeminars
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"Statistics should, one would hope, deliver a more objective view of the world. But the numbers never speak for themselves. They, too, are shaped by our emotions, our politics and, perhaps above all, our preconceptions," @TimHarford writes in this piece ft.com/content/92f64e…
.@TimHarford is the host of the podcast Cautionary Tales. Every episode tells a story of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, daring heists and hilarious fiascos podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cau…
Despite the lockdown we still brought you a packed #RISJSeminars schedule last term. Catch up with inspiring and insightful talks, chaired by @MeeraSelva1, by our line-up of speakers covering topics inc. #mentalhealth #BBC #pressfreedom #COVID19 #Brexit...
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🌍@prashantrao international editor of @TheAtlantic kicked off our #RISJSeminars last term outlining how to build a global media brand and staying true to the brand/mission as they expand.
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🇬🇧↔️🇪🇺@anandMenon1 on Brexit: “The greatest risk is the talks break down and both sides walk away from the negotiating table in a spirit of animosity and mutual recrimination that gets in the way of co-operation over health, terrorism and security.”
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'Public sector broadcasting and trust in dangerous times'
Join us TODAY to hear @dorotheabyrne - Editor-at-Large @Channel4 and a Visiting Fellow at the RISJ - deliver the next of our #RISJSeminars
Chair: @MeeraSelva1
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Join us TODAY to hear @dorotheabyrne - Editor-at-Large @Channel4 and a Visiting Fellow at the RISJ - deliver the next of our #RISJSeminars
Chair: @MeeraSelva1
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She is one of the UK's most senior broadcast journalists having left her role as Head of News and Current Affairs @Channel4 in May which she held since 2003. She previously worked in docs and current affairs including World in Action and The Big Story @itvnews and @C4Dispatches
"If your newsroom is not diverse, you will get the news wrong"
Last year she spoke to us on the importance of having a diverse newsroom and efforts to ensure staff at Channel 4 were reflective of the country.
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Last year she spoke to us on the importance of having a diverse newsroom and efforts to ensure staff at Channel 4 were reflective of the country.
Read the full transcript here: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/if…
1. Today at 14:00 we are welcoming award-winning journalist @lagipoiva for our #RISJseminars series. She will share her experience of reporting on the measles and the coronavirus in the Pacific Islands.
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2. @lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson was the first Samoan to be a @risj_oxford Journalist Fellow. She started her career in journalism at the age of 18 and became the first woman to lead a newspaper in Samoa in 2006. She's received many awards for her work reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/cherell…
3. As part of her Fellowship, @lagipoiva published this paper on reporting climate change in the Pacific Islands. Her homeland is one of the most exposed to the threat of rising sea levels, storm surges and heavier rainfall
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1. Today at 14:00 UK time we are hosting the second seminar of our series on the business and practice of journalism, chaired by @MeeraSelva1.
The speaker will be @anandMenon1 from @UKandEU.
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The speaker will be @anandMenon1 from @UKandEU.
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2. @anandMenon1 is the Director of the @UKandEU academic think tank and also a Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at @KingsCollegeLon. He's written extensively about #Brexit. You can find some of his articles in this link theguardian.com/profile/anand-…
3. @anandMenon1's last piece for @guardian argued in favour of extending the transition period with the EU.
"The pandemic makes it unlikely that a comprehensive free trade agreement between the UK and EU can be secured before the transition period ends" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"The pandemic makes it unlikely that a comprehensive free trade agreement between the UK and EU can be secured before the transition period ends" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
1. Today at 14:00 UK Time we are kicking off our weekly seminar series on the business and practice of journalism, chaired by @MeeraSelva1. The speaker will be @prashantrao from @TheAtlantic.
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2. @prashantrao is a Global Editor at @TheAtlantic.
"Prashant is an editorial force. He’s overflowing with ideas about how a real-time magazine can cover the biggest stories on the planet," said @JeffreyGoldberg & @AdrienneLaF when he took this role
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"Prashant is an editorial force. He’s overflowing with ideas about how a real-time magazine can cover the biggest stories on the planet," said @JeffreyGoldberg & @AdrienneLaF when he took this role
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3. @TheAtlantic launched a new subscription model in 2019, with a metered paywall and additional advantages for subscribers.
"Our aim is nothing less than to be a standard-bearer for truth in an age of disinformation," wrote @JeffreyGoldberg back then
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"Our aim is nothing less than to be a standard-bearer for truth in an age of disinformation," wrote @JeffreyGoldberg back then
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1. Today at 14:00 we are hosting our weekly seminar at @greentempleton. The speakers will be @MeeraSelva1 and @simgandi, authors of our factsheet on female leadership in the news media. We'll be live-streaming the event #RISJSeminars
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2. Only 23% of the top editors across 200 major outlets in 10 different markets are women, according to the factsheet we published on Sunday.
Markets covered: 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇲🇽🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇷🇩🇪🇫🇮🇭🇰🇿🇦
📱Read the factsheet here
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Markets covered: 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇲🇽🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇷🇩🇪🇫🇮🇭🇰🇿🇦
📱Read the factsheet here
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3. Percentages of female top editors are very different in every market covered by our factsheet. But every market has a minority of women among the top editors, including 🇧🇷 & 🇫🇮 where women outnumber men among working journalists.
1. Today at 12:00 GMT Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) will speak at @greentempleton on political coverage as part of our seminar series chaired by @MeeraSelva1. We'll be live-streaming and live-tweeting the seminar #RISJSeminars
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2. Marie Le Conte is a French-Moroccan political journalist based in London. In 2016 she joined BuzzFeed News, where she broke stories such as Nigel Farage’s meeting with Julian Assange (BTW: have you noticed the funny URL?) buzzfeed.com/marieleconte/w…
3. After leaving @BuzzFeedNews, she has written for @prospect_uk @thesundaytimes, @NewStatesman, @guardian and other publications. In 2019 she published the book 'Haven't You Heard? Gossip, Power, and How Politics Really Works'. Here's a link to the book amazon.co.uk/Havent-You-Hea…
