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ProjectsItalian Journalism in the Age of Silvio BerlusconiThe impact of Berlusconi on Italian journalism and the model of mediaocracy it has shown the world. Reporting ChinaChinese journalism after market reforms: possibilities for and dangers of investigation. The Russian WayThe role of the media in Russia's emergence from, and partial descent back into, authoritarianism. A Free Press in Private HandsThe power of proprietors (including the state) to influence the content and limits of journalism. |
Axess Programme on Journalism and DemocracyThe Axess Programme on Journalism and Democracy began in June 2009, born out of the perceived need for a comprehensive study of the relationship between journalism and democracy in the contemporary - and rapidly transforming - media landscape. Finnish politics makes international headlinesSubmitted by Johanna Vehkoo on April 23, 2011 - 5:02 PM
Finnish journalist Johanna Vehkoo writes on the role of the media in the rise of the True Finns. Back to the FutureSubmitted by Janice Winter on April 6, 2011 - 9:16 PM
While “Facing the Future” was the name of the Frontline Club’s event last night, it appeared that some journalists still have their backs to it. The end of journalism?Submitted by Haiyan Wang on April 5, 2011 - 11:54 AM
Should we be threatened by non-professional "we media"? Mightiest for the mightiest: “The Net Delusion”Submitted by John Lloyd on March 29, 2011 - 1:02 PM
In The Net Delusion, Evgeny Morozov vents frustration at what he calls “cyber utopianism” in Western foreign policy. He’s certainly got a point, but he is also wrong to assume no one in the State Department shares his concerns. Journalism: The Necessary and Living TradeSubmitted by John Lloyd on February 16, 2011 - 4:37 PM
An ambitious project on the state of journalism worldwide. The Great ReducersSubmitted by John Lloyd on Janurary 26, 2011 - 4:03 PM
The line between public interest and moral indefensibility is a thin one, and getting thinner. Wiki PowerSubmitted by John Lloyd on December 3, 2010 - 6:30 PM
Wikileaks has published, and is being damned. Because it's doing what journalism says is its mission - but on an industrial scale. Governments have no choice but to stop it, or to protect themselves. Anne Leslie is a fascistSubmitted by John Lloyd on November 26, 2010 - 12:26 PM
Current affairs on UK TV used to be about lies, corruption and tyranny. Now they're also about tax. That's better. But the old days really were also good. ScandalousSubmitted by John Lloyd on November 22, 2010 - 5:46 PM
The tea partiers believe the "lamestream media" are a threat to democracy. But they are. The power that isSubmitted by John Lloyd on November 5, 2010 - 3:42 PM
The case against expanding the Murdoch empire Good journalism betraysSubmitted by John Lloyd on September 1, 2010 - 1:01 PM
Why democracy depends on small acts of treachery. Who is interested in the 'public interest'?Submitted by John Lloyd on August 19, 2010 - 5:42 PM
Journalism between the old and the new The infrastructure needs investmentSubmitted by John Lloyd on August 18, 2010 - 12:56 PM
A new communications age needs new infrastructure. The troubles with transparencySubmitted by John Lloyd on August 2, 2010 - 4:44 PM
Implications of the asymmetry and uncheckability of the leaks for democracies Just ImagineSubmitted by Reader Blog on July 26, 2010 - 12:24 PM
A blog by The Economist Moscow bureau chief, Arkady Ostrovsky The right to global gossipSubmitted by John Lloyd on July 23, 2010 - 5:35 PM
Journalists thrive on secrets exposed. Sad is the Society of the SpectacleSubmitted by John Lloyd on March 31, 2010 - 4:43 PM
A radical philsopher of the Paris '68 events has caught our present dilemma The Gossip TrapSubmitted by John Lloyd on March 1, 2010 - 6:05 PM
Gossip - even the good stuff, like Andrew Rawnsley's The End of the Party - disempowers people. Telling the truth?Submitted by John Lloyd on February 18, 2010 - 6:26 PM
The classic defences of a free press under pressure from a famous philosopher Whine OnSubmitted by John Lloyd on February 15, 2010 - 6:04 PM
Writers - like politicians - aren't fish. Power and the PhilosopherSubmitted by John Lloyd on February 12, 2010 - 12:07 PM
Onora O'Neill and the giants of the media age Protecting Journalism (and democracy)?Submitted by Reader Blog on February 8, 2010 - 10:51 AM
The European Union is facing the crisis of journalism and the weakening of democracy: a report from a Conference at the European Parliament The lonely leaderSubmitted by John Lloyd on Janurary 31, 2010 - 2:05 PM
A work, or at least a thought, in progress: that political leadership now is increasingly necessarily dependent on individual charisma, made manifest through the media. Necessarily IgnobleSubmitted by John Lloyd on Janurary 28, 2010 - 1:41 PM
The emptiness of political journalism The failing messengerSubmitted by John Lloyd on Janurary 21, 2010 - 1:30 PM
The media's role in Obama's (un)popularity Are we Back in the USSR?Submitted by John Lloyd on December 18, 2009 - 9:58 AM
Journalism that provides an accurate account of democratic institutions and holds power to account is urgently needed in Russia - but is denied. The state and freedomSubmitted by John Lloyd on November 30, 2009 - 12:34 PM
The state has always been seen as the potential foe of a free press. Still? Bringing Journalism In-HouseSubmitted by John Lloyd on November 16, 2009 - 11:39 AM
Powerful politicians are increasingly creating the message on behalf of the media Not for ProfitSubmitted by John Lloyd on October 30, 2009 - 5:40 PM
A new report shows that there's no profit in news. Bearing Witness to WarSubmitted by John Lloyd on October 26, 2009 - 7:34 PM
Media coverage of covert warfare Reporting livesSubmitted by John Lloyd on October 19, 2009 - 1:18 PM
ProPublica, a new US startup, makes important investigations widely available Breaking News?Submitted by John Lloyd on October 19, 2009 - 10:29 AM
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