Journalism Today. 23 October 2024
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Exploring the future of journalism worldwide through engagement, debate and research. Based at University of Oxford.
By Matthew Leake and Marina Adami
1. How Georgian journalists are targeted ahead of a crucial election. A new piece by our colleague Katherine Dunn looks at the dangerous decline of press freedom in Georgia, where investigative journalists and independent news organisations have come under fire in the run-up to a crucial election. The vote, which will take place this Saturday 26 October, will decide whether the country slides further into Russia’s sphere of influence. | Read
2. A high-profile Indian journalist was arrested. An Indian journalist has been charged with possessing confidential government documents. Mahesh Langa, a senior assistant editor at The Hindu, was already in custody under fraud charges. During the police raid in that case, documents belonging to the Gujarat Maritime Board were recovered, according to the Indian Express. | Read
3. Trump will go to Rogan. Donald Trump will record an episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast, one of the most popular in the world. Trump and Rogan have been critical of each other before, but have struck a more friendly tone more recently. The appearance would mark the peak of a strategy to reach younger male voters. A close friend of Trump’s son Barron, 18-year-old Bo Loudon, is credited with encouraging the campaign to reach this demographic through long-form chat podcasts.
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A visual investigation by British news outlet Sky News and UK-based nonprofit Airwars shed new light on the human impact of the war in Gaza. Reporters used more than 1,200 videos of airstrikes posted online by Israeli Defence Forces. | Read
Three recently freed Moroccan journalists face stalking and harassment after being released from prison, where they had been serving convictions widely believed to be in retaliation for their reporting. | Read
US prosecutors announced charges against an Iranian general for an alleged failed attempt to assassinate a New York-based Iranian journalist. The charges accuse the general and six other Iranian operatives of plotting to kill journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad, a critic of the Iranian regime.? | Read
Intuit’s CEO asked The Verge to delete part of a podcast episode. They declined to do it and published a piece to remind their audience of their editorial standards. “We never allow anyone to preview or approve interview questions, and we certainly do not allow anyone to review or alter the work that we publish,” writes editor Nilay Patel. | Read
The Los Angeles Times will not endorse a US presidential candidate in 2024. The paper’s editorial board had supported Democratic candidates in the past. The decision came from the paper’s healthcare tycoon owner. | Read
You can now register for the JournalismAI Festival, which will take place on 3 and 4 December. This online event, hosted by our friends at LSE Polis, will feature conversations and case studies exploring the intersection of journalism and artificial intelligence. | Sign up
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Flexible working. Two-thirds (65%) of the 135 news industry leaders which we surveyed in December 2023 said they had established new rules around hybrid and flexible working. A further 13% allowed some flexibility but hadn’t established strict rules around it. Just one-in-six said they had maintained largely pre-pandemic working practices, with the majority of staff time spent in the office. | Read our Changing Newsrooms report
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The challenges facing indigenous journalists. A project from our Journalist Fellow Bridget Brennan looks at the challenges facing Indigenous journalists and presents a few things media managers can do to improve things going forward. Bridget's project was based on in-depth interviews with six Indigenous journalists from five countries. | Read
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