The ability of journalists to report without fear is under threat from mass surveillance and data retention. Released this week, my UNSECO report Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age shows that laws protecting journalists and sources globally are not keeping up with the challenges posed by indiscriminate data collection and the spill-over effects of […] Read more
Thirteen key recommendations and findings from a global study on the protection of journalism sources in the digital age were published in Paris last week. The study, based on research covering 121 UNESCO Member States, concludes that between 2007 and 2015 there were noteworthy developments in 69% of the countries examined – mainly with negative impact. […] Read more
Leading from the top, forging alliances, flagging sexist practices, and providing training to help female journalists tackle ‘cybermisogyny’ are important steps being undertaken globally in an effort to achieve real progress in the struggle for gender equality and women’s empowerment in newsrooms, reports Julie Posetti. Women are still dramatically under-represented behind editors’ desks, so the […] Read more
Listen up: there is a renaissance that needs your attention. Julie Posetti and Siobhan McHugh unpack the revival of interest in audio storytelling in this excerpt from the World Editors Forum’s recently published Trends in Newsrooms 2015 report. They’re calling it the “Serial effect.” Serial is the phenomenally successful spin-off of This American Life, on US National Public […] Read more
Alan Rusbridger has just stepped down as editor-in-chief of The Guardian after 20 years at the helm and a record of extraordinary editorial leadership that peaked with the seismic Snowden revelations. Earlier this year, as the search for his replacement was underway in earnest, I interviewed Rusbridger in London . We spoke about an issue critical to the survival of investigative journalism – and […] Read more
The second wave of news gamification, changing practices in investigative journalism in response to source protection erosion, and the rise of automated reporting dominate the newrooms trends identified in a new report launched in Washington DC on Tuesday during the World Editors Forum. Trends in Newsrooms 2015 maps the top nine issues occupying the minds and […] Read more
