Two new reports tell a similar story about democratic decline inside “the Western alliance”. One tracks the steep fall of academic freedom in the United States. The other shows Turkey sinking to the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index. Together, they suggest that NATO’s “allies” are increasingly aligned militarily, but drifting away from any … Read more
Before I moved to the US for my doctoral studies, I had worked as a TA at İstanbul Bilgi University. I assisted Prof Avcı’s introduction to media courses. Nabi Avcı was involved in politics and later served as Turkey’s minister of education and then of culture. I had the opportunity to get in touch with … Read more
The value of the witness: How the London attacks changed the news Mashable! by Colin Daileda The night after the deadliest peace-time attack on London, the BBC led its 6 p.m. newscast with a shaky video of screaming commuters, an ambulance siren howling in the background Twitter’s new article preview cards could be a boost for publishers … Read more
08 Aralık Dijital Dönüşüm ve Gazetecilik için Yeni İş Modelleri (1) ERKAN SAKA Reklam gelirleri düşerken internette “açık gazetecilik” mi yoksa “ödeme duvarı” mı tartışması sürüyor Bir süredir yeni medya düzeninde gazetecilik için iş modelleri/ gelir kaynakları tartışmalarını takip etmeye çalışıyorum. Bir dizi yazı ile bu arayışları burada göstermeye çalışacağım. Belki bu bağlamda bir tartışma … Read more
A Ushahidi platform to map media freedom in Europe here. Index on Censorship and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso are joining forces to map the state of media freedom in Europe. With your participation, we are mapping the violations, threats and limitations that European media professionals, bloggers and citizen journalists face everyday. We are also collecting … Read more
The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age Nieman Journalism Lab by Joshua Benton There are few things that can galvanize the news world?s attention like a change in leadership atop The New York Times. Jill Abramson?s ouster yesterday afternoon probably reduced American newsroom productivity enough … Read more
Q&A: Engin Önder and Zeynep Tufekci on 140journos and the state of journalism in Turkey Nieman Journalism Lab Engin Önder is not a journalist, and he?ll be the first to tell you that. (?No way,? he said, laughing, when I asked.) Instead, Önder, who cofounded the Turkish citizen journalism platform 140journos, considers himself a citizen … Read more
The future of the newspaper Digitalization is already part of the newspaper, both in terms of the production process and distribution. And the dual structure of print and digital media is likely to persist, write Thomas Steinfeld and Lothar Müller. The ultimate triumph of digital over print media is by no means imminent. … Read more
Ahmet Şık is a freelance journalist and photographer living and working in Turkey. He has worked at several publications, includingCumhuriyet, Evrensel, Yeni Yüzyıl and Radikal. He was forced to turn to freelance journalism after facing retribution from his former employer for an investigative article that he published. Ahmet Şık is the recipient of a 2013 … Read more
For the first time ever, audiences get a behind-the-scenes insight into the world’s first truly global media event: “Operation Cablerun” : the 2011 operation during which WikiLeaks ran hundreds of thousands of secret US government cables to media outlets around the world. In Mediastan, an undercover team of journalists drives across the central Asian … Read more
GAZETECİLİĞİN GELECEĞİ KONULU BİR BEYİN FIRTINASI? 26 Eylül 2013, Filiz Taylan Yüzak İletişim: filiztaylanyuzak@gmail.com ?Londra?daki Yazarlar ve Gazeteciler? adlı Meetup buluşmasının ilk konuğu Londra-City Üniversitesi?nin Gazetecilik Bölüm Başkanı, Profesör Dr. George Brock?tu. Bu toplantı için farklı ülkelerden gelmiş (Slovakya, Almanya, Türkiye, Hindistan, Yeni Zelanda, İrlanda, İngiltere, Finlandiya), ancak Londra?da yaşayan yaklaşık 10 gazeteci, gazeteci … Read more
Criminalizing Journalism: Manning, Media and You Illustration: Reuters/William Hennessy Pierre Bourdieu?s charts and journalism Journalists should take nothing for granted but, instead, look at the silences in the world and ask: why? American model of media and journalism or why the “revolution” might not be televised Living in USA within the last month … Read more
Arguing for a new genre: ?JavaScript journalism? Ray Daly of The Washington Post has been writing JavaScript since the 1990s. In May, hespoke at JSConf about ?JavaScript journalism? ? the idea that just as it took some time for photojournalism to be respected as a distinct field, it?s now proper to define JavaScript journalism as its own thing, a … Read more
Reinventing American cable news from Qatar: Why everyone?s talking about Al Jazeera America Al Jazeera America will launch on August 20 and, according to increasingly contentious recent coverage, it?s either going to save American cable news or be a disaster. How Google Glass can evolve as a tool for journalists Editor?s note: This is a guest … Read more
New York Times launches new interactive ads for mobile The New York Times is out with some interesting new ad formats specifically tailored for their iPad app. Developed by the Times? Idea Lab, the new formats emphasize interactivity and a push to connect the app to other features on the iPad, including: Acts of Journalism … Read more