http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article en European Journalism Centre Copyright 2013 2013-05-20T16:03:58+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/a_hacker_considers_saudi_arabia_telecoms_surveillance_pitch/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/a_hacker_considers_saudi_arabia_telecoms_surveillance_pitch/#When:16:03:58Z When software engineer and hacker Moxie Marlinspike was asked to help create a program that would allow a government to intercept mobile application data from the likes of Twitter, WhatsApp and Viber, he stopped to consider, “What do we in the hacker community value and prioritize, and what is the type of behavior that we want to encourage?” 2013-05-20T16:03:58+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/last_of_the_hot_metal_men/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/last_of_the_hot_metal_men/#When:20:22:24Z With good storytelling, newspapers have a chance to continue their domination of the world. We garrulous print junkies must look forward with quality stars in our eyes. 2013-05-14T20:22:24+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/japans_fallen_it_hero_a_comeback_kid_to_start_a_new_storm_in_the_media/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/japans_fallen_it_hero_a_comeback_kid_to_start_a_new_storm_in_the_media/#When:02:02:11Z Recently released after 19 months in prison, media business pundits wonder what Japan’s media maverick Takafumi Horie, popularly known as Horiemon, will do next. 2013-04-26T02:02:11+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/Czech_journalists_shrug_off_presidents_insults/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/Czech_journalists_shrug_off_presidents_insults/#When:01:05:22Z The first Czech president to be directly elected by the people says the journalists in his country are too focused on ‘brainwashing, media message and manipulation of public opinion.’ Are reporters and editors worried that President Milos Zeman will be an enemy of free speech? 2013-04-24T01:05:22+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/in_the_netherlands_the_subscription_model_gets_personal/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/in_the_netherlands_the_subscription_model_gets_personal/#When:15:09:40Z For less than 2 euro a month, Dutch readers can subscribe to individual, specialised journalists, accessing all of their reporting on one platform. Would you pay? The creators of the platform De Nieuwe Pers - The New Press - believe readers want a personal connection to specific trusted journalists. 2013-04-22T15:09:40+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/ten_must-follow_eu_instagram_accounts/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/ten_must-follow_eu_instagram_accounts/#When:10:17:24Z With its swanky filters, Instagram allows anyone with a smartphone to feel like a talented photographer. In the hands of true artists, though, this rather experimental medium is perhaps at its most interesting. From fashion designers to journalists to photographers, here are some of the must-follow accounts from across the EU.  2013-04-19T10:17:24+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/mattermap_Enables_Context_Curation/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/mattermap_Enables_Context_Curation/#When:19:22:01Z A pair of Dutch journalists set out to create an engaging tool for sorting and filtering the masses of information available to the public. A look at what they came up with. 2013-04-01T19:22:01+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/something_wiki_this_way_comes/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/something_wiki_this_way_comes/#When:12:13:18Z Being a citizen isn’t a profession. Nor is citizenship in itself a commitment to truth and good storytelling. Left unregulated, citizen journalists and Wikipedia can be dangerous conduits of misinformation, says more than one British editor. 2013-03-25T12:13:18+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/will_pope_francis_bring_transparency_to_the_Vatican/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/will_pope_francis_bring_transparency_to_the_Vatican/#When:09:20:03Z As most of the 5,300 journalists who came to the Vatican to cover the papal conclave leave Rome, the 400 reporters who regularly cover the Holy See hope for a new age of transparency for Europe’s last absolute monarchy. Eric J. Lyman looks at the Holy See’s purposefully opaque information policy and how it has added to controversy involving the Catholic church. 2013-03-18T09:20:03+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/two_years_after_fukushima_Are_japanese_journalists_still_lost_at_sea/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/two_years_after_fukushima_Are_japanese_journalists_still_lost_at_sea/#When:12:48:29Z Either because of negligence or a lack of good reporting skills, did Japanese journalists fail to properly inform their countrymen during the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster? Media analyst Ginko Kobayashi examines the press credibility gap that began in mid-March 2011 as well as some new media services that aim to bring more accurate news to the Japanese public. 2013-03-15T12:48:29+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/journalism_in_the_baltics/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/journalism_in_the_baltics/#When:09:47:27Z An overview of the similarities - and more often, differences - in the media landscapes of the three Baltic states. 2013-03-11T09:47:27+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/no_wonga_no_words/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/no_wonga_no_words/#When:12:07:36Z Longtime journalism professor Gareth Harding comments on last week’s Nate Thayer vs The Atlantic controversy over freelance pay for journalists. Harding, who is the Brussels Programme Director for the Missouri School of Journalism, suggests that perhaps it is the Belgians who have the best way of answering the question plaguing the modern media landscape: ‘Who is a journalist?’ 2013-03-08T12:07:36+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/six_ways_the_world_can_learn_from_ghana_about_press_freedom/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/six_ways_the_world_can_learn_from_ghana_about_press_freedom/#When:09:58:46Z The West African nation of Ghana is listed among the top 30 nations on the latest Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index, scoring far above the majority of African countries as well as EU members such as France, Spain and Italy. What is Ghana doing right? 2013-03-04T09:58:46+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/celtic_tigers_5_steps_to_analysing_online_activist_campaigns/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/celtic_tigers_5_steps_to_analysing_online_activist_campaigns/#When:12:54:21Z In Ireland, the abortion debate is happening in the streets, newspaper pages and on social media sites.  Just how representative of public opinion is this online portion of the debate? A look at the Irish situation plus steps journalists can take to explore the link between on and offline activism. 2013-02-26T12:54:21+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/gunfight_at_the_uk_corral/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/gunfight_at_the_uk_corral/#When:13:15:34Z An English newspaper man tries to make sense of his counterparts across The Pond. Does news judgement really vary so much between countries - even those with the same lingua franca? 2013-02-21T13:15:34+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/in_norway_the_slow_road_toward_digital_media_subsidies/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/in_norway_the_slow_road_toward_digital_media_subsidies/#When:02:55:51Z In Norway, the discussion about extending newspaper subsidies to digital media has been going on for years. Consensus abounds. But no one can agree on which publications should get public money, and how it should be allocated. 2013-02-19T02:55:51+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/is_there_a_demand_for_good_news/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/is_there_a_demand_for_good_news/#When:10:19:06Z If publisher Nancy Steidl has her way, London will soon have a print newspaper dedicated to reporting the day’s news with a positive, solution-focused outcome. Already running a website from her living room, Steidl’s team is working a variety of sources to find the funding to become a multi-platform news product. 2013-02-10T10:19:06+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/dont_be_fooled_use_the_smell_test_to_separate_fact_from_fiction_online/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/dont_be_fooled_use_the_smell_test_to_separate_fact_from_fiction_online/#When:14:48:11Z With professional journalism imploding and an exploding infosphere online, on cable, and on air that’s bursting with questionable news and information, how can a consumer or citizen become informed without being misled? This new information landscape is as vast as the Sahara, but full of mirages. You can look up almost anything on the Internet. But most of what’s offered is really trying to sell a product, service, or point of view. 2013-02-08T14:48:11+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/rt_the_hate_france_and_twitter_censorship/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/rt_the_hate_france_and_twitter_censorship/#When:14:18:39Z In France, a spate of racist and homophobic hashtags has prompted a conversation about free speech and government censorship of virtual channels like Twitter. 2013-01-31T14:18:39+00:00 http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/why_newsroom_staff_at_el_pais_count_to_129/ http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/why_newsroom_staff_at_el_pais_count_to_129/#When:09:08:22Z A strange routine started last month in the newsroom of El País newspaper in Madrid. As the heads of sections entered a conference room for their daily 6 p.m. meeting with the editor-in-chief, almost all the publication’s other journalists would stop working and start to count, out loud, up to 129. Why? 2013-01-29T09:08:22+00:00