World Press Freedom Day from Chile to Kenya: why institutions and innovation matter |
On 3 May each year, the world marks Press Freedom Day to show support for journalists whose ability to report freely is curtailed through harassment and intimidation, physical and online threats, financial and legal pressures. |
Maurice Oniang'o, Meera Selva, Paula Molina |
29 April, 2022 |
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How 2021 changed journalism |
In this episode of our Future of Journalism podcast we look at how events of 2021 and other trends in society and politics have affected how journalism is practised and consumed and how newsrooms are addressing these challenges. |
Eduardo Suárez, Rasmus Nielsen, Meera Selva, Federica Cherubini, Richard Fletcher |
17 December, 2021 |
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How journalists can better cover the climate crisis |
In this episode of our Future of Journalism podcast, we look at the news media's role in covering the climate crisis. |
Wolfgang Blau, Meera Selva |
27 September, 2021 |
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How press freedom is threatened in Hungary and Poland |
For World Press Freedom Day we look at the pressures on independent journalism in two EU countries |
Meera Selva, Peter Erdelyi, Jakub Krupa |
29 April, 2021 |
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How can we amplify women's voices in journalism? |
In this episode we speak to to three women journalists from Kyrgyzstan, India and Indonesia discuss female representation in the news media, why they got into journalism, and how to ensure women’s voices and interests are heard. |
Meera Selva, Bermet Talant, Ipsita Chakravarty, Christine Franciska |
4 March, 2021 |
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How 2020 changed journalism |
In this final Future of Journalism podcast of the year, members of our senior leadership team reflect on this momentous year for journalism and what we can perhaps look forward to next year |
Eduardo Suárez, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Meera Selva, Federica Cherubini |
18 December, 2020 |
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How premium lifestyle journalism sells subscriptions |
Journalists from some of Scandinavia's leading news publishers discuss their organisations' premium news strategies, the value of lifestyle news and the false dichotomy of hard/soft news, and the role of gender. |
Meera Selva, Jenni Kangasniemi, Evelyn Jones |
10 December, 2020 |
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How to engage with your audience: why public editors still matter |
Kathy English, former public editor of the Toronto Star, discusses what public editors do, their role in ensuring accountability to readers, and how reader engagement via public editors has changed over the years. |
Meera Selva, Kathy English |
9 November, 2020 |
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How the BBC addresses the challenge of disinformation worldwide |
Rebecca Skippage, leader of the BBC’s Disinformation Team, discusses it's efforts to address mis/disinformation, its decisions about weighing in on misleading or false information and the disinformation unit’s relations with the rest of the BBC |
Meera Selva, Rebecca Skippage |
9 November, 2020 |
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A new wave: female editors and new audiences |
Meera Selva and Simge Andi of the Reuters Institute discuss the implications of their research on the numbers of women leading newsrooms around the world |
Meera Selva, Simge Andi |
16 March, 2020 |
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Journalism under assault |
Meera Selva, Director of the RISJ Journalist Fellowship Programme, discusses attacks on journalists and the media in central and eastern Europe. |
Meera Selva |
5 November, 2019 |
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Social media, democracy and dissent in Sri Lanka |
Meera Selva, Director of the Reuters Institute Journalism Fellowship Programme, addresses our closing seminar of the term with a presentation on the media situation in Sri Lanka. |
Meera Selva |
24 June, 2019 |
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