Category Archives: Journalism

Science Journalism in a Digital Age – Call for Papers

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

SPECIAL ISSUE OF JOURNALISM: THEORY, PRACTICE AND CRITICISM Guest Editor: Stuart Allan, Bournemouth University, UK In taking science journalism as its focus, this special issue of Journalism will seek to contribute to current debates about the ways in which this … Continue reading →

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Online Reporting of Elections – call for papers

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

JOURNALISM PRACTICE SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS Guest editor: Einar Thorsen Elections represent a great spectacle of journalism and are therefore ideally suited to reflect upon the current and future state of journalism practice in relation to online political news … Continue reading →

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Expression of interest:
Online Reporting of the 2010 UK Election Symposium

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

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Postponed:
Online Reporting of the 2010 UK Election Symposium

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Whilst the event has attracted significant attention, the majority of interested parties were unable to make the original date. In the interest of making the event inclusive and to incorporate as many perspectives as possible, we have decided to postpone … Continue reading →

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First prime ministerial debate as Wordle clouds

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

The BBC has published the transcript of the first prime ministerial debates which were broadcast on ITV yesterday. With a bit of hacking around the text I’ve put together a few Wordle clouds to visualise what the individual contributors said. … Continue reading →

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Visualising my PhD

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

I wanted to test out Wordle, so put my PhD through it… the result is below. My PhD is entitled News, Citizenship and the Internet: BBC News Online’s Reporting of the 2005 UK General Election. You can read the abstract … Continue reading →

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Google Launches a New Way to Read the News

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Einar Thorsen

Jennifer Van Grove on Google’s new Fast Flip way of viewing online news: On first look, Fast Flip feels like a bit flop. While certainly unique, it’s likely to appeal to a very small segment of online news consumers. Sure, … Continue reading →

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Paid election-coverage policy a “breach of editorial independence”. – Editors Weblog

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Einar Thorsen

Local Florida weekly Conch Color is to charge City Commission election candidates for campaign coverage in their weekly publication. Deirdre Macnab, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida pointed out that a ‘pay to play’ approach will not … Continue reading →

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