Category: Journalism
Anya Schiffrin: Media Capture Got Worse
Media capture is a useful concept for understanding the state of the media today, describing a situation in which governments or vested interests networked with…
Private Investors in Talks to Fund European Journalism
A group of unnamed private investors are discussing plans to support independent media, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. As a response to the deteriorating…
Alden To Boost Stake in Tribune Publishing
A large newspaper publisher is one step away from being created in the United States, following the acquisition of the Tribune Publishing by Alden Global…
Internet Freedom in Europe: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Turkey
An increasing number of governments are increasingly turning the screws on internet freedom. Funnily enough, they look at the EU for inspiration. When Judit…
The Terrorist Assault on the Capitol
What happened is terrorism – the use of violence to achieve political ends. After Trump’s triumph in 2016, many of us speculated that violent mobs,…
Journalism After Covid: What Will Be Left of It?
Since the start of the pandemic crisis, in the U.S., “at least 21 local newspapers have merged, at least 1,400 newsroom staffers have been permanently…
What’s the Big Story in Financial Transparency?
MediaPowerMonitor is regularly asking its community what keeps them awake at night. Financial transparency came first among the most important issues that readers flagged in…
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene won with brio the Idiot of the Week title after the media unearthed a slew of Facebook posts dating back…
Russia Will Redouble Efforts To Strengthen Its Narratives
“The sentencing of Alexey Navalny to two years and eight months in a penal colony yesterday, as well as the ongoing repressions against his supporters,…
Impact of Covid on Journalism in the Global South
A recently published report, commissioned by Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) and authored by Damian Radcliffe, looks at the impact of COVID-19 crisis on journalism in…
