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The challenges of a ‘disrupted’ news industry

by Vanessa Barford | Sep 28, 2017 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism, Journalism in the era of "fake news", Political Coverage

“Bad story selection – or in not so-PC terms – dumb, lazy noise.” That’s how Peter Hamby, the head of news at Snapchat, summed up the biggest threat...

Trump loves the media. The media loves Trump

by Gabriel Baldocchi | Sep 26, 2017 | American Presidency

He calls it fake, joke, failing, and many other pejorative adjectives. But the truth is: Donald Trump loves the media. That is what we learned from...

Conspiracy theories

by Maciej Czarnecki | Sep 26, 2017 | Journalism

”You all know what they say: do not talk at family dinners about religion and politics, because you will not convince anyone. I would add conspiracy...

Spotlight is alive

by Kalina Goranova | Sep 25, 2017 | Changes in Journalism

I still remember clearly the thoughts in my head after I watched the movie Spotlight. It was a perfect 2 hours and 8 minutes – an ideal romantic...

Miami Beach and corrupt Latin American politicians

by wpiadmin | Sep 25, 2017 | Uncategorized

In recent years, Miami has earned itself an unsavory reputation as a haven for corrupt Latin American politicians. I reflected on this as I admired...