Scientists battle for credibility on the web

It is not just journalists who are under attack in the digital world. Scientists have to deal with their own conspiracy theories hatched by the ignorant and malicious. Online, science competes with fluff and bluff When science enters the sphere of politics, religion, and business, the battle is on. In the 17th century, Galileo was […]

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Users will own the media: how journalism is evolving

Alfredo Triviño has worked largely behind the scenes on some of the biggest digital media projects for some of the biggest brands in the world. But you might not have heard of him. Alfredo Triviño: users will own the media, in every sense He spent seven years in senior management roles at News Corp., ultimately […]

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‘Students, you will determine the future of journalism’

An icon of Spanish broadcast journalism, Iñaki Gabilondo, delivered a message last week designed to inspire and challenge 400 students and professors of journalism. “The future hasn’t been written yet:, he told them. “The question, ‘What is going to happen?’ is irrelevant. What will happen will be determined by what you do, what you don’t […]

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Where the jobs are for graduates in journalism

“The new journalism specialties”. The graphic shows that 56% of the Spanish journalists surveyed work in media that have community managers, and 30% employ data and traffic analysts. Click to enlarge the graphic. Where will the jobs be for graduates in journalism and communication? The results of a survey of journalists in Spain give some […]

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2018: Credibility will be the new currency for journalism

An organization I work with that promotes development of independent media in Latin America, SembraMedia.org, recently asked me to make some predictions for 2018.

I really had just one: Credibility will be the new currency of journalism in 2018 and the years to come.  
But to explain, here are that prediction’s corollaries:

 1. Independent media–those based […]

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