Laura Pranteddu, PhD Candidate at Università della Svizzera italiana, talks about how we can make sure public service media is protected in the age of AI I began researching artificial intelligence in digital journalism in 2021. Initially, my research focused on...

‘The Bible is kept locked up, the way people once kept tea locked up, so the servants wouldn’t steal it. It is an incendiary device: who knows what we’d made of it if we ever got our hands on it?’ (Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale)Kim A. Snyder’s absorbing new...

Astrid Vandendaele, Assistant Professor of Journalism and New Media, discusses AI generated images and how journalists are adapting to using them in newsrooms When an AI-generated image of an explosion near the Pentagon circulated online in 2023, the global media...

Tamsin Mitchell, Researcher and Consultant, writes about the threats that journalists are facing in Mexico and Honduras from their own governments  This article was commissioned and first published by The Conversation – the news, science and arts website written...

Jingrong Tong, Senior Lecturer in Media and Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, examines how access to information has been slowly eroding in the UKJournalists in the United Kingdom find themselves coming up against a number of challenges, including...

Janet Harris, ex- BBC Freelance Documentary film maker, writes about her experience in working with fixers and why we can't overlook the role they play Many people have not come across the term ‘fixer’ before.  The Cambridge Dictionary states that a fixer is ‘someone...

By Gemma Horton, Impact Fellow, Centre for Freedom of the Media In recent years, the threats that journalists face have grown considerably. 2022 witnessed a rise in the number of journalists killed worldwide following a decrease over the past three years. 86...