Peter Gross Releases A Groundbreaking Book
“The Cultural Core of Media Systems. The Romanian Case” is going to influence how we conceptualize media systems
Rewiring the Advertising Model
This project documents models of advertising spending aimed at supporting media outlets and journalistic initiatives for the public value they create. Photo by Tânia Mousinho on Unsplash
How the Business Community Can Support Journalism
This project maps approaches by businesses and corporations to supporting media outlets with a view to identify good practices and tactics that can be replicated elsewhere. Independent media around the world are in crisis. Failing market conditions, the loss of advertising revenue to big tech, and autocratic encroachment in the media sector have made it…
Media Funds
This project maps funds that have been established since 1990 with the aim of supporting media and journalism. The project’s goal is to identify good and bad practices as well as to offer practical advice and support to private businesses and philanthropies interested in setting up such support mechanisms. Photo by Firmbee.com on Unsplash
Zoltan Sipos Joins Our Center To Lead Media Development Projects
Zoltan Sipos, a journalist in a slow but steady transition into a managerial role, has joined Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) to lead our work on media development in captured environments. Editor-in-chief and manager of Átlátszó Erdély, an investigative journalism outlet catering to the Hungarian community of 1.2 million living in Transylvania, Romania, Sipos has been…
Media and Journalism Research Center Launches New Strategy
Today, the Media and Journalism Research Center has launched its new strategy, covering the period 2023-2025. The center is planning in the next three years to focus on fighting media capture and declining trust in journalism wherever this work is needed. “Our belief is that the best way to support journalism today is by studying…
Three Groundbreaking Research Projects at Santiago de Compostela University
On 13-14 October 2022, the research group Novos Medios (New Media) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) Faculty of Communications Sciences organized an academic workshop to present three major research projects. The workshop brought together a group of highly reputed academics from several universities in Spain. Two of the projects are run by…
Towards Decolonizing African Journalism in the Post-news Era
Increasingly African scholars call for decolonization of the continent’s journalism. But how to do it is more complex than one would think.
Down, but Not Out
Down, but Not Out is a podcast mini-series on innovation in journalism, which brings you five cases of media organizations from around the world who were pushed into being creative in the face of hardship. Innovation is not just a buzz word used by tech companies and business gurus. Sometimes, it’s about finding new ways to…
Marius Dragomir in Euractiv’s Article on the Serbian Media
Talking to Euractiv, the Media and Journalism Research Center Director Marius Dragomir argues that EU institutions are partly to blame for the rise of media capture in many countries in Central Europe. The article, which has been published in English and in German, summarizes the media situation in Serbia, where Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s childhood friend-turned billionaire Lőrinc…
