Why are Dutch news media still failing to become more culturally diverse? Should a journalist ever fake their own death? + global media ethics news.
31 May 2018
DIVERSITY IN DUTCH NEWS MEDIA
What does it mean for news reporting, when all journalists look alike?
Which stories do we miss as an audience?
Investigative journalist Zoë Papaikonomou and organizational anthropologist Annebregt Dijkman examine why Dutch news media still fail to become more culturally diverse in their new book: ‘Got an angry Muslim for me?’
Pushing Back Against Hate Propaganda: Journalists need to understand how hate propaganda actually works, according to EJN adviser Cherian George.
In defence of the public editor: In the wake of ESPN and others dumping their internal ombudsmen, Chris Elliott argues that ombudsmen can play a vital role in building trust with audiences and therefore securing the future of journalism. Their existence is a sign of strength, not weakness.
Scroll down for our summary of global media ethics news.
EJN ANNUAL REPORT 2017/2018
The Ethical Journalism Network Annual Report for 2017 and the first months of 2018 covers a period in which the buzzwords “fake news” and “post-truth” provided a misleading but appropriate focus for the news industry.
In recent months the challenges of a flawed information landscape have been dramatically exposed with Google, Facebook and other internet giants being called to account for their failure to promptly deal with the pollution of the information landscape.
As part of the Ethical Journalism Network's Ethics in the News series of events at the Frontline Club the EJN will be hosting a screening of The Workers Cup, a film that takes us inside the labour camps of Qatar, on Tuesday 26 June 2018.
The screening, which is timed to coincide with the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, will be followed by a debate - moderated by our Chairperson, Dorothy Byrne - on how media report on human rights issues connected to major sporting events.
- Nothing justifies faking journalist’s murder in Kiev (RSF) - The many questions about Arkady Babchenko's staged murder in Ukraine (CPJ) - What might the 'dead' Russian reporter incident mean for journalism? (Poynter)
ETHICS & GUIDELINES
- How to fact-check politics in countries with no press freedom (Poynter)
- In the post-Facebook era, publishers see increase in direct traffic (DigiDay)
- Elon Musk wants to fix media mistrust with a dopey rating system. There’s a better way. (Washington Post)
GLOBAL ETHICS NEWS
AMERICAS
US: ‘Call them lies’? Why we sometimes don’t use the L-word when Trump is wrong (The Star) US: How to know when Trump is lying (CNN) US: With ‘Spygate,’ Trump Shows How He Uses Conspiracy Theories to Erode Trust (NYT) US: Showtime's ‘Fourth Estate’ shows how the journalism sausage is made (Poynter)
AFRICA
NIGERIA: How Journalism Can Help Beat Human Traffickers in Nigeria (News Deeply)
ASIA
INDIA: The story barely reported by Indian media (BBC) INDIA: Forget the Cobra That Stings, We Need to Worry About the Media That Poisons (The Wire) INDIA: Court forbids screening of investigative documentary (CPJ) PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Ban on Facebook to root out 'fake users': Analysts will explore how fake news and pornography spreads, and assess whether country needs its own version of the platform (Guardian)
EUROPE
BOSNIA: How an online satire magazine in Bosnia and Herzegovina ends up reporting the news and fact-checking its peers (Nieman Lab) BALKANS: Change is coming, but credibility and support are urgently needed (EJN) UK: George Osborne’s London Evening Standard sells its editorial independence to Uber, Google and others – for £3 million (Open Democracy) UK: Evening Standard denies taking cash from Uber and Google for ‘favourable’ news coverage (The Drum)
MIDDLE EAST
JORDAN: Ending sexism in media: UNESCO supports Jordan’s 7iber gender sensitivity research (Jordan Times)
ETHICAL JOURNALISM NETWORK RESOURCES
The EJN's Trust in Ethical Journalism reports looks at how the communications revolution is continuing to pose more questions than answers over a public crisis of confidence, both in democracy and in sources of public information.
Can 2018 be the year when ethical journalism, a human instinct beyond encoding and algorithmic definition, finally gets the recognition it deserves?
Last month the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) published guidelines on Media and Trafficking in Human Beingsauthored by the Ethical Journalism Network's Aidan White.
After a screening of 'Another News Story' the Chair of the Ethical Journalism Network, Dorothy Byrne, who is the Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4, moderated a discussion with director / producer Orban Wallace, producer Verity Wislocki, and forced migration researcher Ahmad al-Rashid. You can also listen to the event as a podcast.
Watch the EJN's Tom Law talk about how a fake news story triggered a major geo-political crisis in May last year and the effects are still being felt across the Gulf nations on Al Jazeera's Inside Story.
Watch EJN Adviser Bill Orme address an informalhearing at the United Nationsas part of the preparatory process for an international conference for migration to adopt a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.
