Center for Global Journalism and Communication is a recently established network driven by globally minded peers in journalism ^ communication research as well as professional work. Key staff located at the University of Agder and NLA University College in Southern Norway maintains a website, collecting, curating content and organizing center […]
Several European societies are still suffering from the conflicts rooted in the past and look for the means to overcome the difficult historical legacy. RePAST is a research project that addresses this issue; relying on a multi-method interdisciplinary approach, it investigates how six member states of the EU and two […]
GJC network members are invited to a proposal scanning workshop, where the goal is to identify stakeholders and prioritize 2-3 major proposals to concentrate our efforts around, during 2021.
Transition journalism is an emerging theme in journalism research. Ethiopia is a case in point. In 2018, Ethiopia embarked on a transformative political voyage towards a more open and transparent political culture, resulting in both new freedoms for the media and new uncertainties as to the future. Based on a […]
REVISITING JOURNALISM EDUCATION IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION As journalism is going through disruptive transformations worldwide, the idea of revisiting journalism education from that point of view seems likely. In this Focus Seminar we will elicit this perspective together, through inviting a short presentation to set our discussion off, […]
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Negotiating Troubled Pasts: History, Politics, Arts and the Media 28 MAY 2021, 9.00AM-5PM CET Several European societies are still suffering from the conflicts rooted in the past. The Workshop will discuss the outcomes of 12 EU funded international research projects that dealt with the processes of negotiating those troubled pasts. […]
Professor Krüger will be speaking on the theme of Challenges to journalism education in South Africa.
Franz Krüger Adjunct Professor and former head of the Wits Centre for Journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He worked in professional journalism for many decades, including as founding group editor of the East Cape News Agencies, an anti-apartheid service and as a senior member of the first post-apartheid editorial management team at the SABC. He holds a BA from UCT, an MA from City University, London and a PhD from Wits University. He is the author and co-author of three books, several book chapters, journal articles and many other publications. Among his previous positions are ombud for the Mail & Guardian, member of the SA Press Appeals Panel and founding director of the Wits Radio Academy. His research interests include ethics, radio, community media and journalism education.
Center for global journalism and communication is honored to partner with colleagues to present a series of four webinars on the theme of Press and Democracy, beginning March 25th. Please sign in below to join the webinar: Find the full presentation of all webinars here. Friday March […]
Please join us for the second webinar in this four-part series: April 1st, 4PM CEST LOG IN TO THE WEBINAR HERE Deadline for registration: Thursday March 31st Midnight CEST Moderator Dr. Thomas Bauer, University of Vienna First speaker Oddgeir Tveiten Professor of media studies, University of Agder […]