News Avoidance: Ideas for reconnecting the public with journalism
Can public trust in the media be restored? What kinds of content make investigative journalism more accessible? Can broader representation of social groups help reverse news avoidance? Elli Petraki, a second-year journalism student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, noted the innovative solutions that four journalists – with different perspectives from each other – proposed to combat news avoidance.
Telegram: Extremism, organised crime, and a billionaire in Paris
Pavel Durov’s recent arrest in Paris, the founder and CEO of Telegram, has sparked reactions about the platform's use by extremist groups and organised crime. Experts in internet security and freedom issues, along with Durov's former spokesperson, speak to iMEdD.
Israel has a history of unsuccessful invasions of Lebanon. Will this time be any different?
Israel is now set to repeat its Gaza operations in Lebanon, with a view to reordering the Middle East in its own interests. But has it bitten off more than it can chew?
How Journalists Can Build Trust and Engage Underserved Communities: Insights from Nicole Lewis
In a time where democracy is threatened, people are losing trust in the media. How can journalists build communities in their investigations and why is it important? Nicole Lewis, Engagement Editor at the Marshall Project, gave iMEdD her take on the issue.
Meet four attendees of the 2024 iMEdD International Journalism Forum
University of Pennsylvania student Anna Vazhaeparambil photographs and talks to young journalists about their expectations as they take their first steps in the industry. What do journalists hope to get out of an international media conference? What do journalism students seek to learn from their seasoned colleagues’ experiences? And what are journalists most concerned about today? University of Pennsylvania student Anna Vazhaeparambil reports on the hopes and fears of journalists attending the 2024 iMEdD International Journalism Forum in Athens.
Bringing investigative journalism into food lifestyle media
At iMEdD's International Journalism Forum, Miriam Wells, Tessa Pang, Silvia Lazzaris, and Thin Lei Win discussed how journalists can effectively report on what ends up on our plates and the importance of making stories about the food industry as engaging as content by food influencers. Graduate student Marco Postigo Storel from Columbia University selected excerpts from these discussions for YouTube Shorts as part of the Forum's Pop-Up Newsroom.
Columbia University’s young reporters: from covering campus protests to Greece
These young journalists found themselves on the frontlines of the 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian encampment, balancing the roles of students, activists, and reporters. Now they travel halfway around the world at the iMEdD International Journalism Forum to present their work to a room of top-tier journalists they look up to. Columbia University Graduate student Gaia Caramazza, who also covered the Columbia University protests talked to Editor-in-Chief, President, of the Columbia Daily Spectator Isabella Ramírez and Palestinian freelance fournalist and Jordan Media Institute faculty member, Jude Taha about the challenges they faced, for the Forum’s Pop-Up Newsroom.
Deepfakes and attention retention
What can we learn by focusing on how people react to manipulated or synthetic visual content? A multidisciplinary team of journalism professors attempted to challenge the 2024 iMEdD International Journalism Forum attendees’ misconceptions and cognitive biases by studying the effect deepfakes have on them at the Forum’s Media Village. Reported by University of Hong Kong journalism student Hiu Fung Alvin for the Forum’s Pop-Up Newsroom.
Fact-Checkers vs. Fake News: Is Social Media a Boon or Bane for Journalism?
What do journalists attending the 2024 iMEdD International Journalism Forum in Athens think about the role of social platforms in the fight against Fake News? Social Media expert and TikTok Producer for The Washington Post Carmella Boykin gives her own take. Reported by University of Hong Kong journalism student Seo Chelin Celine for the Forum’s Pop-Up Newsroom.
“How to go undercover” with independent journalist Elena Ledda and investigative reporter Nikolai Atefie
