Tsinghua School of Journalism Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
By: Natalie Abegesah | 05/16/2012
"There has never been a more important time to educate business journalists," said Barnathan. "They need special skills to do this job responsibly and well." China Daily reported on the festivities.
Today, 71 percent of people live in countries that are considered autocratic. That’s up from 48 percent just a decade ago. The independent research institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden that published these figures also found that nearly four dozen more countries are “autocratizing.”
The implications of this are profound. In the most oppressive autocracies, freedom of expression, freedom of association, free and fair elections and other democratic values are absent. In others, they may be present in part but insufficient.
At the end of 2022, an Afghan journalist sent his colleagues an IJNet Persian article on fact-checking and verification. The piece came with a recommendation: that they should launch a website focused on fact-checking in Afghanistan.
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has generated excitement and fear alike within the news industry, prompting many to ponder what lies in store for journalism’s future.
If approached smartly and leveraged strategically, AI offers journalists and their outlets promising potential to boost efficiency and innovation.
