The 12th RIPE Conference “Public Service Media for Innovation and Sustainability“ was hosted in May 2024 by Nova University and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) in Lisbon, in collaboration with Porto University (Porto, Portugal) and the University of Santiago de Compostela (Santiago, Spain). We had three days of intense debate where we were able to share different ideas on and approaches to Public Service…Continue readingNotes on RIPE@2024 – and looking forward to 2026
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Olle Zachrison is Senior News Editor AI, and leads the acceleration of artificial intelligence in BBC News with 5,500 journalists worldwide. He is co-founder of the network Nordic AI Journalism that organizes the Nordic AI in Media Summit. Before joining the BBC in April 2025, Olle held various senior editorial roles at Sveriges Radio for nine years, most recently…Continue readingPractitioner’s Corner: Olle Zachrison
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Fernando Oliveira Paulino
Fernando Oliveira Paulino is a Professor at the University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil and President of the Latin American Association of Communication Researchers (ALAIC, 2022-2026). He is member and co-founder of the Brazilian National Network of Media Watchers (RENOI) and the Forum for the Right to Access Public Information. Paulino served as ombudsman at the Brazilian federal…Continue readingFernando Oliveira Paulino
Over the past decade or so, fact-checking initiatives have flourished across newsrooms worldwide, including in PSM organizations, in response to growing concerns about the surge of misinformation and disinformation arguably brought about by political, social and technological shifts. However, these initiatives have met criticism for underlying assumptions of the objectivity and verifability of factual claims. This edition of the Research Round-Up…Continue readingResearch Round-Up: The epistemology of fact-checking and its critique
Ella Roberts is a Techne-funded doctoral researcher at the University of Westminister, UK. She has just defended her PhD thesis on the BBC’s portrayal of Irish history between 1965-1981, conducting her research in partnership with the Imperial War Museum in London and under the supervision of BBC historian Professor Jean Seaton. Ella holds a BA in History from…Continue readingEmerging Scholar’s Corner: Ella Roberts
The new RIPE Reader analyzes public service journalism from different angles, defining it as an institution to serve the public interest. By Alessandro D’Arma and Maria Michalis, University of Westminster & IAPMR Co-Presidents Research Insight presented by the Public Media Alliancein partnership with IAPMR Public Service Journalism (PSJ) – journalism in the public interest as a…Continue readingHow to sustain public service journalism: The 11th RIPE reader is out
In each issue of our newsletter, the Research Round-Up draws your attention to a particular topic that can resonate among PSM scholars and practitioners. This time, we present three recent articles that propose frameworks to study platform power, while highlighting significant room for improvement in the current (European) regulation of big tech. Platform Power and Regulatory Capture…Continue readingConceptualizing, analyzing & regulating platform power
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Matthias Pfeffer
Matthias Pfeffer is the founder and Managing Director of the Council for European Public Space (CfEPS), a non-governmental think-tank advocating for an independent European public sphere and digital infrastructure. CfEPS pushes for the development of common digital platforms and technologies that prioritize democratic values over economic gain. Matthias is a television journalist and producer. Among other positions, he was Managing…Continue readingMatthias Pfeffer
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Hilde Van den Bulck
Hilde Van den Bulck is Professor of Communication and Head of the Department of Communication at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. Prior to joining Drexel, Hilde was Professor of Communication Studies, Head of the Department of Communication, then Associate Dean of Research and later Dean of the Social Sciences at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. For 12…Continue readingHilde Van den Bulck
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Filip Świtkowski
Filip Świtkowski is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He serves as a postdoctoral researcher in the PSM-AP project, a multinational research consortium investigating how public service media organizations, regulators and policymakers in six countries are adapting to the platform age. Filip holds a PhD in Political Science from Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and…Continue readingFilip Świtkowski
Humour & social media buzz: A new study explores the viewing habits of young audiences across four countries in Europe, and explores what it entails for content production By Jeanette Steemers, King’s College London Research Insight presented by the Public Media Alliancein partnership with IAPMR Although many British-produced shows including Netflix teen dramas like Sex Education and…Continue readingWhat young European audiences are watching and what it means for public media
In each issue of our newsletter, the research round-up draws your attention to a particular topic that can resonate among PSM scholars and practitioners. In this issue, we take a look at research on recent shifts in media policy at the European level. With the 2018 revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), the…Continue readingRecent Developments in European Media Policy
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Minna Aslama Horowitz
Minna Aslama Horowitz is a Docent and Researcher at the University of Helsinki, a Fellow for International Communication at St. John’s University, New York, and an Expert for Digital Rights and Advocacy at the Media and Journalism Research Center. She has also worked as a consultant in areas such as policy advocacy, gender and the media,…Continue readingMinna Aslama Horowitz