The Humanitarian Journalism research project is investigating how the news media report on humanitarian crises, what shapes their coverage and what influences it has.
Latest Article
Why did Epstein fund non-profit media?
Journalists working for non-profits tend to only think about ethics in terms of preventing donors from influencing their content and don't consider the circumstances in which they might cut ties with a donor.Read More »
Other Recent Articles
Foundation-Funded News: The State of Research
An overview of research into foundation-funded journalism.Read More »
Humanitarian journalism research in the news
A summary of recent news coverage of our humanitarian journalism research.Read More »
Why are so many humanitarian crises under-reported?
Article original published by Inter Press Service.Read More »
What’s Wrong with Philanthro-Journalism?
We discuss the unintended consequences of foundation funding of international news.Read More »
REPORT: The state of humanitarian journalism
In this report we present some of the findings of our four year research project into the state of humanitarian …Read More »
Foundation support for international news
The key features of private foundation support for international non-profit journalism.Read More »
Latest Research Publications
What is humanitarian journalism? (Book chapter)
In this chapter, we define humanitarian journalism and give an overview of previous research on this subject.
Foundation funding and the boundaries of journalism (Article)
We show that foundation funding has a significant effect on how journalists understand, value and practice their work.REPORT: The state of humanitarian journalism
By Martin Scott, Kate Wright and Mel Bunce. In this report we present some of the findings of our four …
Who’s reporting Africa now? NGOs, journalism and multimedia (Book)
What effects has NGOs' shift into news production had on journalism and NGO-work?
‘Doing good’ and ‘looking good’ in global humanitarian reporting (Book chapter)
This chapter investigates how a private donor's motivation to 'look good' interacts with a news outlet's ability to 'do good'.
Slack, virtual newsrooms and journalistic practice (Article)
This article discusses a year-long study of a digital news outlet, whose journalists collaborate, almost exclusively, via Slack.
