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NGOs and the News: Exploring a Changing Communications Landscape

The NGOs and the News project, produced in collaboration with the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, seeks to explore the increasing activity of civil society actors such as NGOs and advocacy networks and in the news media sphere.

May 12, 2010: NGOs and the News: Civil Society's place in the new news ecosystem

March 17, 2010: Laura McGann: The Milton Wolf Seminar series

Feb. 1, 2010: Denise Searle: Blogging or flogging? Why NGOs face challenges in embracing the Internet's potential

Jan. 19, 2010: Ethan Zuckerman: Advocacy, agenda and attention: Unpacking unstated motives in NGO journalism

Dec. 21, 2009: Glenda Cooper: When lines between NGO and news organization blur

Dec. 14, 2009: Larry Kirkman and Laurie Moy: Bringing NGO news into the mainstream: The case of OneWorld.net and Yahoo News

Dec. 7, 2009: Lokman Tsui: Saving us from noise that kills: NGOs as news coordinators in a networked public sphere

Nov. 23, 2009: Natalie Fenton: Has the Internet changed how NGOs work with established media? Not enough

Nov. 16, 2009: Simon Cottle and David Nolan: How the media’s codes and rules influence the ways NGOs work

Nov. 9, 2009: Kimberly Abbott: Working together, NGOs and journalists can create stronger international reporting