The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) is a UK-based research centre and

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founded in 2006, which operates Thomson Reuters Journalism Fellowship Programme, also known as the Reuters Fellowship.

History

The institute was founded in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

in 2006 to conduct scholarly and professional research on news media, operate the Thomson Reuters Journalism Fellowship Programme, and host academic research fellows. The RISJ works to bridge daily working journalism and academic study. The Institute regularly holds seminars and events and has an extensive publication programme.

Description

The Reuters Institute is the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

's research centre on issues affecting

news media The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public. These include news agencies, print media (newspapers, news magazines), broadcast news (radio and television), and th ...

globally.

Fellowship programme

The Thomson Reuters Journalism Fellowship Programme, or Reuters Fellowship, founded in 1983, is jointly based at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations and

Green Templeton College Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the previous Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and ...

. It has hosted over 600 fellows from 90 countries. The fellowship is open to selected mid-career journalists from all over the world, who are funded to produce an academic paper on topics of their choice at Oxford. RISJ also hosts a limited number academic fellows working on funded research projects on issues of significance to the news industry. Its central interests include journalism practices, standards, accountability,

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, and the business of news.

Funding and governance

The Reuters Institute receives core funding from the

Thomson Reuters Foundation Thomson Reuters Foundation is a London-based charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, a Canadian news conglomerate. The Foundation is registered as a charity in the United States and United Kingdom and is headquartered in Canary Wharf, London. Anto ...

and additional funding from media companies, foundations, and science academies worldwide. the institute's staff includes Rasmus Kleis Nielsen as director, and Meera Selva as deputy director and director of the Journalist Fellowship Programme. The institute's steering committee is chaired by Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the G ...

'', and former principal of Lady Margaret Hall. Advisory board members include Marty Baron, executive editor, ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nat ...

''; Ritu Kapur, co-founder and CEO, ''

The Quint ''The Quint'' is an English and Hindi language Indian general news and opinion website founded by Raghav Bahl and Ritu Kapur after their exit from Network18. The publication's journalists have won three Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism ...

'', India; and Baroness Wheatcroft of Blackheath. The RISJ is a partner of the

European Journalism Observatory The European Journalism Observatory (EJO) is a network of media research institutes sharing a common goal: to serve as a bridge between media researchers and practising journalists, to make the results of research accessible to a wider audience, and ...

, a network of eleven language sites reporting media research from across Europe.

Publications

Each year, the RISJ publishes predictive reports on trends in the news industry. It also publishes an annual digital news report.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Departments of the University of Oxford Research institutes established in 2006 United Kingdom journalism organisations Journalism standards Journalism ethics Think tanks based in the United Kingdom 2006 establishments in the United Kingdom Think tanks established in 2006 Journalism fellowships