For students | Daiva Repečkaitė

(reserved) Tabloid tracker: locate cases where Lithuanian media republishes information from UK tabloids without citing them – by matching headlines and key arguments
(reserved) British scientists: build a database of instances where Lithuanian media claim that „British scientists discovered” something. Search their names and see how they were presented in international press, if at all
(reserved) Behind Barnevernet: compare Lithuanian, Scandinavian and international coverage of how migrants lost their child custody rights in Norway

Development aid critics: find international articles criticizing development aid distribution (typical arguments are that it fosters dependency, is counterproductive, or most of it stays in donor countries), compare the numbers they cite and their sources

(reserved) Brexit and Dutch referendum tweets: compare voices and cited sources of proponents of #Brexit and the Dutch referendum over association treaty with Ukraine. Check users’ profiles and network (background, twitter analytics tools)
(reserved) Mental disability policies around the world: find internationally published articles comparing reforms in mental health facilities, social care and related aspects: what is the main problem identified, who are cited as experts and as characters

CEE Roma: what is the international coverage of the Roma situation like? Pay attention to characters, voice and stance

(reserved) Lithuanian crimes: how are crimes, perpetrated by Lithuanian nationals, reported abroad? At what point is nationality identified? How is described?
(reserved) Boris Johnson in Brussels: find newspapers from the time when he worked in Brussels, as well as analysis and criticism of this coverage

Methodology

9th seminar links

https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/Saskatchewan%20Office/2016/11/Decolonizing%20the%20Media%20%28final%29.pdf

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611260011.html

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/syrian-refugee-fled-war-sea-unlikely-home-cambodia

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34111886

http://phuketwan.com/tourism/captive-rohingya-sold-thai-officials-people-traffickers-19048/

8th seminar links

Polish-Lithuanian gas pipe to end Baltic energy isolation

https://euobserver.com/enlargement/125961

https://euobserver.com/institutional/135915

http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/society/article/life-inside-greeces-refugee-camps-a-ticking-time-bomb.html

7th seminar links

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jul/12/iceland-legal-haven-journalists-immi

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/surveillance-russia-161107133103258.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/21/amal-clooney-azerbaijan-khadija-ismayilova

http://www.equaltimes.org/independent-journalism-under?lang=en#.U_Dn6mMU9KJ

6th seminar links

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-attacks-idUSKBN1352NO

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/many-minorities-frightened-trump-presidency-means/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/roma-the-unwanted-europeans-8906382.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3734852/Beauty-lies-origin-Photographer-captures-women-50-ethnic-minorities-15-countries-world-stunning-photoshoot.html

5th seminar links

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/10/christopher-columbus-myth-giving-161005051835083.html

http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/02/demandaljazeera-how-al-jazeera-is-using-social-media-and-hopes-to-use-twitter-to-get-on-us-tv/

http://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/genocideagenda.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/business/media/al-jazeera-america-to-shut-down-in-april.html

4th seminar links

http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/08/how-aj-embraces-facebook-autoplay-and-comments-to-make-its-videos-stand-out/

http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/06/video-news-isnt-growing-as-fast-as-youd-think-and-other-surprising-findings-from-a-new-global-survey/

https://medium.com/severe-contest/a-new-way-to-repackage-our-punchy-reporting-b30afe8b681d#.tbb63p1s9

http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/09/video-is-giving-the-new-yorker-a-way-to-reach-new-readers-without-turning-off-existing-diehards/

3rd seminar links

http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/09/for-many-legacy-news-organizations-in-europe-digital-disruption-comes-with-new-ideas-but-few-answers/

http://www.france24.com/en/20161004-focus-uae-dubai-humanitarian-city-aid-logistics-un-wfp-conflict-zones

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/uprising-in-kashmir-india-criticized-for-use-of-pellet-guns-a-1112282.html

http://www.france24.com/en/20161006-eu-launches-new-border-force-stem-migrant-flow

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/xenophobia-in-eastern-germany-a-legacy-from-the-past-a-1115163.html

http://www.france24.com/en/20161004-nobel-physics-prize-topology-trio-thouless-haldane-kosterlitz

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/migrant-smuggling-business-means-big-money-in-libya-a-1113654.html

2nd seminar links

http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/08/why-the-new-york-times-assigned-a-foreign-correspondent-to-cover-the-u-s-elections/

http://www.nytimes.com/column/abroad-in-america

Fox

MSNBC

Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3688234/Pictured-Lithuanian-accused-murdering-pensioner.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342447/Bleak-village-discos-Lithuania-new-generation-meet-forget-worries-amid-crumbling-buildings-Soviet-past.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/oct/01/ethiopias-tribes-in-pictures

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3817214/That-s-one-way-wife-Stunning-pictures-tribesmen-Ethiopia-taking-dangerous-near-naked-fighting-ritual.html

1st seminar links

http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/206

http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/laurie-garrett

http://www.cjr.org/feature/womans_work.php

http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2015/investigations/florida-mental-health-hospitals/

Topics for group projects

(reserved) Tabloid tracker: locate cases where Lithuanian media republishes information from UK tabloids without citing them – by matching headlines and key arguments
(reserved) British scientists: build a database of instances where Lithuanian media claim that „British scientists discovered” something. Search their names and see how they were presented in international press, if at all
(reserved) Behind Barnevernet: compare Lithuanian, Scandinavian and international coverage of how migrants lost their child custody rights in Norway

(reserved) Brexit and Dutch referendum tweets: compare voices and cited sources of proponents of #Brexit and the Dutch referendum over association treaty with Ukraine. Check users’ profiles and network (background, twitter analytics tools)
(reserved) Mental disability policies around the world: find internationally published articles comparing reforms in mental health facilities, social care and related aspects: what is the main problem identified, who are cited as experts and as characters

CEE Roma: what is the international coverage of the Roma situation like? Pay attention to characters, voice and stance

(reserved) Lithuanian crimes: how are crimes, perpetrated by Lithuanian nationals, reported abroad? At what point is nationality identified? How is described?
(reserved) Boris Johnson in Brussels: find newspapers from the time when he worked in Brussels, as well as analysis and criticism of this coverage