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Journalists cover their mouths outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House at a BBC and CFOM hosted a conference.

UK ‘at risk of evolving into propaganda regime’ with unenforced FOI rules and official secrecy

Dr Jingrong Tong's latest article in the journal Journalism Practice has been reported on by the Press Gazette, amongst others.

A profile photograph of Polly Rippon.

Journalism teacher nominated for national award 

Journalism teacher Polly Rippon has been nominated for The Conversation’s 2024 Sir Paul Curran award in academic journalism.
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Pictured (l-r) Yzabelle Bostyn, Na Ao, Ruby Watson, Lisa Bradley, Joe Gilbert and Lindsay Pantry.

Industry award recognition for Sheffield journalism students and academics

A “groundbreaking” project helping to train journalism students at the University of Sheffield has been recognised in a prestigious industry awards ceremony.
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Dr Kate Miltner joins UK Young Academy

Lecturer in Data, AI and Society Dr Kate Miltner, has joined the UK Young Academy, an interdisciplinary network of early-career professionals and researchers working together to tackle pressing global and local challenges and promote lasting change.
Logo of the QS World University Rankings with the text "we're number 1 in the world for library and information management"

Celebrating the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

We are thrilled to announce that we have attained the position of number one in the world for Library and Information Management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025!
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ISRG and IGSD host Professor Silvia Masiero

The Information Systems Research group (ISRG) in the School of Information, Journalism and Communication (IJC) and the Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD), were pleased to co-host a seminar by Prof Silvia Masiero (University of Oslo).
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£800,000 MORPHSS project aims to investigate and promote open research practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences

MORPHSS (Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences) is designed to create frameworks and guidelines to encourage adoption of open practices in HSS as well contribute to our knowledge of such practices.
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National industry awards shortlisting for School of Journalism, Media and Communication

The School of Journalism, Media and Communication has made the shortlist in four different categories in the prestigious National Council of Training for Journalists (NCTJ) Awards for Excellence.