Algorithmic-based technologies’ impact on journalistic identities

Algorithm-based technologies increasingly impact not only what news we are seeing but also how journalists are evaluating themselves. In this blogpost, Tomás Dodds reflects on changing professional identities in two Chilean newsrooms.

Tomás Dodds Rojas • September 20, 2021

“In my childhood we only played with empty shells” - Reporting from the frontlines

Vager Saadullah is a journalist and political analyst, living in Duhok - the KRG region in North Iraq. I interviewed him in April about his life experiences in this region and his views on the war with the Islamic State and the future of Kurdistan.

Wendelmoet Hamelink • May 13, 2015

Why anthropology matters: a critique on De Social Club’s take on hunting safaris

Anthropologists study difference: We go to other places to examine how, and why, people do things differently. However, the insights of these studies do not only teach us about other places and peoples - they can also shine a light upon our own society

Marlous van den Akker • February 21, 2014

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Algorithmic-based technologies’ impact on journalistic identities

“In my childhood we only played with empty shells” - Reporting from the frontlines

Why anthropology matters: a critique on De Social Club’s take on hunting safaris