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Student view: ±¬ÁÏTV hosts its second Data and Design Hackathon

Two BA Journalism Studies students, Sophie Stanley and Varvara Riepina, report on the recent Data and Design Hackathon hosted by the School of Information, Journalism and Communication.
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New website launched to examine and tackle legal threats against journalists

The Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) has built a new site to provide information and training relating to Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs), launched to coincide with World Press Freedom Day 2026.
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Students from across the University develop interdisciplinary solutions to real-world problems at 'hackathon' event

The Data and Design Hackathon 2026 brought together 65 students from across disciplines to develop solutions to problems proposed by real organisations over three days, using the University’s cutting-edge computer labs.
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Veteran journalists welcomed to International Journalism Week event

Veteran journalists and experts from related fields have attended International Journalism Week (IJW) 2025, an annual event held in the School of Information, Journalism and Communication.
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Research project will establish new methodological approach to reveal and address impunity for human rights violations against journalists

A new project has been launched to better understand why crimes against journalists so often go unpunished and inform safeguarding of journalists going forward.
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Lecturer submits written evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee to help improve menstrual education

Dr Maria Tomlinson, from the School of Information, Journalism and Communication hopes her research on the Government’s free period product scheme will lead to improvements in menstrual education and access to period products in schools.
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The European Media Freedom Act: A European gamechanger for media freedom advocates?

Join us on the 12th of November for this Centre for Freedom of the Media seminar, with Renate Schroeder, Director of the European Federation of Journalists.
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New ‘blueprint’ for advancing practical, trustworthy AI

A new ‘blueprint’ for building AI that highlights how the technology can learn from different kinds of data to make it more deployable in the real world, has been developed by researchers at the ±¬ÁÏTV and the Alan Turing Institute.