# report episode (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover report episode. Page: Feed: --- ## [The cockroaches’ reckoning: How Gen Z protests exposed India’s ‘lapdog media’ and ushered in a new wave of reporters](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/cockroaches-reckoning-how-gen-z-protests-exposed-indias-lapdog-media-and-ushered-new-wave) _2026-08-17 · eduardo.suarez@politics.ox.ac.uk · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism_ As young demonstrators turned their backs on TV anchors, a new generation of phone-and-mic journalists covered a movement that shook the establishment. India’s massive youth-led movement didn’t just earn an unexpected retreat from the government. It also showed Gen Z’s distrust and anger toward the country’s legacy media, which they perceive as pro-establishment. Nowhere was this more evident than… ## [Reporting on Mexico’s tilting scales of justice: Lessons from environmental defenders](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/reporting-mexicos-tilting-scales-justice-lessons-environmental-defenders) _2026-08-11 · caithlin.mercer · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism_ In the face of shrinking legal protections, this project reveals that organisation, legal knowledge and collective memory have become forms of environmental defence in Mexico. "Not a single tree will be felled." That was the promise made by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador before construction began on the 1,554 km Maya Train in December 2018. Eight years later, at least 3.4 million… ## [From guidelines to architecture: How newsrooms are rethinking AI governance](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/guidelines-architecture-how-newsrooms-are-rethinking-ai-governance) _2026-08-11 · eduardo.suarez@politics.ox.ac.uk · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism_ With human oversight increasingly under pressure, 20 media managers explain how they are reshaping their workflows and outputs in light of the rise of AI. “We scream.” That is what Ole Reissmann , Director of AI at Der Spiegel , said when I asked how he thinks about AI and the governance questions it raises. "We (now) break it up and give all the bits and pieces away to an AI system we don't… ## [Google, YouTube and Oxford University agree to extension of support for the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report to August 2027](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/google-youtube-and-oxford-university-agree-extension-support-reuters-institutes-digital-news) _2026-08-11 · eduardo.suarez@politics.ox.ac.uk · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism_ The current grant will be extended for one year and ensures the continuation of the most comprehensive piece of research on news consumption worldwide. Google, YouTube and Oxford University have agreed on an extension to the current grant for the Reuters Institute Digital News Report and the related Digital News Project for a further year covering 2027. The extension builds on the existing… ## [New York Times’s Malachy Browne on the future of visual investigations in the age of AI](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-york-timess-malachy-browne-future-visual-investigations-age-ai) _2026-08-04 · marina.adami@politics.ox.ac.uk · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism_ “Visual verification and audio verification are going to become extremely challenging,” said the visual investigations pioneer. When Malachy Browne started piecing together videos of the Arab Spring in early 2011 , he wasn’t thinking about building a new kind of journalism. He was just trying to figure out what was real. What began as the niche practice of verifying shaky mobile phone footage in… ## [Our podcast: Digital News Report 2026. Episode 7: The social impact of public service news](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2026-episode-7-social-impact-public-service-news) _2026-07-28 · Matthew Leake · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism_ In this episode of Future of Journalism we explore attitudes around the social impact of news from public service media In this episode we explore attitudes around the social impact of news from public service media. We’ll look at how these perceptions vary across the world, how this correlates with other attitudes and engagement patterns towards news, and what people say are the positive or… ## [“It’s a way back into society”: How street papers navigate a post-print world](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/its-way-back-society-how-street-papers-navigate-post-print-world) _2026-07-27 · eduardo.suarez@politics.ox.ac.uk · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism_ From London to Rio, dozens of publications use journalism to create work for people experiencing homelessness or poverty. Will their model survive? If you live in the UK, you’ve likely come across a Big Issue vendor in their bright red tabard. Founded in 1991, the Big Issue is one of the most successful street papers in the world, with a circulation of over 40,000 copies per week and more than… ## [Costa Rica used to be a beacon of press freedom in Central America. What changed?](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/costa-rica-used-be-beacon-press-freedom-central-america-what-changed) _2026-07-24 · Gretel Kahn · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism_ The rise of an authoritarian leader threatens free journalism in this country, which until now has been a safe haven for reporters. We spoke with editors and experts about this setback Costa Rica has fallen more than 30 places in RSF’s press freedom index in the past five years. In 2021, the country ranked 5th on the index, behind only four Nordic countries. By 2026, Costa Rica had plummeted to…