Alexandra Borchardt

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Alexandra Borchardt is a senior research associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

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How – and How Not – to Restore Trust in Media
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How – and How Not – to Restore Trust in Media

Jul 3, 2019 Alexandra Borchardt considers the pitfalls of new schemes aimed at safeguarding quality journalism.

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Journalism’s Risky Tech Attraction
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Journalism’s Risky Tech Attraction

Mar 14, 2019 Alexandra Borchardt argues that when news organizations treat technology as an end in itself, they drive away staff and audiences.

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The Mundane Assault on News Media
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The Mundane Assault on News Media

Nov 27, 2018 Alexandra Borchardt says that violence is hardly the only – or even the most serious – threat journalists are facing.

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Journalism’s Comeback
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Journalism’s Comeback

Sep 7, 2018 Alexandra Borchardt cites a new survey showing that after years of decline, the news industry is staging a modest recovery.

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A Crisis Playbook for Big Tech
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A Crisis Playbook for Big Tech

Apr 25, 2018 Alexandra Borchardt sees five lessons for an industry that, like the financial sector a decade ago, has lost the public's trust.

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Alexandra Borchardt on Free Speech in the Filtered Age

Alexandra Borchardt on Free Speech in the Filtered Age

Mar 27, 2018 Alexandra Borchardt and PS editors discuss the impact of a new German law to clean up hate speech online.

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A Test Match with the Taliban

Shashi Tharoor

Under the tutelage of Pakistan’s military, the Taliban brought peace to Afghanistan the last time it ruled the country. But it was the peace of the graveyard, which it could establish once again – this time with the support of the United States.

Boris Johnson and the Threat to British Soft Power

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The likely successor to British Prime Minister Theresa May, Boris Johnson, has plans to subsume the government department overseeing development aid into the foreign office, effectively eliminating it. That will destroy a post-Brexit United Kingdom's last chance to maintain any influence or relevance on the world stage.

Philanthropy vs. Democracy

Helmut K. Anheier

For philanthropic institutions, the fundamental question of accountability first raised by the emergence of liberal democracy will not go away. To what extent should modern societies permit independent private agendas in the public realm and allow their advocates to pursue objectives that are not shared by governments and popular majorities?