Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Green Templeton College is proud to be the home of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, engaging newsroom leaders from around the world and exploring the future of global journalism.
Green Templeton’s connection with the Reuters Institute
Our connection with journalism extends back to 1992, when the Reuters Journalist Fellowship programme began its long-standing residency at Green College.
Neville Maxwell, a former foreign correspondent for The Times, established the Reuters Foundation Fellowship Programme in 1983 to complement the University of Oxford’s ongoing research on international development. The programme soon began to grow and a dedicated Journalist Fellowship was established in 1990, which moved into residence at Green College two years later.
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) in its current form launched in 2006, retaining its strong affiliation with Green Templeton.
Located at Green Templeton’s 13 Norham Gardens and housed within the Department of Politics and International Relations, the RISJ is dedicated to exploring the future of global journalism through debate, engagement and research. It connects practice and research to examine issues facing journalists around the world.
Reuters Institute Journalist Fellows
Reuters Institute Journalist Fellows are given Visiting Scholar status at Green Templeton during their time in Oxford, allowing them access to the college’s wide-ranging facilities, and Principal Sir Michael Dixon is a member of the Reuters Institute Steering Committee.
Each year, the Journalist Fellowship Programme welcomes experienced, practising journalists from multiple countries who travel to Oxford for one, two or three terms. They attend seminars, talks and newsroom visits to understand the challenges facing the industry, and undertake research into a chosen topic related to their work.
Green Templeton Governing Body Fellow Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is Director of the Reuters Institute. Explore his career here.
Examples of projects published by Reuters Institute Fellows include: coverage of sexual abuse before and after #MeToo; the future of digital media; foreign news coverage in the mobile internet era in China; practical procedures for decreasing the violations against journalists; and how Facebook and WhatsApp are increasingly becoming the preferred tool of propaganda by repressive regimes and governments.
Global Journalism Seminars
Green Templeton hosts the RISJ’s weekly journalism seminars during term time, attracting high profile, experienced and inspirational figures from diverse areas of journalism, research and activism, to discuss key issues affecting the media.
These seminars are open to all members of the Green Templeton community, as well as the general public, and involve an informative talk by the guest speaker before a vigorous and lively debate on the day’s topic.
Forthcoming events
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Past events
Lessons in innovative Olympic data journalism
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Alberto Cairo and Simon Rogers, The Data Journalism Podcast
New AI and tech collabs for electoral accountability – the Meedan story
Wednesday 12 June 2024
Dima Saber, Head of Programmes, Meedan
How fashion journalism drives industry evolution
Wednesday 5 June 2024
Sarah Kent, Chief Sustainability Correspondent, The Business of Fashion
Unpacking practical AI applications in news
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Dr Bahareh Heravi, Reader in AI and Media, University of Surrey
Truth or dare: navigating misinformation in EU elections
Wednesday 22 May 2024
Peter Pomerantsev, journalist and author
Who will rule? The significance of South Africa’s upcoming election
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Adriaan Basson, Editor-in-chief, News24
Mana Taurite: How an Indigenous news approach can help shift newsrooms from Eurocentric to equitable
Wednesday 8 May 2024
Carmen Parahi, journalist, news media specialist, equity champion
Press under pressure: Argentina’s multi-faceted journalism crises
Wednesday 1 May 2024
Hugo Alconada Mon, Investigations editor, La Nación
Identifying Africa’s untold climate change stories
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Wanjira Mathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist
Politics and data in India’s general election
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Gilles Verniers, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research
Methodologies for tracking and reporting AI
Wednesday 14 February 2024
Hilke Schellman, Emmy-award-winning reporter
Why you should pay attention to the Indonesian election
Wednesday 31 January 2024
Sana Jaffrey, Research Fellow, Australian National University
Sowt: an Arab podcasting movement
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Ramsey Tesdell, Co-founder and Executive Director, Sowt Podcasts
That’s just not cricket: sports journalism that challenges the status quo
Wednesday 17 January 2024
Sharda Ugra, Indian sports journalist
Covering Israel’s historic protests
Wednesday 7 June 2023
Noa Landau, deputy editor, ‘Haaretz’
Lessons from the Amazon: novel ways to report on the climate
Wednesday 31 May 2023
David Hidalgo, Executive Editor, Ojo Público
How media businesses in Asia are using AI
Wednesday 24 May 2023
Rishad Patel, co-founder, creative director and head of product, Splice Media
Crowdfunding independent journalism in Latin America
Wednesday 17 May 2023
Camille Alexandra Padilla Dalmau, Co-founder, 9 Millones
Top five takes from the Washington Post’s TikTok experiment
Wednesday 10 May 2023
Carmella Boykin, Associate Producer, Washington Post TikTok team
The role of business journalism in a financial crisis
Wednesday 26 April 2023
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Exploring RSF’s new AI charter for journalism
Wednesday 6 December 2023
Arthur Grimonpont, Project manager at Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF)
Documenting from a distance: Iranians’ uproar over the death of Mahsa Amini
Wednesday 29 November 2023
Sasha Joelle Achilli, documentary filmmaker
¡GOOOL!: Meet the team behind the scoop that brought down Spain’s football chief
Wednesday 22 November 2023
Sandra S. Riquelme, Football Editor at Relevo; Fermín Elizari, Communities Editor at Relevo
*Updated* Refocusing attention on the climate crisis
Wednesday 15 November 2023
Dr Friederike Otto, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science at Imperial College
Internet freedom and independent press in 2023 – a view from India
Wednesday 8 November 2023
Apar Gupta, founder and director of the Internet Freedom Foundation
Networking Africa’s investigative journalists
Wednesday 1 November 2023
Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Investigative journalist and co-founder of NAIRE
Unpacking Canada’s cruel history: lessons from a Pulitzer-winning podcast
Wednesday 25 October 2023
Connie Walker, investigative journalist and podcast host
Predictors of psychological distress in frontline journalists
Wednesday 18 October 2023
Dr Anthony Feinstein and Laura Dulce Romero
The art of graphic journalism: lessons from the Washington Post’s ‘Searching for Maura’ project
Wednesday 11 October 2023
KC Shaper, Projects editor, Washington Post
Escaping toxic newsroom spaces and online hate
Wednesday 21 June 2023
Dhanya Rajendran, Editor-in-Chief, The News Minute.
Journalism in exile: lessons from Latin America and East Africa
Wednesday 14 June 2023
Louisa Esther Mugabo, journalist and PhD candidate.
Will AR and VR change war reporting forever?
Wednesday 1 March 2023
Khalil Ashawi and Hail Khalaf, co-founders of Frontline in Focus
The Prince’s secrets: behind the podcast exposing China’s leader
Wednesday 22 February 2023
Sue-Lin Wong, Podcast host, The Economist
What to expect from the Nigerian election
Wednesday 15 February 2023
Seun Okinbaloye, Political correspondent, Channels TV
Navigating newsgathering in the deadliest country for journalists
Wednesday 8 February 2023
Marcela Turati Muñoz, Mexican freelance investigative journalist
Using data to tell LGBTQ+ stories in Uganda
Wednesday 1 February 2023
Caleb Okereke, Founder, Minority Africa
How to ‘debirdify’: Are Post, Mastodon and other Twitter alternatives fit for purpose?
Wednesday 25 January 2023
Dave Lee, Technology journalist, Financial Times
How The Wire’s Meta controversy could have been avoided
Wednesday 18 January 2023
N Ram, Director, The Hindu Publishing Group
The role of journalism in disrupting corruption
Wednesday 11 January 2023
Jane Bradley, New York Times
Business stories are climate stories: rewriting the finance journalism playbook
Wednesday 30 November 2022
Sharon Chen, Managing editor, Bloomberg Green
Marshalling the troops: how Ukraine’s biggest newsroom stayed afloat in the war
Wednesday 23 November 2022
Sevgil Musaieva, Editor in Chief, Ukrainska Pravda
Avoiding the pitfalls of Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 coverage
Wednesday 16 November 2022
Chris McHardy, Head of Sport, Arabian Radio Network
The world’s number one Spanish podcast
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Carolina Guerrero, CEO, Radio Ambulante
Climate journalism: Covering Pakistan’s flooding crisis
Wednesday 26 October 2022
Hamid Mir, Host, Capital Talk, Geo News
Putting indigenous rights on the news agenda
Wednesday 19 October 2022
Isabella Higgins, Europe correspondent, ABC News
The emotional toll of investigative journalism
Wednesday 12 October 2022
John-Allan Namu, Investigative journalist & CEO, Africa Uncensored
What to make of the Brazilian election news
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Natalia Viana, co-founder & co-director, Agência Pública
Hong Kong and the story of our time
Wednesday 15 June 2022
Ronson Chan, Chair, Hong Kong Journalists Association
Reporting on the women the pandemic left behind
Wednesday 8 June 2022
Ryan Lenora Brown, journalist, The Continent
The Trojan Horse Affair and its aftermath
Wednesday 1 June 2022
Hamza Syed, co-host, Trojan Horse Affair podcast
Digital culture in India
Wednesday 25 May 2022
Shadma Shaikh, tech journalist
Lessons in visual journalism from Paraguay’s El Surtidor
Wednesday 18 May 2022
Jazmín Acuña, co-founder, El Surtidor
Media survival in Ukraine
Wednesday 11 May 2022
Jakub Parusinski, CFO, Kyiv Independent
Climate change, drug wars and elections in the Philippines
Wednesday 4 May 2022
Regine Miren Cabato, Philippines bureau, Washington Post
The opportunity for news on Android lock screens
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Christine Franciska, managing editor, Glance
POSTPONED From Russia: lessons in correspondence from the Wall Street Journal
Wednesday 2 March 2022
Ann M Simmons, Russia correspondent, Wall Street Journal
Insights from Bellingcat on Russia’s Ukraine ambitions
Wednesday 2 March 2022
Christo Grozev, lead Russia investigator, Bellingcat
It’s no joke: political cartooning in East Africa
Wednesday 23 February 2022
Maddo (Paul Kelemba), editorial cartoonist
Undisrupting the media? Micropayments for news
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Dominic Young, founder and CEO, Axate
Journalism in Kazakhstan
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Darkhan Umyrbekov, Digital editor at RFE/RL’s Kazakh service
The trouble in Turkey
Wednesday 2 February 2022
Kemal Göktaş, editor-in-chief Kisa Dalga
The art of the viral news explainer
Wednesday 26 January 2022
Ros Atkins, BBC News presenter
The death of the Kyiv Post and the fight for its rebirth
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Elina Alem Kent, video and audio producer, ‘Kyiv Independent’
Behind the Pandora papers
Wednesday 1 December 2021
Participating journalists, multiple outlets
Nigeria vs Twitter: the fight for freedom of expression
Wednesday 24 November 2021
Fisayo Soyombo, Founder, Foundation for Investigative Journalism
*Cancelled* From Russia: lessons in correspondence from the WSJ
Wednesday 17 November 2021
Ann M. Simmons, Moscow bureau chief, the Wall Street Journal
Reporting climate change from the Pacific Islands
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Founder, Pacific Environment Weekly
Nicaraguan journalism in exile
Wednesday 3 November 2021
Carlos F. Chamorro, journalist and director
Quakes, coups and courage: how to cover Haiti
Wednesday 27 October 2021
Jacqueline Charles, Caribbean correspondent, Miami Herald
The role of the press in Chile’s new constitution
Wednesday 20 October 2021
Francisca Skoknic, Founder, LaBot
Justice deferred: the Jamal Khashoggi story
Wednesday 13 October 2021
Bryan Fogel, documentary maker
How to protect Afghanistan’s media
Wednesday 6 October 2021
Sami Mahdi, Shorenstein fellow
Live from Capitol Hill: How to cover an insurrection
Wednesday 23 June 2021
Robert Moore, DC correspondent, ITV News
Journalism behind bars – the Belarusian crisis
Wednesday 16 June 2021
Volha Siakhovich, legal expert, Belarusian Association of Journalism
Covering COVID: Lessons from a health reporter
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Jessica Hamzelou, biomed and health reporter, New Scientist
Ethiopian elections: what to expect in Addis
Wednesday 2 June 2021
Samuel Getachew, Ethiopian journalist
The perils of parachute journalism in Myanmar
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Aye Min Thant
Revitalising the public editor role
Wednesday 19 May 2021
Kathy English, former public editor at Toronto Star
Investigative journalists team up to tell the stories of the world’s biggest rainforests
Wednesday 12 May 2021
Gustavo Faleiros, environment investigations editor at Pulitzer Center
Farmers, Rihanna and India’s failure to silence dissent
Wednesday 5 May 2021
Manisha Pande, executive editor of Newslaundry.com
Newlines: a fresh voice from the Middle East
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Hassan Hassan and Kareem Shaheen, editor-in-chief and senior editor, Newlinesmag.com
13 lessons from lockdown
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Journalist Fellows from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
News media in the Far East in 2021
Wednesday 10 March 2021
Daisuke Furuta, former editor of Buzzfeed Japan and current Google News fellow
Covering the cartels: the history and mission of Zeta
Wednesday 3 March 2021
Adela Bello, managing editor of Zeta magazine
Stuff’s 2020 Facebook exit: what happened next
Wednesday 24 February 2021
Sinead Boucher, CEO of Stuff
Data and subscriptions: El País’ lessons in pandemic coverage
Wednesday 17 February 2021
Borja Echevarría, managing editor, El País
Keeping tech accountable: a conversation with The Markup
Wednesday 10 February 2021
Julia Angwin, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Markup
Arrested development: Zimbabwean journalism
Wednesday 3 February 2021
Hopewell Chin’ono, Zimbabwean journalist and anti-corruption campaigner
Lessons in slowing down the newsroom
Wednesday 27 January 2021
James Harding, co-founder and editor-in-chief Tortoise Media
Building relationship and trust on TikTok – and finding news stories
Wednesday 20 January 2021
Sophia Smith Galer, BBC journalist and TikTok influencer
Experiments in innovation at The Washington Post
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Elite Truong, director of strategic initiatives, The Washington Post
Trust in news: what we know (and what we don’t)
Wednesday 6 January 2021
Benjamin Toff, Senior Research Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
A new media success story
Wednesday 2 December 2020
Emily Ramshaw, co-founder of The 19th
The importance of young voices in British media
Wednesday 25 November 2020
Izin Akhabau, online editor of The Voice
Covid reporting in South Africa
Wednesday 18 November 2020
Mia Malan, founding editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism
The value and future of public service media
Wednesday 11 November 2020
Noel Curran, director-general of the European Broadcasting Union
How significant is Russian influence on global politics?
Wednesday 4 November 2020
Luke Harding, author of Shadow State
The 7 principles of reflective journalism
Wednesday 28 October 2020
Shirish Kulkarni, Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Under pressure: journalists and the battle to keep reporting
Wednesday 21 October 2020
Meera Selva, director of the Journalism Fellowship at the RISJ
What is data bias, and why should journalists pay attention?
Wednesday 14 October 2020
Prof Safiya Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression
The missing perspectives of women in COVID-19 news
Wednesday 7 October 2020
Luba Kassova, co-founder and director AKAS audience strategy consultancy
Public sector broadcasting and trust in dangerous times
Wednesday 17 June 2020
Dorothy Byrne, head of news and current affairs, Channel 4 News
Holding power to account
Wednesday 10 June 2020
Matthew Caruana Galizia, investigative journalist
The role of the Today programme in a national crisis
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Sarah Sands, editor of BBC Radio 4 Today programme
Journalists under pressure – the emotional toll of covering crises
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Meera Selva, director, Reuters Institute journalist fellowship programme
Fact checking a global story
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Clara Jiménez Cruz, co-founder of Maldita.es
Reporting pandemics – measles and coronavirus in the Pacific Islands
Wednesday 13 May 2020
Cherelle Jackson, investigative reporter, Samoa
Brexit in a time of chaos
Wednesday 6 May 2020
Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London
Building a global media brand
Wednesday 29 April 2020
Prashant Rao, global editor, The Atlantic
A new wave: Female editors and new audiences
Wednesday 11 March 2020
Meera Selva, director, journalist fellowship programme, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Political gossip and how it drives everything
Wednesday 4 March 2020
Marie Le Conte, politics writer
The State of the Times
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, president, International of New York Times
Notes from the frontline: A dangerous moment: reporting Hong Kong’s protests
Wednesday 19 February 2020
Emily Tsang, reporter, South China Morning Post
Wei Du, international correspondent, Channel News AsiaNotes from the frontline: Misinformation and propaganda wars in Ukraine and Russia
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Maryana Drach, director, Radio Free Europe, Ukraine
Gulmira Amangalieva, reporter, Freenews-Volga, RussiaNotes from the frontline: Journalism in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Wednesday 5 February 2020
Consuelo Dieguez, Piaui Magazine
Daniela Pinheiro, former editor in chief, ÉpocaLeading digital transformation
Wednesday 29 January 2020
Inga Thordar, executive editor, CNN Digital International
The truth behind filter bubbles
Wednesday 22 January 2020
Richard Fletcher, senior researcher, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Press freedom and media censorship
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Professor of Political Communication, University of Oxford
Putting the audience at the heart of journalism
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Federica Cherubini, engagement manager, Hearken
Virtual reality in newsrooms
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Zillah Watson, commissioning editor for virtual reality, BBC VR Hub
Increasing women’s representation at the BBC
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Ros Atkins, presenter of Outside Source, BBC News, project director 50:50
The state of journalism
Wednesday 30 October 2019
Dorothy Byrne, head of news and current affairs, Channel 4 Television
Political attacks on journalism in central and eastern Europe
Wednesday 23 October 2019
Meera Selva, Director of the Journalism Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Healing words – Innovations in health reporting
Wednesday 16 October 2019
Mia Malan, Editor-in-Chief, Bhekisia
Social media, protest and press freedom in Sri Lanka
Wednesday 19 June 2019
Meera Selva, Director of the Journalism Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Protecting newsrooms from political pressure
Wednesday 12 June 2019
Bobby Ghosh, editor, journalist and commentator, member of the editorial board at Bloomberg.
Telling the international story
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Caro Kriel, Head of International News, Sky News
The failure of political journalism
Wednesday 29 May 2019
Helen Lewis, Associate Editor of the New Statesman
Reputation, trust and keeping watch
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Inga Thordar, Executive Editor of CNN Digital Worldwide
Networked news, racial divides – how power and privilege shape public discourse
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Sue Robinson, Helen Firstbook Franklin Professor of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication
British media and populism, and Brexit
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Trevor Kavanagh, journalist and political columnist
Why don’t we take women as seriously as men?
Wednesday 1 May 2019
Mary Ann Sieghart, journalist and broadcaster
From victims to suspects – representation of Muslim women
Wednesday 6 March 2019
Dr Shakira Hussein, research fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute
Should the state pay for journalism?
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Polly Curtis, ex-editor of the HuffPost UK and adviser to the Cairncross inquiry into the sustainability of high quality journalism
Digital rebranding of legacy media – reviving the Madras Courier
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Shrenik Rao, editor-in-chief, Madras Courier
Diving deep. Slow news and reader engagement
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Chris Cook, Tortoise, ex-BBC Newsnight and Financial Times
India’s social media elections
Wednesday 6 February 2019
Dr Vidya Narayanan, director of research, Computational Propaganda Project, Oxford Internet Institute
Short and strong: making The Economist Espresso
Wednesday 30 January 2019
Lane Greene, editor, Economist Espresso and language columnist
The coldest story ever told: Kanye and the Up Next algorithm
Wednesday 23 January 2019
Caithlin Mercer, managing editor, Yahoo! UK
Do we need a new kind of journalism in 2019?
Wednesday 16 January 2019
Rachael Jolley, editor, Index on Censorship magazine
Reuters Institute Fellows Symposium
Wednesday 12 December 2018
Rasmus Nielsen, Director, RISJ
Meera Selva, Director of the Journalism Fellowship Programme, RISJ
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