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Alexandra Borchardt

Alexandra Borchardt

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1 videos & podcasts

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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  1. The Necessity of Diversity in the Digital Newsroom
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    The Necessity of Diversity in the Digital Newsroom

    Jun 25, 2020 Alexandra Borchardt shows why overcoming demographic uniformity has become a bottom-line issue for news organizations.

  2. Only Democratic Literacy Can Save Democracy
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    Only Democratic Literacy Can Save Democracy

    Nov 28, 2019 Alexandra Borchardt argues that protecting key political institutions begins with understanding them and their importance.

  3. What’s Wrong with the News?
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    What’s Wrong with the News?

    Sep 11, 2019 Alexandra Borchardt says that data-driven journalism isn't giving audiences what they want.

  4. 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.

  5. 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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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

    predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Will the China hawks in Donald Trump’s administration railroad him into a confrontation that transcends tariffs and embraces financial sanctions of the type the US and the European Union imposed on Russia? If they do, China's leaders will have to decide whether to decouple from the dollar-based international monetary system.

    thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
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    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.
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    The TikTok Boomerang

    Angela Huyue Zhang thinks the US government's ban on the app has left it in an untenable position.

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