A journalism student from a different university asked me questions and expected written answers for his graduation thesis. I told him if I answered all these questions in a written form, I would...
The right-wing political establishment threatens the pride of Israeli journalism, Haaretz. I find it a bit strange that the Israeli state has relied on crude misinformation and a few sane voices ...
https://erkansaka.net/2023/11/26/haaretz-haaretzcom-under-attack/
This was an expected outcome of the so-called disinformation law. I still believe that the government had enough in its arsenal to imprison the journalists without this law. However, it streamlin...
https://erkansaka.net/2023/11/04/government-to-abuse-disinformation-to-arrest-journalists/
This GitHub repository corresponds to the dataset used for our research article titled Dataset for 2023 Israel–Hamas war. The repository contains fact-checked articles and social media posts a...
MLSA has released the “Journalism in Turkey” report prepared within the scope of the “Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity”. You can find the full report an...
https://erkansaka.net/2023/08/02/mlsa-report-released-journalism-in-turkey/
The Delicate Race to Archive the Work of Murdered Journalists—Before It Disappears 157 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2000. Many ran self-funded blogs, websites, and Facebook pa...
https://erkansaka.net/2023/07/01/archiving-the-work-of-murdered-journalists/
I wonder what happens when Meta cuts the funds, which is likely. Fact-checking organizations ramped up their budgets and diversified their focus in 2022, according to a new report that surveyed 9...
Türkiye sentences a journalist under ‘disinformation law’ for first time Bianet :: English Aygül (m) reading out a statement outside of the courthouse. Journalist Sinan Ayül has been sente...
The Turkish government creates another hero. Ekşi Sözlük has long left caring about the users. Most of its early community features disappeared recently. It is a very commercial site but still...
The second edition of The State of Data Journalism Survey results is now public! Explore the insights from the largest data journalism survey of the year. We covered the industry’s demographi...
https://erkansaka.net/2023/02/15/the-state-of-data-journalism-survey-2022-released/