Deep dives
This topic treated disinformation less as a passing newsroom beat than as a democratic stress test. Jean-Michel Dumay selected pieces that asked what falsehoods do to public life, how platforms reshape evidence, and why simple fact-checking rarely settles the problem.
Disinformation damages democracy, but perhaps not in the way you think — Phys.Org
The archive also caught a turning point in the platform debate. Posts on OpenAI, Meta and anti-disinformation policy showed a clear concern for the systems that now sit between publics and reliable information.
OpenAI updated its safety framework — but no longer sees mass manipulation and disinformation as a critical risk — Fortune.com
The emphasis was not alarm for its own sake. The recurring question was institutional: what happens when governments, platforms or newsrooms step back from the work of verification?
US shuts down anti-disinformation office targeting Russia, China and Iran — France 24
A second strand followed the craft of accountability reporting. The topic returned to tools, methods and access laws, especially when they helped reporters investigate power across borders.
Using Freedom of Information Laws to Fuel Accountability Stories in Africa — Global Investigative Journalism Network
The selection also paid attention to the vulnerable mechanics behind public-interest journalism: leaks, source protection, legal risk and the everyday protocols that make investigations possible.
How to leak to a journalist — Nieman Journalism Lab
Press freedom appeared here as a practical condition, not an abstract slogan. Posts on threatened reporters and repressive regimes placed newsroom ethics inside a wider fight over safety and access to truth.
Trump cuts threaten reporters with return to repressive regimes — ICIJ
The archive repeatedly returned to standards: awards, councils, mediation, definitions of journalism and the line between public service and influence. Its centre of gravity was the belief that journalism needs visible rules if it wants public trust.
The Post wins inaugural Peter F. Collier Award for Ethics in Journalism
That standards question widened as influencers, platforms and new formats blurred the old boundaries of the profession. Dumay’s selections gave weight to debates about who counts as a journalist and what obligations come with that role.
ISOJ panel explores evolving definitions of journalists and journalism in the era of influencers – International Symposium on Online Journalism
AI entered the topic as both a tool and an ethical pressure point. The posts suggested interest in how newsrooms could use new systems without losing transparency, responsibility or editorial judgment.
$5m grant to support ethical AI journalism — The Nation
