„My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”

Social Media vs Reality

Let’s be honest, social media and the way one can present himself is awesome. You want to update your profile picture? Well I guess one or two filters never hurt nobody. 
If you follow a lot of famous persons, bloggers or just “inspiring” people on Instagram for example, most of the…

Is investigative journalism dead? No, but it’s changing.

I was recently thinking about the state of journalism and what constitutes good and bad journalism. One of the good things that came to mind was investigative journalism and its impact on society.

The Era of Infotainment

When news meet entertainment.

I was waiting for my subway, the other day, on the Konstablerwache station in Frankfurt am Main. While I was listening to music, I realized that there is a screen right in front of me, showing different ads and…

“Lügenpresse” and Klagemauer.TV

An insight into neo-Nazi media in Germany

The Pros and Cons of Live Crosses on Television News

The use of live crosses can be observed all over the television news. It does not matter where something happens — every respectable news channel has a correspondent close by that can cover the news and report directly from where the…

Are people as shallow as social media makes it seem?

The other day, I was at a concert. I had been queueing in the cold for much longer than I am willing to admit and was rewarded with what should have been a perfect view from the third row — if it hadn’t been for two people in the second…

The responsibility of withholding information

Is it the responsibility of the press to filter news to keep populist movements in check? The answer to this question seems to be two sided. Intuitively, I’d say no since people should be able to decide by themselves how to handle information…

Last week Tonight with John Oliver revealing the problems of 2016 journalism

John Oliver’s HBO show “Last week Tonight” tackled some months ago the current state of journalism in the year 2016. He started off his segment by showing how important local newspapers are for the…