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News

1 June 2021

Let there be light! Student journalists in public safety campaign

Brilliant work by journalism postgraduates has been published by the Star newspaper in a ground-breaking link-up with Sheffield's Journalism Studies department.

22 April 2021

Conferences offer international insight for Sheffield journalism students

Brilliant guest speakers recently joined up with students of MA Global Journalism and MA International Public and Political Communication to discuss media matters around the world.

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3 November 2020

Academy of Social Sciences honours Jackie Harrison with prestigious fellowship

An honour has been conferred on the head of Journalism Studies for her high-inpact work to support the liberty and safety of media professionals.

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2 June 2020

Media making progress on complaints and corrections, Sheffield study finds

Researchers at Sheffield's Centre for Freedom of the Media have found that UK newspapers have become better at correcting inaccurate reporting since IPSO assumed responsibility for press regulation.

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