Clicks and Compassion. Communicating Development in the Content Economy.

A month ago, YouTube phenomenon Jimmy Donaldson, better known under his online persona “Mr. Beast” uploaded a new video that – like all his recent videos – immediately went viral and so far, has racked up 125 million views. In a not unusual departure from his regular type of videos, …

Capturing Hearts and Donations in Times of perpetual Crises

2023 feels like a year of constant crisis. The ongoing war in Ukraine, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, floods in Libya, earthquake in Morocco, the exodus of the Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, earthquakes in Afghanistan and most recently, the fighting in Gaza are just some of the big news stories of the current …

Photojournalism: a game played by the global north?

Every profession has its celebrities, so does photojournalism. „Award winning“ is an attribute almost expected in a serious photographer’s biography. Being an accomplished photographer seems to come with added credibility of one’s work and big news outlets like to capitalize on that, sending their star photographer’s out into the field, …