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Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 (2025) Response to the Consultation on the Transparency and Open Justice Board’s Proposed Key Objectives. Media Innovation Studio, University of Central Lancashire. (Submitted)

Radcliffe, Damian and Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 (2025) World Press Trends Outlook 2024-5. Other. UNSPECIFIED.

Lush, David, Palmer, Clive Alan ORCID: 0000-0001-9925-2811 and Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 (2024) The value of values: Balancing journalism quality and business viability in dynamic, under resourced media ecosystems. Journal of Qualitative Research in Sports Studies, 18 (1). pp. 161-168. ISSN 1754-2375

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 and Rymajdo, Kamila ORCID: 0000-0002-4842-7914 (2024) Dr François Nel, Reader/Associate Professor of Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Dr Kamila Rymajdo, Post-Doctoral Researcher, News Futures 2035, University of Central Lancashire—written evidence (FON0044) House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee inquiry: The future of news: impartiality, trust, and technology. Other. House of Lords, London, UK.

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 and Rymajdo, Kamila ORCID: 0000-0002-4842-7914 (2024) Securing the Future of UK Public-Interest News: Navigating Change With Foresight and Innovation. Media and Communication, 12 .

Radcliffe, Damian, Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171, Hendrickson, Teemu and Roper, Dean (2024) World Press Trends Outlook 2023-2024. Other. World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), Frankfurt.

Lush, David, Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 and Palmer, Clive Alan ORCID: 0000-0001-9925-2811 (2023) The value of values - balancing journalism quality and media viability in fragile media ecosystems. In: Post Graduate Research School Symposium, 1 March, University of Central Lancashire, Preston.

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171, Clifford, Jeremy and Heawood, Jonathan (2022) News Futures 2033: Setting the scene for a national, multi-stakeholder discussion series on the future supply of trustworthy, public-interest news in the UK. Discussion Paper. University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston.

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 and Milburn-Curtis, Coral (2021) Down, but not out: journalism jobs and media sustainability in the UK. In: Book Journalists and Job Loss. Routledge, London, pp. 171-183. ISBN 9780429325588

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171, Milburn-Curtis, Coral, Lehtisaari, Katja and Kammer, Aske (2020) Free to succeed: Does press freedom influence the entrepreneurial orientation and the reader revenue performance of independent news media firms?—A cross-sectional study. Newspaper Research Journal, 41 (4). pp. 417-432. ISSN 0739-5329

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171, Milburn-Curtis, Coral and Lehtisaari, Katja (2020) Successful Exploration: Organisational Ambidexterity and Performance in News Media Firms. Nordic Journal of Media Management, 1 (1). pp. 45-62.

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 and Milburn-Curtis, Coral (2019) World Press Trends 2019. Technical Report. World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), Frankfurt.

Milburn-Curtis, Coral and Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 (2018) Measuring News Media Sustainability: Towards a Global Barometer. Project Report. Innovation Research Group, Manchester / Oxford.

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171, Milburn-Curtis, Coral and Waite, Jacob (2017) World News Publishers Outlook 2017: Main Report. Discussion Paper. World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 and Milburn-Curtis, Coral (2017) Building a culture of innovation - and the company’s bottom line. Discussion Paper. World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), Frankfurt / Paris.

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171 and Milburn-Curtis, Coral (2017) World News Publishers Outlook 2017: Executive Summary. Discussion Paper. World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), Frankfurt / Paris.

Nel, Francois Pierre ORCID: 0000-0003-4378-9171, Lehtisaari, Katja and Millburn-Curtis, Coral (2015) Exploring confidence: entrepreneurial leadership in news media organisations. International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA) Annual Conference . pp. 170-174. ISSN 978-5-19-010987-0

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