About John Horgan
John Horgan is professor of journalism at Dublin City University, after many years as a journalist on the Irish Times and in other media.
Articles by John Horgan
This week’s front page editor
Rosemary Bechler is the mainsite editor of openDemocracy.
European integration
Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.
No to TTIP
Constitutional conventions: best practice
Conor Cruise O’Brien, a protean figure
An internationalist Irishman whose union of passion and reason made an indelible mark on the worlds of diplomacy, politics and journalism has died at the age of 91. John Horgan pays tribute.
Northern Ireland: a view from the south
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Highlights
World Forum for Democracy 2017
This year, the theme is ‘populism’. Is the problem fake news or fake democracy? What media, what political parties, what politicians do we need to re-connect with citizens and make informed choices in 21st century democracy?
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