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TELEX FROM LAZIO ORDER OF JOURNALISTS, WE STAND ASIDE ALL JOURNALISTS WHO ARE AT RISK AND GET STOPPED

We will always be in the front lines in defense of the right-duty to inform and of those journalists threatened and intimidated, especially the weakest The Order of Journalists sent this telegram to Ossigeno per l’Informazione at the Concert for Press Freedom on June 21, 2017 in Rome at the “Centrale Montemartini” Museum. Dear colleagues,

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

TELEX FROM MARILÙ MASTROGIOVANNI, INFORMATION IS LIVING THROUGH A DRAMATIC SEASON

The bravest and most committed journalists are getting more alone, threatened or blandished, blackmailed, or co-opted by the powerful. It’s tiring to keep your back straight Salentine journalist Marilù Mastrogiovanni, who has suffered numerous acts of intimidation because of her work, sent this telegram to “Ossigeno per l’Informazione” at the Concert for Press Freedom and

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

TELEX FROM SENATOR CERVELLINI, DO NOT LEAVE THOSE WHO RESIST THREATS ALONE

Let’s put in circulation the oxygen of good information, that is fundamental. We defend journalists and citizens who break the silence At the Concert for Press Freedom and the Right to Be Informed held in Rome on 21 June 2017, Senator Massimo Cervellini (Sinistra Italiana) sent the following telegram to “Ossigeno per l’Informazione”. The words

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

TELEX FROM PIETRO GRASSO: STIMULATE CONSCIENCES, HELP THOSE WHO RISKS FOR THE TRUTH

We need to be close to those who suffer from privations and threats, says the Senate president to the organizers of the Concert on Press Freedom in Rome Senate President Pietro Grasso sent this telegram to “Ossigeno per l’Informazione” at the Concert for Press Freedom on 21 June 2017 in Rome at the “Centrale Montemartini”

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

TELEX BY AGCOM PRESIDENT: EXTRAORDINARY STRATEGIES AND MEASURES AGAINST THE CRISIS

In order to defend the quality of information, an unprecedented effort for analysis and effort is needed. It is a strategic theme for any political agenda AGCOM’s President, Angelo Marcello Cardani, sent this message to “Ossigeno per l’Informazione” at the Concert for Press Freedom on 21 June 2017 in Rome. Quality information is a public

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

TELEX FROM MORCELLINI AGCOM, MAY JOURNALISM DISCOVER THE REAL TERMS OF THE CRISIS

It must be safeguarded from the victory of an information model which has no true parity, no head or nor tail, without mediators, thus endangering democracy Professor Mario Morcellini, a scholar and teaching professor of communication, journalism and digital networks, who was already a vice-chancellor of La Sapienza University in Rome, and from 15 March

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

TELEX FROM ODG PRESIDENT: TEAR DOWN THE WALL OF SILENCE ON ATTACKS AGAINST THE PRESS

Information is an inalienable right but often its true role is put aside, limited or even trampled The President of the National Order of Journalists, Nicola Marini, sent this message to Ossigeno per l’Informazione at the Concert for Press Freedom on 21 June 2017 in Rome at the “Centrale Montemartini” Museum. “Music helps not to

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

TELEX FROM FNSI, ELIMINATE RESIDUES OF AUTHORITARIAN LEGISLATION

The legal shame of jail and the appalling charges of defamation and lawsuits for millions of compensation requests, a real weapon of intimidation against journalists The President and Secretary of the Italian National Federation of the Press (FNSI), Giuseppe Giulietti and Raffaele Lorusso, sent this message to the Director of Ossigeno per l’Informazione, Alberto Spampinato,

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Bad News | Monday June 19

Rome. June 21. Ossigeno invites to the concert for press freedom Free entry. On stage, the Scoop Jazz Band and saxophone player Nicola Alesini at 20:30 pm at the “Centrale Montemartini” Museum Fake and soft news. Some like it lukewarm What’s happening in newspapers. Why “media truth” contrasts without rules to the “substantive or procedural”

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Serbia: journalists attacked during Vučić's inauguration

During the inauguration ceremony of the new Serbian president, some journalists were attacked and prevented from doing their job. An analysis

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News