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Submitted to the Senate the Second Report of the ”Observatory on Journalism” which measures the health of Italian information. Data gathered by Ossigeno used The second report of the ”Observatory on Journalism” (read) on the health of Italian journalism, is a study carried out by AGCOM, the Authority for Communications. The report has the great
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Shortly before 21:00 on Thursday, March 23rd , 2017 the entrance door of the headquarters in Fano (Pesaro-Urbino) was set ablaze The security cameras (watch the video) have filmed a hooded man approaching the entrance of the TV channel, and then sprinkle the door with flammable liquid before starting the fire. The headquarters of the
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
‘Fake news’ is a topic that dominates many current debates in academia, politics, and the tech world. In his new media policy brief ‘Fake news : public policy responses’, Damian Tambini illustrates the challenges of finding regulatory solutions to the ‘fake news’ phenomenon. The following excerpt from the brief clarifies who exactly benefits from using the term ‘fake news’. […]
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Media Policy Project
Stefano Andreone, curator and manager of the website MetNews, had written of alleged corruption on exhumations. Complaint filed. Solidarity from FNSI and SUGC The freelance journalist Stefano Andreone, on March 23rd , 2017, was beaten by three men in a bar in Cardito, in the province of Naples, for having published on MetNews, a website
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
At the meeting in Madrid, Mario De Castro presented Ossigeno’s data. Yolanda Quintana spoke of the Mordaza laws Madrid, March 23rd , 2017- Today there is less freedom of expression than a decade ago and instead of improving, the situation is probably going to get worse, warned Joan Barata, Catalan lawyer and an expert in
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
This is the transcript of the speech by Alberto Spampinato at the International Conference “The Great Silence” which was held at the Universitad Complutense of Madrid on March 23rd , 2017 Many friends from Italy, Spain and other countries have helped Ossigeno in making this meeting at the Complutense University of Madrid happen. This is one
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
by Martin Hoffmann – This speech was made in Madrid on March 23th, 2017, at the Conference “The Deafeaning Silence” organized by Ossigeno and ECPMF The author, Martin Hoffmann, is a researcher of the ECPMF Centre in Leipzig. He reported this presentation on the Conference “El Gran Silencio” at the Universidad Complutense (Madrid) on March 23rd.
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
by Jane Whyatt
Many violations of media freedom and other journalists’ rights go unreported across Europe. Journalists don’t like to write about their own problems, and in most cases are justified to be afraid of speaking out. But we can also "listen" to the data available.
Mining, studying and sharing data is an important aspect of getting connected with the thick of media freedom violations in a scenario where journalists are afraid of speaking out. (Public domain photo)
To tackle this issue, data journalism experts are holding a workshop at the Perugia International Journalism Festival.
It is part of the ECPMF project and…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The downside of digital giants like Facebook and Google includes the increase in fake news, political polarisation, the dumbing down of debate and the long-term decline in print journalism as newspapers lose readers and advertising to these platforms. But a combination of problems with digital advertising – fraud, mismeasurement, and programmatic ad placement on undesirable sites – means that advertisers […]
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Media Policy Project
by Ana Ribeiro and Jane Whyatt
Journalists have been under attack in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
Dark days for FYROM: Political and ethnic tensions are flaring back up, and journalists are being increasingly targeted while doing their job. (Public domain photo)
And the Western Balkans Regional Platform for Advocating Press Freedom and Journalists' Safety is calling on Europe's media freedom community to protest. The platform unites the journalists' associations of Bosnia Herzegovina (BH), Kosovo, Croatia, Montenegro and FYROM.
The group recently held a press conference urging the Macedonian authorities to investigate 19 attacks against journalists since the start of 2016.
"Alarming…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
