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Call for student essays for Global Youth Forum

Share your ideas and be heard in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations!   ELS and the United Nations Academic Impact are pleased to sponsor the fourth Many Languages, One World® Student Essay Contest and Global Youth Forum. This year welcomes Northeastern University as the host of the Many Languages, One World Global Youth Forum and the […] The post Call for student essays for Global Youth Forum appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Here’s why the Murdochs’ bid for control of Sky must be referred to Ofcom

After Fox has now formally notified the European Commission about its bid for the broadcaster Sky, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Karen Bradley, has 10 working days to decide whether to refer the bid to Ofcom for review. In this post, Martin Moore, Director of the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power at King’s […]

Source: Media Policy Project

10 threats between 25 february and 2 march, 2017

This week, Ossigeno has verified and made know 10 cases of intimidation against journalists and information operators. Targeted because of their work: La Repubblica Journalists; Sara Pinna; Donato Maiese; Daniele Brunetti; Alessio Fratini; Giuseppe Tallino. They are 4 men, 1 woman, 5 n/d. The methods of intimidation, according to the Ossigeno classification method, fall into the following types: Verbal warning

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Pegida - now the good news

by Jane Whyatt Journalists under attack from right wing populist groups in Germany are fighting back – with words as their weapons. Reporters in Dresden have devised a stage play to convince audiences that journalists are professionals and can be trusted. Scene from the play "First the good news", on stage in Dresden. Pictured: Marcus Anhäuser, Anne Schneider, Lena Schulz, Yolande van der Deijl, Charlotte Morache. Photo credit: David Baltzer The city is at the heart of the Pegida anti-immigration and anti-Islamic movement. (Pegida stands for "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West" in German.) Since 2014, this political group has continued…

Source: European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)

Montenegro, the silence of the public administration

Montenegro adopted a law on free access to public information 7 years ago, but in many cases the information required is withheld, and no one is sanctioned

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Italy and Spain. Journalists under fire. Conference in Madrid

It will be held on March 23 at the Universitad Complutense following an initiative by Ossigeno and Plataforma por la Defensa de la Libertard de Informacion From what does freedom of the press in Italy and Spain suffer? What makes possible to conduct some form of censorship in these countries where democracy exists? What are

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

The Ossigeno panel in the high school Margherita di Savoia in Rome

It was delivered on February 24, 2017. The memory of journalists killed for their work and the problems of today’s reporters. Questions and answers Ossigeno per l’Informazione delivered to the High School of Human, Linguistic and Socio-economic Sciences “Regina Margherita” in Rome the Panel of Memory “They were looking for the Truth – Twenty-eight names

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

#bastabufale. (#stopfakenews) Ossigeno signs appeal by Laura Boldrini

The goal is to involve schools, media and companies in the development of projects to stop fake news on the Internet Ossigeno per l’Informazione has signed the appeal #BastaBufale (#StopFakeNews) launched on February 10, 2017 by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini, to collect the consent of all those who want to

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Caserta. Accused threatens reporter after hearing

Giuseppe Tallino (Cronache di Caserta) pressed charges against the former Chief of the Technical Office of Grazzanise, who had been taking notes in the courtroom On February 24, 2017 the journalist Giuseppe Tallino filed a complaint to the Carabinieri against the former Chief of the Technical Office of the Municipality of Grazzanise (in the province

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Fake news. Vincenzo vita, gambaro bill proposes fake solutions

This article by Vincenzo Vita was published on February 22, 2017 by the newspaper Il Manifesto with the title “The bill of law against fake news must be stopped” From fake news to fake laws. These are laws peppered with bad promises and charged with emergency emotions. A case which is making history is the

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione