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2016 annus horribilis. Beaten the record of number of journalists killed How many victims have there been? The budgets revealed by the various international organizations vary inexplicably from 101 to 48, and this quells the alarm OSCE warns of increasing attempts to regulate press Across the globe the impulse to restrain media freedom stems from
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
In Bulgaria, local administrations spend large sums to "finance" the media, thus influencing their editorial line – a concerning situation, especially outside Sofia
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
European Youth Press works together with over twenty member organisations. Who are these organisations and what do they do? Every month we introduce one of our member organisations to our network of young media makers. This month it’s time for European Dialogue. We had a chat with Programme Project Coordinator Jana Fintova. EYP: What […]
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European Youth Press
Hostwriter and its Armenian partner Youth Alliance via Networking offer ten journalists the chance to cover European topics from a cross-border perspective. With elections coming up in several European countries, overcoming national bias and prejudice is crucial to serve a well informed civil society. The Agora Project After an application and assessment process, the […]
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European Youth Press
‘Okruženje’, the first and only regional TV current affairs talk show in the Western Balkans, awarded with the prize for ‘2016 Media Initiative of the Year’ at the European Citizenship Awards
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
This week, Ossigeno has verified and made know 5 cases of intimidation against journalists and information operators. Targeted because of their work: Paolo Ziliano, Antonio Padellaro; Alida Amico; Giuseppe Ferlicca; Natale Salvo. They are 4 men, 1 woman. The methods of intimidation, according to the Ossigeno classification method, fall into the following types: Frivolous defamation lawsuit (3), Insult (1),
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
by Jane Whyatt and Nora Wehofsits
Europe’s media freedom campaigners have sounded a warning over the state of Irish media. At the ECPMF’s Dublin debate #newsocracy2, Dr. Roderick Flynn (Dublin City University) outlined the high-risk factors: abuse of repressive libel laws, concentration of media ownership, and lack of access for minorities to mainstream media.
#Newsocracy2 took place in Dublin, Ireland, and bred productive debate. Photo: ECPMF
There is a lack of regulatory safeguards for journalists, not enough political independence and a high risk of concentration when it comes to market plurality, Flynn said in his keynote speech, quoting from his study of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Giuseppe Ferlicca was publicly insulted by a man who protested his article. Solidarity from Roman press association During the meeting held on January 26, 2017 in Viterbo, a man who was following the session amongst the public publicly insulted the reporter from Tusciaweb, Giuseppe Ferlicca, who was present and was doing his job. “this great
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Natale Salvo was sued by the webmaster of the town of Erice. He will have to face a request for damages. The Civil Court has already rejected that of the Municipality for 200.000 euros For some critical articles on the management of the City of Erice (in the province of Trapani) and on the professional
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Deadline: 28th February 2017 If you’re a student who’s passionate about journalism then we want to hear from you. Whether you’re a writer, blogger, vlogger, photographer, radio journalist or work in any other kind of media you can apply for a place at Future News Worldwide 2017 as long as you meet all of […]
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European Youth Press
