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Call for graduate students interested in a transnational journalism degree

The Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Journalism, Media and Globalisation welcomes applications from graduate students around the world. The two-year program is a truly transnational degree providing a solid foundation for analysing and reporting global changes.   The programme – supported by the European Commission under the Erasmus Mundus initiative – consists of a common year for […] The post Call for graduate students interested in a transnational journalism degree appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for participants for mapping Europe workshop

Learn to use Google tools to turn EU data into maps on your favorite topics.   Wouldn’t it be nice to visualize your story through an interactive map? Wouldn’t it be even nicer to create the map by yourself and post it on your website? This workshop will focus on the mapping of EU topics based on public […] The post Call for participants for mapping Europe workshop appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Public service broadcasting: when the status quo won’t do

Public service media across Europe are facing new commercial and political challenges. Des Freedman, who is speaking today at the event ‘The Future of Public Service Media in Europe’ here at the LSE, writes about challenges for public service broadcasters in the UK. Des is project lead for the Inquiry into the Future of Public Service Television. He writes here […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Media in Serbia, someone says no

Media lynchings, physical assaults, threats. This is what investigative journalists face in Vučić's Serbia. An interview with Branko Čečen, director of the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS)

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

4 intimidations against journalists this week in Italy

Four. So many where in Italy within the week 26 November – 1 December  2016 the victims of violations of freedom of expression through threats and abuses of Law and judicial proceeding which names Ossigeno added to the Public table of the names of victims that includs journalists, bloggers and operators intimidated. Since January 1, 2016 Ossigeno has uncovered 218 threats in Italy with 391

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

The point about 16: implications of the GDPR for child grooming laws

The General Data Protection Regulation, due to become law across the EU in May 2018, proposes introducing 16 as the minimum age at which a person can join an online service without the consent of their parents. John Carr, member of the Executive Board of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety, highlights the implications of the new regulation for […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Anzio. Warned for having reported on a parliamentary inquiry

It happened to news room of InLiberaUscita for reporting in an article the text of an act. The right to sue was reserved by a city councilor and her husband The Anzio city councilor, Valentina Salsedo, and her husband, Ernesto Parziale, have warned the journalists of the news room of the web newspaper InliberaUscita and

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Italy. The most dangerous news by Ossigeno. November 2016

This monthly review of acts of intimidation in Italy is produced by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Center for Press and Media Freedom of Leipzig (ECPMF), with the support of the European Headlines Special Ossigeno’s Report on Chilling Effects of Law on Defamation in Italy Joint statement from Ossigeno and Seemo (see below)  

Source: english – Ossigeno Informazione

Italy. The most dangerous news by Ossigeno. November 2016

This monthly review of acts of intimidation in Italy is produced by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Center for Press and Media Freedom of Leipzig (ECPMF), with the support of the European Union Headlines Special Ossigeno’s Report on Chilling Effects of Law on Defamation in Italy Joint statement from Ossigeno and Seemo (see below)

Source: english – Ossigeno Informazione

“The crow of the Viminale”. Two journalists of the Sole 24 Ore sentenced

They are Marco Ludovico and Roberto Napoletano: for the same case the Il Corriere della Sera had been acquitted, always by the Court of Milan The Fourth Criminal Chamber of the Court of Milan, on November 21, 2016, condemned for libel and to a 600 euro fine the journalist of the daily Il Sole 24

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione