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Vukašin Obradović: critical media under fire in Serbia

Restrictions on media freedom are becoming more and more common in Serbia. Interview with Vukašin Obradović, president of the Association of Independent Journalists of Serbia (NUNS)

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

The Future of the BBC: the BBC as Market Shaper and Creator

Mariana Mazzucato is a Professor in the Economics of Innovation at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) of the University of Sussex, and recently became a member of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s new economic advisory committee. Here she tackles accusations that the BBC is ‘crowding out’ the broadcasting market in the UK, and offers suggestions as to how to assess […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Call for: board members of the European Youth Press

The European Youth Press (EYP), network of young media makers, is seeking minimum one (1) and maximum four (4) new members to join the Executive Board for the 2015/2017-mandate period. The elections will take place at the General Assembly...

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: Journalists, digital activists and free speech advocates

Journalists, digital activists and other free speech advocates can be nominated for these awards. The Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honor individuals...

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: Business journalists

The McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism offers a fellowship program to support...

Source: European Youth Press

Call for : Journalists interested in art and poetry competition

The competition is open to young people under 30 years of age. The participation is free. Theme of the XIIth Edition: “The gesture and the genesis” (Creativity and Creation in life, Thinking, Nature Arts…

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: Journalists interested in Transatlantic Media Fellowship

Journalists who offer new perspectives on transatlantic policy debates and come from diverse communities are invited to apply...

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: Freelance journalists

Freelance journalists with basic audio and/or visual equipment or a smartphone can apply. Orb, a U.S.-based global journalism organization, is seeking freelancers in every country...

Source: European Youth Press

Negotiating the Data Protection Thicket: Life in the Aftermath of Schrems

Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) declared that the Safe Harbour agreement which allowed the movement of digital data between the EU and the US was invalid. The Court was ruling in a case brought by Max Schrems, an Austrian student and privacy campaigner who, in the wake of the Snowden revelations of mass surveillance, […]

Source: Media Policy Project

OSCE Representative urges swift investigation of all acts of violence against journalists in Bosnia

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović yesterday condemned an apparent arson attack on a car owned by BH Radio 1 Mostar correspondent Emil Karamatić

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News