Italy

Italy: new bill against cyberbullying endangers freedom of expression on the web

OssigenoInformazione warns against restrictions of freedom of expression on the web that may derive from the newly adopted bill against cyberbullying

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Making budgets attractive. Best practices from governments’ financial transparency portals

OpenBudgets.eu sheds light on the best practices and needs of governments providing open budget data, a crucial tool for financial transparency and journalistic investigation

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Building a safety net for European journalists

Needs and problems experienced by journalists in 11 European countries are the focus of these report curated by Eugenia Siapera

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EJC Innovative Development Reporting Grants

The European Journalism Centre provides grants for innovative reporting of development stories. Deadline: 7 September 2016

Deadline: 07 Sep 2016

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Public Service News and Digital Media

Can public service news organisations stay competitive in a digital environment? Reuters Institute explores the issue focusing on public media service in 6 European countries

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Europe’s journalists subjected to increasing levels of harassment

22/01/2016

Index on Censorship provides an overview of the violations of media freedom recorded through the project Mapping Media Freedom. Between 1 May and 30 September 2015, 285 violations of media freedom in Europe have been recorded and verified. More than a third of the incidents – 108 cases – included harassment against journalists

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Wikipedia:GLAM/OBC

Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso (OBC) hosts a Wikipedian in Residence (WiR) in the framework of its cooperation with Wikimedia Italia and its membership in the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). Wikipedia entries concerning freedom of information, freedom of the press and media pluralism in Europe are curated and developed by the Wikipedian in Residence (WiR), producing open-access, freely-reusable quality contents for the wider public in multiple languages.

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Media freedom and independence in 14 European countries: A comparative perspective

A comparative analysis across 14 countries and across different types of media services with a view to evaluating and analysing media policy patterns and their contribution to the promotion of media freedom and independence

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Italy - Media Pluralism Monitor 2014

The MPM 2014 report shows a medium/high risk for media pluralism in Italy, based on medium levels of risk in all three realms considered

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Media Pluralism Monitor 2014

The Media Pluralism Monitor 2014 is a measurement tool updating and testing previous monitoring tools, designed to assess the risks to media pluralism in EU member states

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