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Vatileaks 2. Rejected requests of postponement, towards quick judgment

The trial resumes on November 30 and could be concluded before December 8. Yet more solidarity to the journalists The criminal trial by the Vatican justice against the reporters Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi who, along with three other defendants are accused of divulging information and documents deemed in the fundamental interests of the State,

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

“Censorship under a mask”, training for journalists by Ossigeno on december 16-17 in Rome

Promoted together with the Roma Tre  University, is also for students. Next December at the National Library in Rome. Teachers from abroad Ossigeno per l’Informazione resumes the activities of professional training for journalists with a free attendance course entitled “Censorship under a mask. How to identify it, recognize it and fight it “, which will

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Greece: Journalists arrested, accused of taking photos in court

Two journalists from Italy and the USA have been arrested in the city of Polygyros and accused of taking photos of a trial inside a court room without permission, which is prohibited according to Greek law

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Rome. Protesters insult tv crew, tv shuts connection

Nausicaa Della Valle was with the TV crew of Quinta Colonna in a venue in Centocelle. The police headquarters recommended suspending filming The cries of protest by a group of demonstrators and the tension that has built up have prompted the journalist Nausicaa Della Valle, envoy of the TV show broadcast on Rete 4, Quinta

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

“Whether to report or not is a personal choice”

Gavin Rees, director of Dart Centre Europe, the research centre that helps journalists and media workers who cover traumatic events, talks to the ECPMF about the effects reporting on tragedies might have on journalists, ethical conflicts and the importance of tragedy reporting. Gavin Rees in April 2015 (Picture by the Dart Centre for Journalism & Trauma) Interview by Michelle Trimborn   ECPMF: What consequence might the dilemma between a human tragedy and reporting on the big story have for journalists? Can the pressure to report and do a job or function in such situations even cause a trauma?   Usually the professional persona we put…

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

Paris attacks: journalists ‘may suffer trauma’

Reporters and camera crews who covered the terrorist attacks in Paris may suffer Post Traumatic Shock Disorder (PTSD). The warning comes from the Dart Center Europe’s Gavin Rees. Jane Whyatt One hundred and thirty-two people have now died as result of the suicide bombings and shootings at the Saint Denis stadium, Bataclan concert hall and nearby restaurants. These latest outrages come less than a year after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, when Parisian cartoonists and their colleagues at the satiricial magazine were shot by Muslim extremists. Seventeen people died then, in January 2015. Picture by Jane Whyatt On November 13th 2015 Le Monde reporter…

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

Vatileaks 2. On the eve of the trial, calls to Vatican Authorities

The OSCE and the Order of Journalists demand to drop charges against journalists and to respect freedom of the press On the eve of the beginning of the trial dubbed “Vatileaks 2″, expected for Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at the Court of the Vatican City in Piazza Santa Marta, the OSCE and the Order of

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Vatileaks 2. Fittipaldi questioned in the vatican. Nuzzi declines

That State “does not recognize the freedom of the press,” said the author of Via Crucis. The other reporter claimed professional secrecy. The procedure The journalists Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi, at the center of the new Vatileaks case due to the publication of two books of investigation that shed light on the finances of

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Drugs in Lecce? Mayor claims damages for news from 2011

The council instructs a lawyer. In the sights are Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia, Telenorba, TeleRama, Lecce Prima and Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. Order and Union protest The mayor of Lecce, Paolo Perrone wants to file a claim for damages to five newspapers that in 2011, in his opinion, would have injured the honor and dignity of

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Vatilikeas 2. Osce urges Holy See to respect journalists’ rights

VIENNA, 23 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities in Vatican City to withdraw criminal charges against two Italian journalists, Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi, that early November were formally summoned for questioning by the prosecutor in Vatican City in an investigation into the publication

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English