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ECPMF- Meeting with media partners

On November 21st, as a side event of the international conference Transeuropa organized by Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso, a working meeting was held with ECPMF media partners. Some pictures of the meeting

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

The price of being a journalist in Turkey

Arrested at the end of August and charged with “engagement in terrorist activities”, the journalist Mohammed Rasool is still detained in Turkey. A warning for journalism and foreign media outlets

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

There’s no public benefit in BBC programmes being ‘distinctive’

Question 9 in the UK Government’s recent Green Paper on the BBC Charter review asked, “Is the BBC’s content sufficiently high quality and distinctive from that of other broadcasters?”. Patrick Barwise, Visiting Senior Fellow in the Department for Media and Communications at the LSE, Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing at London Business School, and former Chairman of Which?, provides his […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Bad News | Thursday November 19

Ten intimidations this week in Italy Ten. So many where in Italy within the week 9-15 November 2015 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, 2015 Ossigeno

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » english

Measuring Human Rights in the ICT Sector: Why, How, and with What Impact?

On 3 November 2015, Ranking Digital Rights published its inaugural report examining corporate practices around freedom of expression and privacy. The LSE Media Policy Project presents a round-up of perspectives on the RDR’s Corporate Accountability Index. A panel discussion on The Business of Human Rights: Measuring Transparency in the ICT Sector will take place on 19 November at the LSE’s Thai Theatre. ARTICLE 19 | Institute for […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Holding the “sovereigns of cyberspace” accountable

Rebecca MacKinnon is the Director of the Ranking Digital Rights Project. In this post, she explains the background to the project, and how the findings will hopefully lead to more research into digital rights in freedom of expression and privacy. A panel discussion on the topic will take place on 19 November, at LSE’s Thai Theatre. In 2014, more than […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Anzio. In the city council insults to the journalist that reports indebted councillors

During a sitting, the president called “infamous” Giovanni Del Giaccio for a post on his blog. Solidarity from colleagues of Anzio-Nettuno During the sitting of 5 November 2015, the journalist Giovanni Del Giaccio was insulted by the president of the City Council of Anzio, Sergio Borrelli, irritated by the publication of a blog post by

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

2015 Transitions Online Photo Competition

Transitions Online (TOL) is now accepting entries for the TOL 2015 Photo Competition. The competition aims to promote the culture and traditions of Central Europe, the Balkans, and Eurasia. Photos from all 30 countries that TOL covers are eligible...

Source: European Youth Press

Vatileaks 2. The Vatican investigates on journalists Nuzzi and Fittipaldi

For the offense of conspiring to disclose reserved information and documents. The Press Association of Rome and the MP Michele Anzaldi (PD) defend them “To disseminate news and confidential documents useful to the community is one of the duties of a good journalist,” the Roman Press Association said, commenting on the decisions by the investigating

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

6 things policy-makers need to know about children and the internet

Sonia Livingstone is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In this post, she reviews her past work and presents the six key conclusions she has for policy-makers working on policy relating to children and how they use the internet. I’ve been researching children’s internet use for 20 years, and based on […]

Source: Media Policy Project