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Charlie Beckett is a Professor in LSE’s Department of Media and Communications and Director of the Truth, Trust and Technology Commission (#LSEt3). Here he provides a brief update on the work so far of the Commission, which is holding its first consultative workshop tomorrow on the topic of journalism credibility. Comedy and think-tanks have one thing in common: the secret to […]
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Media Policy Project
6 February 2018 was Safer Internet Day, a day when the international community of industry, NGOs, parenting advocates, educators, researchers, parents and young people celebrate what’s good about the internet. In this repost from the Parenting for a Digital Future project blog, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology at LSE’s Department of Media and Communications, Alicia Blum-Ross, a researcher at Parenting for a Digital […]
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Media Policy Project
By Emil Weber
The temporary closure of the Turkish newspaper Yeni Evrensel for publishing the names of two terrorism investigators amounted to a violation of freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on 16 January 2018.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg (photo: Nicoleon, Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, CC BY-SA 4.0)
In early 2000, the newspaper had published an article concerning the death of a journalist after he was beaten by policemen. It mentioned, inter alia, the names of the then director of the Istanbul Security Directorate and the deputy director. In the article it…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
He was misled by a qualified source who had requested clarification. He was defended by the lawyer Di Pietro, of the Observatory’s Legal Office A journalist who, acting in good faith, publishes a correction containing an error that damages the reputation of someone does not have to answer, for this, of defamation: it is the
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
By Emil Weber
On 7 February 2018, the Court of Magistrates in Valletta continued to listen to evidence given in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case. Nine witnesses - including police officers who arrived first at the crime scene - provided details on the circumstances of the assassination.
Magistrates Court in Valletta, Malta
Ms. Caruana Galizia was a well-known Maltese journalist investigating corruption involving high ranking state officials. She was murdered by a car bomb on 16 October 2017.
The murder suspects, Mr. Vince Muscat, Mr. George Degiorgio and his brother Mr. Alfred Degiorgio were arrested on 4 December 2017. They pleaded not guilty.…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Emil Weber
The Basic Court of Peja in Kosovo ordered the powerful Devolli Corporation to compensate a Kosovar journalist by paying him 15.000 euros for moral damages caused by an insulting campaign.
Devolli corporation is ordered to pay 15.000 euros of compensation for insulting a journalist
The 2015 campaign was aimed against Berat Buzhala, a journalist working for the online news platform GazetaExpress.com. At the time the outlet had criticised the corporation for its allegedly unlawful imports of wheat.Banners with the sign of the Devolli Corporation, one of the biggest in Kosovo, were placed in public venues across the city of Peja. They…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Emil Weber
The Basic Court of Peja in Kosovo ordered the powerful Devolli Corporation to compensate a Kosovar journalist by paying him 15.000 euros for moral damages caused by an insulting campaign.
Kosovar Devolli corporation has to pay 15.000 euros of compensation for insulting a journalist
The 2015 campaign was aimed against Berat Buzhala, a journalist working for the online news platform GazetaExpress.com. At the time the outlet had criticised the corporation for its allegedly unlawful imports of wheat.Banners with the sign of the Devolli Corporation, one of the biggest in Kosovo, were placed in public venues across the city of Peja. They…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Blaž Zgaga
Once praised as a role model country for the Balkans, Slovenia as the most developed part of former Yugoslavia, an EU and Nato member today, is facing many challenges in its media landscape. The transition from a former socialist republic to a parliamentary democracy brought some successes and failures where the media ownership structure seems to remain one of the major blunders, as media owners openly or covertly control editorial policies.
Ljubliana, 19 April 2016 - Slovenian Prime minister Miro Cerar meets Dragan Šolak, chairman of the United Group (copyright: Tamino Petelinsek, STA)
During the transition period local oligarchs…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The International Center for Journalism at Freie Universität Berlin will offer its new course in October 2018, the European Journalism-Fellowships 2018-2019. The programme (October 2018 – July 2019) will enable participants to network with professional colleagues from Eastern and Western Europe and the United States and provide them with the opportunity to take a two-semester […]
The post Call for participants for the European Journalism-Fellowships 2018-2019 appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 21 February 2018 The Innovation in Development Reporting Grant Programme (IDR) is a media funding project operated by the European Journalism Centre. The grant programme aims to advance innovative reporting approaches, thus enabling a better coverage of international development issues. The average grant given is around €20,000 and the programme is open to both […]
The post Call for pitches on opportunities for women today appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
