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Future News Worldwide is a partnership programme between the British Council and some of the world’s leading media organisations which identifies, trains and connects the next generation of global journalists. We’re looking for 100 of the world’s most talented, motivated and passionate student journalists to attend an intensive media training programme in the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, on 5 – 6 July […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 15 February 2018 50.50 is the section of the independent media platform openDemocracy.net covering women’s rights, gender and sexuality. We are looking for two part-time feminist investigative journalism fellows to work with editors Claire Provost and Lara Whyte on in-depth and investigative reports for the series tracking the backlash against sexual and reproductive rights. Fellowships […]
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European Youth Press
By Jane Whyatt
British Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan has expressed conern over the imprisoned investigative journalist Afghan Mukhtarli, in a written answer published on the House of Commons website. Sir Alan is Number Two at the Foreign Office, second in command to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. He is the Minister of State for Europe and the Americas.
Sir Alan Duncan. Photo: Chris McAndrew, Official portrait of Sir Alan Duncan crop 2, CC BY 3.0
We have serious concerns about Afghan Mukhtarli's alleged abduction in Georgia. Our Embassy in Tbilisi has raised the circumstances of Mr Mukhtarli's abduction with the Georgian…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
In an interview with “Memoria e Futuro” the son of the journalist killed tells of the pain of his family and criticizes the long silence of the Giornale di Sicilia The journalist Giulio Francese, son of Mario Francese, the reporter of the Giornale di Sicilia killed by the mafia in Palermo, on January 26, 1979,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Vittorio Brumotti, a correspondent of the TV show Striscia la Notizia, and his troupe continued in Milan (on 6 January), in front of the central station, in Caivano (in the province of Naples) on January 8th and in Naples on January 22 the television services in which they pretended to be of shoppers while secretly
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Following confirmation that a substantial part of the 21st Century Fox media business is being sold to Disney, Sylvia Harvey, Visiting Professor in the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, reflects on what this might mean for British viewers. In December 2017 it was confirmed that Rupert Murdoch is selling a substantial part of his 21st Century Fox […]
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Media Policy Project
The journalist Giovanni Scarpa, reporter of the daily newspaper La Provincia Pavese, has been under investigation for personal favours since 5 January. After a shed was burnt to the ground, he phoned an investigative source for information on a surveillance camera installed nearby by the police. The Public Prosecutor of Pavia asked him to reveal
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
On December 8, 2017, the journalist Arianna Giunti was insulted threateningly within the “secret group” on Facebook “I have not betrayed”. An unidentifiable user as hidden behind a nickname, wished her to be raped. The journalist denounced the incident to the carabinieri. On December 6, She had published on L’Espresso an investigation on the online
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
By Emil Weber
A Constitutional Court proceeding has been taking place since 22 November 2017. The family of Ms. Daphne Caruana Galizia has requested the removal of the Deputy Police Commissioner Silvio Valletta from the investigation of her murder.
Memorial to Daphne Caruana Galizia in Valletta
The family argues that there is a conflict of interest involved as Mr. Valletta represents the police on the board of Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) and he is married to a member of parliament, the Minister for Gozo Justine Caruana, from the current governing party.
Ms. Therese Comodini Cachia, a human rights lawyer representing the family pro…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
This monthly summary of the attacks upon media workers in Italy is prepared by Ossigeno per l’Informazione for the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) in Leipzig with the support of the European Union 423 victims in 2017 With the data gathered in December, Ossigeno can obtain the total for the year just
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
