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Capaci massacre. Immediately postponed trial against Stefania Limiti

The reporter refuses to break professional secrecy on a source in her book that supports the theory of a “double level” in the attack The criminal trial filed against the journalist Stefania Limiti by the Prosecutor’s Office of Rome for failing to reveal the identity of a confidential source mentioned in her book Doppio Livello

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Calabria. Car damaged while filming report on popular housing

It happened in Rossano (in the province of Cosenza) to journalist Antonia Russo (Informazione&Comunicazione). Unknown persons have smashed the car of the operator accompanying the journalist against her car Antonia Russo – from the association of journalists Informazione&Comunicazione, which produces journalistic reports on behalf of third parties – had her car damaged by unknown persons

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

BAD NEWS | Friday November 10

The Ossigeno’s review. Last news about attacks and violations of freedom of the press in Italy and other countries and about initiatives to tackle the issue This week Ossigeno Bad News focus on three topics: Part 1. The RAI’s reporter and the cameraman severely beaten in Ostia while were interviewing the brother of a local

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Ostia (Rome). RAI’s reporter and videomaker beaten

The video of the attack has had an enormous impact. The minister of the Interior will discuss the protection of journalists with the FNSI The diffusion a day after the event of the video which showed the brutal attack on the journalist Daniele Piervincenzi and his cameraman Edoardo Anselmi in which they were struck with

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

After the Ostia attack what else will happen?

This year a further 112 journalists have been attacked in Rome and its surroundings and up until now the authorities have not taken any measures What else must happen before everybody opens their eyes? We at Ossigeno have posed this question on the 30th October in front of about 100 journalists (read) illustrating the data

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

What if we all governed the Internet? Or what if we didn’t?

We owe the Internet to its history of multistakeholder participation, which has also enabled the decisions that have shaped the evolution and use of this crucial resource. But how relevant is this governance ‘model’ to the Internet today? On 28 October, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) launched a report aimed at better understanding this question. In […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Rome. Journalist insulted during M5S protest

Veronica Altimari (RomaToday) was targeted by activists who contested in Piazza Montecitorio the debate on the electoral law in the Lower House On October 11, 2017, during a protest of the Five Star Movement in Piazza Montecitorio in Rome against the electoral law being debated at the Chamber of Deputies, journalist Veronica Altimari, a collaborator

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Rimini. A Rainews24 journalist insulted at M5s conference

Enrica Agostini and two operators wanted to interview Senator Morra. In addition to whistles and screams, activists tried to stop video footage The journalist of Rainews24, Enrica Agostini, on September 23, 2017 was insulted by some activists of the Five Star Movement who participated in Rimini at the annual meeting of the Movement. The reporter

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Piedmont. Three “No Tav” condemned for violence against journalist

A year of imprisonment for the three who intimidated and threatened Erica Di Blasi (La Repubblica) in Chiomonte during protests Davide Giacobbe, Giuliano Borio and Maurizio Mura, three activists of the No Tav Movement, will appeal against the first-degree sentence to one-year imprisonment for private violence against journalist Erica Di Blasi (La Repubblica). One of

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Genoa. Journalists attacked by “no migrants” protesters

Matteo Pucciarelli, Massimiliano Salvo (La Repubblica) and Davide Pambianchi (Il Secolo XIX) were documenting the Multedo neighbourhood for protests against the arrival of 12 migrants On 19 October 2017 journalists Matteo Pucciarelli, Massimiliano Salvo (La Repubblica) and Davide Pambianchi (Il Secolo XIX) were attacked in front of a nursery school in the Multedo district of

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione