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Deadline: 15 November, 2019 The market continues to grow and digital video professionals are in high demand. Thus the Prague Media School invites young media makers to learn how to make video content for modern digital channels – from script-writing and essential software (After Effects and Adobe Audition) to producing and promotion. The […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 1 December, 2019 The Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio State University offers short-term fellowships to help make better use of new online tools and channels. The 2020 fellowship will take place April 19 to 24 in Columbus, Ohio. Fellows receive a full week of immersive training on digital tools […]
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Deadline: 31 December, 2019 The DOKer film festival seeks theatrical-style documentaries and new films that have received minimal exposure in Russia. The festival will take place June 24 to 30, 2020 in Moscow. Competitive feature and short documentary films must have been produced after February 2019. Entries must be in English or contain […]
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On 8 October, the retrial of journalists, writers and media workers Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak, Yakup Şimşek, Fevzi Yazıcı and Şükrü Tuğrul Özşengül on terrorism charges began at the High Penal Court No. 26 in Istanbul. The retrial on these charges was ordered by the Supreme Court of Appeals in July 2019. ARTICLE 19 and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) observed the opening hearing of the retrial. The court issued an interim decision ordering the continued detention of all defendants apart from Mehmet Altan, who had previously been released following decisions by the Constitutional Court and the European…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
As the threat of regulation grows, social media companies are investigating ways to change the way that low quality information spreads on their platforms. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Technology Sydney, looks here at Facebook’s initiative to hide the number of likes on posts. This is the first article in a … Continued
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Media Policy Project
by Jane Whyatt
Political interference, hate speech aimed at journalists, low pay and lack of resources are causing serious problems in the Czech Republic’s media system. Fact-finders from four international organisations including the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom have produced a report highlighting their concerns.
Newspapers on sale in the Czech capital Prague. Photo:ECPMF
Positive recommendations from the mission include: EU and international funding to support quality investigative, local and regional journalism, a review of the Lex Babiš law, which aims to prevent politicians dominating the media market and measures to defend the independence of Public Service Media.
The recent censorship…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Two years after the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta, on 16 October 2019, we, the undersigned international free expression, anti-corruption, and journalists’ organisations, once again demand an end to impunity for this heinous attack.
Six of our organisations took part in an international freedom of expression mission to Malta one year ago, where, at the highest levels of government, we raised our profound concerns about this case and the broader worrying free expression environment in Malta - which has fallen 30 places over the past two years and is now ranked 77th out of 180 countries in…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Deadline: 30 December, 2019 The Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership. FASPE is neither a Holocaust studies course, nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 9 December, 2019 The Mobile Photography Awards is a competition and touring exhibit promoting mobile photography and art. A grand prize winner will receive US$3,000, and the MPA Photo Essay winner will be awarded US$500. Entries will be judged on creativity, originality and for highlighting the contest’s theme – creating groundbreaking images […]
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European Youth Press
On Tuesday, 8. October, the third hearing of the Gezi Park trial has been held at İstanbul 30th Heavy Penal Court in Silivri. The court ruled that leading civil society figure Osman Kavala should remain behind bars, due to "suspicion of escape".
We, the undersigned freedom of expression and media freedom organisations, strongly condemn the court’s interim decision on the Gezi Park trial to continue the detention of civil society leading figure Osman Kavala at the end of the third hearing of the case, on 8 October 2019.
The judicial panel of the 30th High Criminal Court sitting at Silivri…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
