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On 13-14 June Ossigeno will attend the event organised by the European Center for Freedom of the Press and Media “Defending the truth in a post-truth era” is the title of the conference – organized by the European Center for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) – that will be held in Leipzig on 13-14 June
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
by ECPMF staff
Several journalists were attacked in protests against nationalist politician Aleksandar Vučić during his inauguration as the new President of Serbia on Wednesday.
Different NGOs report that protesters and journalists from outlets such as Insajder Production, Vice, Radio Belgrade, and the daily newspaper Danas were insulted and intimidated. The attacks came from security personel as well as Vučić supporters while Belgrade police were just looking on for most of the time.
Radomir Ličina, senior editor of Danas and acting president of the SEEMO board, told the ECPMF:
Our journalist was prevented with brutal force from doing her basic job."
Reporter Lidija…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by ECPMF staff
This summer, the German parliament is deciding on nothing less but freedom of expression on the web.
Germany's crackdown on cyberhate largely targets far-reaching Facebook, which has landed in hot water for allegedly allowing illegal hate speech on its platform. Photo: public domain
With the so called "Facebook law" – the Social Network Enforcement Bill, or Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetzes (NetzDG) – Germany is trying to fight hate speech and misinformation on the internet. This inevitably will interfere with fundamental democratic values of freedom of expression.
According to the law proposal, social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter risk being heavily…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by ECPMF staff
Demonstrators have gathered in the Georgian capital Tbilisi in support of Afghan Mukhtarli, the exiled journalist who was taken by unknown persons to Azerbaijan where he is now on trial.
Holding her husband's passport, journalist Leyla Mustayeva protests in Tbilisi his kidnapping and detention in Baku. (Photo originally published by Eurasianet: http://www.eurasianet.org/node/83786)
His wife Leyla Mustayeva joined the rally and stressed that he did not go willingly:
I am holding his passport right here. Can the Georgian authorities please explain how a man crossed an international border with no identification documents on him?"
Ms Mustayeva, who is also an Azeri journalist…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
written by Dimitar Tanurov, edited by Ilcho Cvetanoski (guest contributors)
Thursday, 27 April. Just another regular working day. While I am sipping coffee and thinking about the daily workload, there is one place that I know I will have to pass by: the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia in Skopje.
"I was numb, paralysed. I could not walk away." - Dimitar Tanurov. (Photo courtesy of Dimitar Tanurov and Ilcho Cvetanoski)
With newsworthy events, both inside and outside of the parliament building, it is on the daily schedule for every journalist in Skopje, without question.
Inside, the former ruling party VMRO-DPMNE is using…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Ilcho Cvetanoski (guest contributor)
Two journalists were injured whilst 21 more were assaulted, threatened, and barred, or their equipment seized, during the storming of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. The incidents took place in the capital, Skopje, on Thursday, 27 April 2017.
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (ZNM) told the ECPMF fact-finding delegation on the spot that the injured journalists were Dimitar Tanurov, a reporter for the online Meta news agency, and Nikola Ordevski, a cameraman with the Makfax news agency. Ordevski was even treated and hospitalised with a concussion, according to local media.
The incident in the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Deadline: 1 August 2017 Are you the next member of our team? The European Youth Press – Orange Magazine has an open call for the following positions: Project Manager Online Content Editor Website Designer The Orange Magazine team is composed of young, motivated media makers and journalists who work in an open, collaborative […]
The post Call for Team Members for EYP’s Orange Magazine appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Much of the conversation around the Internet of Things focuses on data protection issues. Here, however, Claire Milne, Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE’s Department of Media and Communications, focuses on questions of safety and liability around ‘smart’ devices. Widespread recent publicity over Samsung smartphone batteries catching fire has kept ICT product liability in public view. Less visible, but more significant […]
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Media Policy Project
Italy. Jail for libel. Alert on Carchidi case on the Platform of Council of Europe Alarm of Level 2. Categorized from AEJ as act having chilling effects on media freedom coming from the State On May 19, 2017, at the suggestion of Ossigeno per l’Informazione, the very serious case of the Italian journalist Gabriele Carchidi,
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
by ECPMF staff
Hostwriter.org is partnering with the ECPMF to offer free accommodation to participants in the upcoming Leipzig conference, 13-14 June.
Hostwriter facilitates international travel and collaboration among journalists. (Photo: Public domain)
But what IS Hostwriter? Well, researching and reporting stories across national borders is difficult and expensive. There are travel costs, translations and hotel bills, on top of different news values and working practices. So the Hostwriter fund for international journalism is a sort of one-stop shop to solve these problems.
Hostwriter is a global network of journalists, writers and media workers who offer local help wherever they are. It's help…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
