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Call for submissions for essay contest

The Fountain Essay Contest 2016: I Am an Immigrant Submissions to be posted: September 1 – December 31, 2016   We all move. As Einstein said, “Nothing happens until something moves.” Movement is one of the essentials of the physical world.   This movement is a good thing, at least as far as our health is […] The post Call for submissions for essay contest appeared first on European Youth Press.

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Call for applicants for Journalism Fellowship

Applications for the 2017-18 JSK Fellowships are open.   Journalists who want to collaborate with others to pursue ideas for addressing the biggest challenges facing journalism can apply for a 10-month fellowship. The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship selects up to 20 fellows to spend an academic year at Stanford University. During the fellowship, you […] The post Call for applicants for Journalism Fellowship appeared first on European Youth Press.

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Call for entries for new media competition

Students, bloggers, artists and writers can submit their innovative storytelling to the New Media Writing Prize (NMWP) of The Media School at Bournemouth University. NMWP is looking for innovative and interactive storytelling (fiction or nonfiction) written specifically for delivery and reading/viewing on a PC or Mac, the web or a handheld device such as an […] The post Call for entries for new media competition appeared first on European Youth Press.

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Call for reporters for Faces for Europe

Do you have a passion for photography and journalism? Do you like getting to know people and discovering their stories? Do you believe that the different mentalities, worldviews and ways of life that the European continent harbors are worth celebrating? Would you like to tackle present European challenges from a personal and individual perspective? Then […] The post Call for reporters for Faces for Europe appeared first on European Youth Press.

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Report. Brother of minister Alfano sends warning on broadcasting of a documentary

Alessandro Alfano announced legal action if the TV show were to broadcast the investigation on Giorgio Mottola. The video was aired on October 17, 2016 Alessandro Alfano, brother of Interior Minister Angelino, has warned the director of RAI 3, Daria Bignardi, the presenter and author of the inquisitive TV show, Milena Gabanelli, and executive producer

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Professional confidentiality on sources: acquittal for two non-pros

The decision comes after seven and a half years. The Attorney General’s Office of Caltanissetta had appealed against the judgment of the Court of Enna. The Assostampa of Sicily has welcomed the innovative ruling The Court of Appeal of Caltanissetta has acquitted on 25 October 2016 the non-professional journalists Josè Trovato (now a professional) and

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Brussels. Delivered the four panels of memory by Ossigeno

At the European Commission, at the Institute of Culture, at the Press Club, and at the Secretary General of the European Federation of Journalists OSSIGENO, Brussels, October 27, 2016 – The wall panel produced by Ossigeno in memory of the 28 Italian journalists killed, showing their faces and their names under the slogan “They were

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Isernia. Two journalists sued for having published a photograph

Francesco Bottone (ecoaltomolise) and the Chief Editor D’Ottavio came to trial following Nunzia Zarlenga’s complaint. For the magistrate a historical image is not defamatory On July 10, 2015, the magistrate of the Court of Isernia has filed the proceedings for libel against the journalist of ecoaltomolise, Francesco Bottone, and the chief editor of the online

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Deterioration of media freedom in Croatia: an infographic

Croatia is recording a generalized decline of the conditions pertaining to media freedom and pluralism

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

#iComment: British media tackle comments sections

by Ana Ribeiro The vote on whether Britain should exit the European Union (notoriously nicknamed “Brexit”) has set off a wave of hate crimes in Britain. It represents the current nadir of a trend involving outspoken discrimination that sometimes goes beyond speech into physical violence.  The Labour MP Jo Cox was killed during the referendum campaign. She had been investigating hate crime in a parliamentary fact finding mission. A man will be tried for her murder on 14 November. A young Polish man was recently killed in Harlow, Essex, and police are investigating his death as a hate crime. Hours after his…

Source: European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)