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Call for: participants for World Forum on Democracy

As a response to the success of the 2015 edition of the World Forum on Democracy, the Joint Council on Youth has agreed to involve the youth sector of the Council of Europe, The post Call for: participants for World Forum on Democracy appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: entries for video journalism contest

The only awards dedicated to the work of freelance camera-men and camera-women in news and current affairs are now open for entries! The post Call for: entries for video journalism contest appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: travel and culture journalists for fellowship

The Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for a New Ibero American Journalism (FNPI) and Colombia's Ministry of Culture organize a workshop on cultural journalism in Cartagena de Indias and San Basilio de Palenque. The post Call for: travel and culture journalists for fellowship appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: aspiring multimedia journalists for scholarship

The MA in International Multimedia Journalism develops practical skills and critical thinking for journalists and storytellers so they can deliver both short-form and long-form projects on digital platforms. The post Call for: aspiring multimedia journalists for scholarship appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

“Abwab” Arabic-German newspapers to refugees from refugees

by ECPMF refugee journalist Ola al Jari“Abwab” is a new newspaper produced, published and distributed in Arabic and German, in Germany. Its name means “Doors” in English and it tries to open the closed doors between refugees and German people by helping both sides to understand each other and  express their concerns towards each other, as well as increasing interaction between the Arabic and German cultures. It is the first newspaper in Germany to be produced by refugees in their own words, said Abwab’s editorial team members. “Abwab” Arabic-German newspapers to refugees from refugees ECPMF interviewed the…

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

Call for Fundraising intern

European Youth Press (EYP) is recruiting a highly motivated Fundraising intern to support the organization’s proposal writing and submission efforts as well as reaching out to individual donors in Berlin and beyond. The post Call for Fundraising intern appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Poland: publishers and journalists suffer in state advertising switch

by Jane WhyattSince the Polish people elected the Law and Justice (PiS) party government in the autumn of 2015, many magazines and newspaper publishers feel they are being censored – not through political interference, but by the decisions of state-owned companies to advertise only in publications that back PiS. Polish newspaper (photo: Whyatt/ECPMF) That’s the view of Jacek Wojtaś, the EU Affairs Co-ordinator of the Polish Chamber of Press Publishers.The chamber represents the interests of publishers of both newspapers and magazines and is the only organisation in Poland that represents both. Here’s an extract from ECPMF’s interview with…

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

Supreme court: right to be forgotten just two years after the fact

A ruling filed on June 24, 2016 authorized the removal after 24 months of a news story from the Abruzzo web newspaper Primadanoi.it on true facts and reported correctly A ruling by the First Civil Section of the Supreme Court ended a three years long judicial dispute by ordering the Abruzzo web newspaper Primadanoi.it to

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Acerra. Exchange vote? Mayor files lawsuit against reporter

Antonio Crispino, collaborator in Naples of the Corriere.it, has been notified of the lawsuit. The mayor denies having any links to Camorra clans On May 27, 2016, Raffaele Lettieri – mayor of Acerra (in the province of Naples) – announced on Facebook that he sued for libel the journalist Antonio Crispino, author of a video

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Mesagne. Councillor files lawsuit against journalist, mayor protests

To spark the controversy two articles by Tranquillino Cavallo of the Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia related to regional funding for urban laboratories The commissioner to social services and youth policy of the City of Mesagne, the lawyer Manuel Marchionna, sued for defamation the local correspondent of the Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia, Tranquillino Cavallo, for an

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione