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Brindisi. She asks questions that annoy a candidate. Threatened on facebook

It happened to the journalist Francesca Cuomo of the Corriere del Mezzogiorno, as a result of an election broadcast. Presented charges to the DIGOS unit Journalist Francesca Cuomo, correspondent of the Corriere del Mezzogiorno, has been threatened on Facebook by Luca Nigro, head of communications of the youth of Forza Italia in Brindisi. “If I

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Destroyed in Palermo the garden of a Mafia reporter

Stones and logs were launched in the home of Dina Lauricella. The journalist: “I do not know if it is connected to my work”. Five months ago they burned her car In the night between 30 and 31 May 2016, in Mondello (in the province of Palermo), unknown persons threw boulders and logs in the

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Naples. Bomb explodes in front of journalist’s house

According to Pasquale Napolitano (Retenews24) the episode could be connected to articles on the electoral campaign trail. The Police is investigating Shortly after midnight on June 3, 2016, unknown assailants detonated a large firecracker at the gate of the house in Camposano (in the province of Naples) of journalist Pasquale Napolitano of Retenews24. On the

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Calabria. Ndrangheta. New aggression for Klaus Davi

They launched a broom at him. The journalist and the LaC crew were in Filadelfia (Vibo Valentia province) to shed light on the disappearance of Santo Panzanella. Solidarity from ODG On May 21, 2016, the journalist Klaus Davi was attacked in Filadelfia (Calabria) while trying to interview – for LaC TV show “Gli Intoccabili” –

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

The Ossigeno Method adopted in Spain by Plataforma

Moreover, the two organizations will exchange articles and jointly organize meetings and conferences The Spanish Association Plataforma en Defensa de la Libertad de Información (PDLI), which is based in Madrid and is chaired by journalist Viginia Pérez Alonso, decided to adopt the Ossigeno monitoring method developed by Ossigeno per l’Informazione and applied in Italy, where

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Call for: adventurous participants for summer school

Mladiinfo Montenegro, a Member Organisation of the European Youth Press, is inviting adventurous young people to apply for sports and healthy lifestyle summer school “Active and healthy this summer!”. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about proper nutrition, based on what they want to achieve (lose weight, build muscle etc) and also practice sports. The post Call for: adventurous participants for summer school appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: bloggers for European competition

The project “Europe in My Region 2016” is looking for blog posts on EU-funded projects, to translate, republish and promote. The three best bloggers will be invited to attend the European Week of Regions and Cities this October as fully accredited journalists. The post Call for: bloggers for European competition appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: young photographers for fellowship

Ian Parry was a photojournalist who died while on assignment for The Sunday Times during the Romanian revolution in 1989. He was just 24 years of age. Aidan Sullivan, then picture editor, and Ian’s friends and family created the Ian Parry Scholarship in order to build something positive from such a tragic death. The post Call for: young photographers for fellowship appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for: journalists for Google Digital News Fellowship

The Reuters Institute is seeking applications for Google Digital News Journalist Fellowships as part of its world renowned Journalist Fellowship Programme based at the Reuters Institute in Oxford. The post Call for: journalists for Google Digital News Fellowship appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Imagine if Google or Facebook took a line on the EU referendum

In advance of the forthcoming referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union, Martin Moore, Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London, reflects on the the kind of societal role that technology giants such as Google and Facebook are increasingly playing, arguing that they are not neutral and nor are they simple conduits for news.  Imagine if on June 23 this […]

Source: Media Policy Project