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#newsocracy: Safeguarding journalism & exploring owner influence

A conference held on the 3rd of June in Dublin questioned the concept of media diversity and ownership in both online and traditional print media

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Calabria. Journalist publishes phone tap: insults on facebook

Claudio Cordova, editor of Il Dispaccio, has been targeted in the comments to a post by Giuseppe Agliano, former councilor of Reggio Calabria, announcing a legal action For having reported in an article, published on May 10 on the online newspaper Il Dispaccio, the content of some wire taps relative to the operation Fata Morgana,

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Recall from L’Unità to reporter for two tweets. It goes to court

Massimo Franchi has sued the CEO who had sent him a disciplinary dispute for having exceeded the right to criticize The reporter of L’Unità, Massimo Franchi, received a disciplinary complaint from , CEO of the publishing house of the newspaper, for having published – outside working hours – two tweets that criticize the positions of

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

He threatened Borrometi. Boss sentenced

On May 26, 2016, the Judge for the preliminary investigation of the Court of Catania has indicted the boss Gianbattista Ventura for threats “made worse by mafia methods” against the journalist Paul Borrometi, chief editor of La Spia and collaborator of AGI news agency. In case the FNSI, the National Order of Journalists and the

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Sardinia. Death threats to Casteddu online reporter

Jacopo Norfo has published an inquiry into the recruitment of public administrators in Cagliari made of relatives and friends of politicians of the SEL party. The director of the news outlet: “Assault on Freedom” After publishing on the newspaper Casteddu online an investigation regarding hiring practices in public bodies of Cagliari of relatives and friends

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Defamation. Stop from public notice to law bill which raises prison sentences

The association which brings together the local authorities for the defense of legality seeks clarification on the Lo Moro text so as not to limit freedom of information After the organizations of journalists, even the Association “Avviso Pubblico” (“Public Notice”), the network for legality which brings together over three hundred municipalities, unions of municipalities, provinces,

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Messina. Criticizes football club. Reporter insulted on facebook

The journalist Marco Capuano has been defined by the president of the club a “street corner vendor” that harms his city. Solidarity from the provincial section of the USSI On May 15th, 2016 Natale Stracuzzi, president of Messina Calcio, has published on his Facebook page a picture of an article written by the journalist Marco

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English

Helping to shape the Internet of Things – a role for civil society?

In the second of a two part series about the Internet of Things, Claire Milne, Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE’s Department of Media and Communications, expands on the some of the issues debated in the first post, looking in particular at various national policies from the perspective of public engagement and a consumer-focused approach.    In an earlier blog post, […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Greece: media and migration

How to report on migration? How to respect the rights of asylum seekers, refugees, and minorities? The case of Greece and the proposal of the "Charter of Idomeni"

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

(R)Evolution of Europe’s Press: meet us in Poland!

The European Magazine Media Organisation, EMMA, with the support of many international media organisations, invites the European media freedom community to join them for their conference “(R)Evolution of Europe’s Press” in Wroclaw, Poland on 1 July 2016. Also ECPMF is among the supporting organisations and will moderate a panel on the influence of current political developments on press freedom in Europe. (R)EVOLUTION OF EUROPE'S PRESS - Press freedom conference on 1 July in Wroclaw, Poland The one-day-conference aims at bringing together press freedom advocates and persons involved or interested in the media sphere from all over Europe.…

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