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As part of the work of ECPMF, its consortium partner EMR, the Institute of European Media Law, has conducted a study on the state of press and media freedom in Europe. It describes and analyses media freedom at the European and at the national level, and compares the different legal frameworks that are relevant for investigative journalism, for example state and trade secrets, surveillance and secret recording. Countries included in the study rank from shining examples of press freedom like Finland to highly-criticised Turkey.
On the basis of this extensive analysis, the report identifies the need for improvement and provides…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Andrea Rapino’s “fault” (of Il Centro) was to photograph the protest of fans against the Virtus Lanciano management. Solidarity from regional ODG “You piece of shit, come on down if you have the guts”; “hobo”: with these words Franco Maio, honorary president of the Virtus Lanciano football club, addressed the journalist Andrea Rapino, reporter for
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Marilena Natale and Nicola Baldieri have reported the facts to the police. To threaten them with a complaint and to hamper the filming were two women On 5 May 2016, the journalist Marilena Natale (correspondent of the TV network PiuenneNews) and the freelance Nicola Baldieri formally presented charges to the police station of Grazzanise (in
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Emiliano Carillo ended up in hospital after being hit in the face with a helmet and kicked by four people. Solidarity from ODG Campania, SUGC and UGIV On May 7, 2016 Emiliano Carillo, of the agency SIComunicazione, was attacked by four men while he was at Molo Luise in the port of Naples whre he
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
Listen to a discussion organised by the Media Society about the long-term implications of last week’s government White Paper on the future of the BBC. After weeks of rumour and speculation about an imminent assault on the BBC, the publication of the White Paper on the corporation’s future has been seen by some as anti-climactic. But while the headlines have […]
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Media Policy Project
Founding Director of the Media Policy Project Damian Tambini offers a view on the recently-published white paper about the future of the BBC. In the short term the proposed system of government appointment of editorial directors is clearly a direct challenge to BBC independence, but is ‘distinctiveness’ a greater long term threat? John Whittingdale’s White Paper on the BBC has […]
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Media Policy Project
An interview with Michael Münz, Gustav Stresemann InstituteMichael Münz is a former Deutsche Welle journalist, now AAssistant to the director of the Gustav Stresemann Institute for political education in Bonn. He debated with ECPMF’S Jane Whyatt the state of press and media freedom in Europe at the MedientreffpunktMitteldeutschland and defended his views in an interview.
Is press and media freedom wobbling at the moment in Europe?
I would say it is wobbling. I would not paint it black, but in my opinion there are so many actors, who have an interest in steering (the flow of) information and to make sure…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Policy analyst and LSE visiting fellow Monica Horten of Iptegrity.com reflects on the proposed joint EU-US rules for the telecommunications industry, according to a leak earlier this week by Greenpeace of documents related to the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Proposed joint EU-US rules for the telecommunications industry pose a threat to net neutrality and to citizens’ rights in general. Drafts leaked earlier this […]
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Media Policy Project
Des Freedman, Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, reflects on the white paper about the future of the BBC which was published yesterday. The good folk at the Cambridge University Conservative Association must be a little disappointed. Having listened to culture secretary John Whittingdale tell them only last month that the disappearance of the BBC […]
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Media Policy Project
10 years after the case, Gianni Montesano, former chief editor of La Rinascita, already acquitted, faces two trials call for “omitted due diligence” “Omitted control” while in charge of the weekly La Rinascita della Sinistra: these are the two swords of Damocles hanging on the head of the journalist Gianni Montesano for two judicial initiatives
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
