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Alarmed appeals to nation states by the Commissioner for Human Rights and Ministers of f the Council of Europe In order to promptly and accurately learn about the most serious violations of press freedom in each country, there would need to be an independent national monitoring body to do what in Italy Ossigeno per l’Informazione
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation’s (SDC) Global Program Migration and Development (GPMD) is organizing a global photo competition highlighting the positive aspects of migration and its potential for development.
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European Youth Press
The M100 Young European Journalists Workshop (M100YEJ) is part of the renowned annual international media conference M100 Sanssouci Colloquium in Potsdam, Germany.
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European Youth Press
Photojournalists looking to pursue projects of personal and journalistic significance can apply for a grant. The Grants for Editorial Photography, sponsored by Getty Images, support compelling social, political and cultural stories.
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European Youth Press
Casa Pública, the cultural centre run by Agência Pública in Rio de Janeiro, is seeking foreign journalists interested in producing reports on the 2016 Olympic Games.
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European Youth Press
How might the principle of net neutrality – in which Internet service providers (ISPs) enable users to access all web content and applications regardless of the source, without either favouring or discriminating against particular products or sites – be applicable to Iran? Kyle Bowen, researcher at Small Media, presents the key findings from a new report by his organisation, and asks whether […]
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Media Policy Project
The International Movement Youth Time opens the application procedure for its annual Summer School. This year the school will be held in Beijing, China.
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European Youth Press
By Jane WhyattBritain’s newest national newspaper is appearing today for the last time. Just nine weeks after its launch (link to ECPMF story) the New Day is closing because it failed to attract enough readers. With an ambitious target of 200,000, the actual circulation peaked at only around 40,000.
A unique feature of the New Day was that it shunned party politics and aimed to present only features. It set out to show the brighter side of life with positive, heartwarming human interest stories.
The final edition is published on 6th May at the end of a particularly nasty election…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Political interference and lack of adequate financial resources keep haunting independent journalism in Kosovo
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
The Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg has given recommendations to the 47 member states, stressing the need for threat monitoring The Recommendations on issues relative to freedom of the press and the protection of journalists, addressed on April 13, 2016 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to the governments of 47
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Ossigeno Informazione » O2 in English
