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Journalist Ahmet Hakan was attacked by four perpetrators in front of his house. His nose and rib were fractured. Four perpetrators were detained while Hakan said “I will go ahead according to my own lights.”
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
In July 2015 the government announced that it was setting up a review of the UK’s Freedom of Information Act. Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner since 2009, speaking at an event organised by the LSE Media Policy Project, talks about his experience as Commissioner over the past six years, and why he believes the FOIA is effective and what should be done to keep […]
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Media Policy Project
As Ofcom proposes measuring news consumption to assess media plurality in the UK, Martin Moore, Director of the Media Standards Trust, carries out an experiment to measure his news consumption over the course of a single day. How easily can news consumption be measured, and how do we define what counts as ‘news’ in the first place? Moore examines the challenges […]
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Media Policy Project
Are you a young media-maker, blogger or studying to become a journalist? Are you concerned about the refugee crisis in Europe and feel passionate for minorities’ rights...
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European Youth Press
Ofcom’s consultation on their Digital Communications Review closes on 8 October. It will shape the development of digital infrastructure for the next decade and beyond, and have a massive impact on the private companies that provide it. Ofcom could recommend a major shift in the competition framework that has made the UK a leading e-commerce market with low prices, or […]
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Media Policy Project
Patrick Barwise, Visiting Senior Fellow in the Department for Media and Communications at the LSE, Chairman of Which? and Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing at London Business School, explains why funding cuts to the BBC will negatively affect not only viewers at home, but also the wider creative industries and the economy. Two public consultations on the future of […]
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Media Policy Project
Press freedom at risk as EU struggles to match action with values. A video
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
Sally Broughton Micova of the University of East Anglia explains the relevance of the new public consultations recently launched by the European Commission as part of its Digital Single Market initiative. For more information about upcoming consultations see here. On Friday 25 September, the European Commission launched two consultations that really get to the heart of what was envisioned in […]
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Media Policy Project
The Federal Agency for Civic Education/Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, in cooperation with Sourcefabric and n-ost, welcomes 20 bloggers to take part in a 5-days workshop in Berlin...
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European Youth Press
Together with the Italian organisation Associazione Carta di Roma, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Articolo 21, the National Federation of the Italian Press (FNSI), the Italian Order of Journalists and the Journalists’ Union RAI (USIGRai)...
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European Youth Press
