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Call for : Videos for The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) Contest

The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) invites you to submit a video, which creatively responds to the question: “What does Democracy mean to me?” – with images and/or words...

Source: European Youth Press

Call for : English-speaking journalists of all ages from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

"Media - partners on the move for democracy, transparency and exchange" is a nine-day program in Berlin organised by the Berlin School of Journalism for journalists from six Eastern Partnership countries...

Source: European Youth Press

Call for : Native English Web Reporter and Community liaison at Cafe Babel

Cafébabel is the first European online participatory media outlet. The publication is sustained by a very motivated network of around 1,500...

Source: European Youth Press

Call for : Entries for New Media Contest

Students, bloggers, artists and writers can submit their innovative storytelling to a contest. The Media School at Bournemouth University is accept...

Source: European Youth Press

Call for : Participants at Youth Time Global Forum in Barcelona

Even though the official deadline has passed, International Movement "Youth Time" offers special opportunity to our network’s members to take part in the YT Global Forum as interested participants out of the competition

Source: European Youth Press

Call for young journalist to cover the Nantes Creative Generations Forum 2015

Orange Magazine is looking for one young video-maker with a background in journalism to cover this year’s Nantes Creative Generations Forum. The candidate has to be between 18 and 30 years old

Source: European Youth Press

August 2015. The most dangerous news reported by Ossigeno

Monthly report on acts of intimidation, created by the European Center for Press and Media Freedom of Leipzig (ECPMF) with the support of the European Union  Despite every August all of Italy goes on leave and all activities slow down to a halt, in Italy this month there have been a number of serious violations

Source: Ossigeno Informazione » english

E-books, MFNs and a European Commission blowing hot and cold

A few weeks ago, the European Commission opened an antitrust investigation into the Most Favored Nation clauses (MFNs) included in the agreements that tech giant Amazon concluded with book publishers. Konstantina Bania, Researcher at Fundação Getulio Vargas and the European University Institute, explains the implications of these clauses for competition in content markets and argues that the Commission’s approach is inconsistent […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Future of the BBC: why the ‘market failure’ model is a flop in broadcasting

Justin Lewis, Professor of Communication at Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, and Dean of Research for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, analyses the ‘market failure’ model proposed by the government for BBC’s next Charter Review. Drawing upon the US public broadcasting example, he argues that such a model puts at risk the very reasons […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Progress, pressures and politics: challenges at self-regulatory media councils in South East Europe

Catherine Speller is a consultant working on communications, media and policy matters who recently completed a report for UNESCO on the needs of media councils in South East Europe. She previously spent seven years at the UK Press Complaints Commission. Here, she highlights the main challenges faced by the self-regulatory media councils in this region. Anyone who has followed the […]

Source: Media Policy Project