ECPMF and EFJ fact-finding mission to the Baltics: no fake news but blurring lines between journalism and advertising
Journalism is under tremendous economic pressure in the Baltics. This opens the door to political influence and PR. The governments of Estonia and Lithuania answer to this with very different approaches.
EFJ and ECPMF representatives of the fact-finding mission to the Baltics
The European Federation of Journalists and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom investigated the media situation in Estonia and Lithuania from January 22d to 24th and interviewed almost 30 experts, among them representatives of the government, academia, press councils, public service media, journalists‘ organisations, investigative journalists, editors-in-chief and CEOs.
Good news first: concerning media freedom and pluralism, Estonia…
