Jane Whyatt
It is assumed by many that journalists in Europe are not censored and the existence of a free press is a matter of fact in democracies, where no official censoring institutions exist. But there are sneaky methods of control – besides open censorship – that creep in to daily work in every newsroom and affect freelancers, too.
Unmasking this hidden censorship is the aim of a new training course by ECPMF's Rome-based partner Ossigeno per l’informazione. It is the brainchild of Ossigeno’s founder Alberto Spampinato:
"We are used to thinking of censorship as the cancellation or abolition of unwelcome news…