Manuals

Guides, handbooks and tool-kits released by institutions and NGOs, providing journalists and activists with useful background informations, summaries and advice

Journalist Security in the Digital World: A Survey

The digital world turns journalism into a riskier profession, but it can also make it safer. Digital technology can offer tools to minimize the dangers. How do journalists get along with risks and opportunities?

read more Digital safety Digital rights Surveillance Encryption

Glossary of Hate Speech in the Media of Armenia and Azerbaijan

A study on hate speech in the media of Armenia and Azerbaijan, developed by Yerevan Press Club and Yeni Nesil Journalists’ Union of Azerbaijan, exposes the most common stereotypes and examples of inaccurate information in the media of these two countries

read more Armenia Azerbaijan Hate speech Propaganda

A Toolkit: ‘Hate Speech’ Explained

In this toolkit, ARTICLE 19 provides a guide to identify ’hate speech‘ and how to effectively counter it, while protecting the rights to freedom of expression and equality

read more Hate speech Freedom of expression Worldwide

Training Manual on litigation of freedom of expression in East Africa

This module is designed to assist applicants in cases relating to freedom of expression and the rights of the media at the regional level, in East Africa. The module describes the processes and procedures for filing and arguing human rights cases before the three regional courts in Africa

read more Africa Freedom of expression Legal protection

Training Manual on International and Comparative Media and Freedom of Expression Law

This manual provides resources and background materials to help trainers prepare and participants to understand training workshops on media and freedom of expression law

read more Legal protection Media freedom Freedom of expression Defamation and Libel Hate speech Safety of journalists Journalism education Worldwide

Guidelines for the application of the Rome Charter: A working tool for accurate media coverage on migration and asylum

Media should cover migration-related issues in a thorough and nuanced way, based on solid facts. While the Rome Charter on the one hand suggests guidelines for Italian journalists when reporting on asylum seekers, refugees, victims and migrants, on the other hand this guide focuses on translating the principles affirmed in the code of conduct into practical guidance for journalists

read more Ethics of journalism Journalism education Italy Worldwide

The Oxygen Method: New lenses to see the hidden censorship

Ossigeno per l’Informazione has published the manual "The new lenses against censorship" showing in detail the method of monitoring developed by Ossigeno and experienced in Italy, and its results

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Security-in-a-box. Tools and tactics for digital security

Security in-a-Box is a guide to digital security throughout the world, providing guidance for both general principles of online security and for specific situations

read more Digital safety Surveillance

Web metrics: basics for journalists

This booklet for journalists is a basic guide for understanding web metrics and aims to help media organizations use digital measurement tools more effectively

read more Journalism education Worldwide

YouTube basics for journalists

This booklet for journalists provides the reader with tools to build successful YouTube channels and measure those channels’ effectiveness over time

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