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Justice for Journalists

Justice for Journalists Foundation (JFJ) is a London-based non-governmental organization. The foundation was created in August 2018 by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder of the Open Russia pro-democracy movement, an Amnesty International recognized prisoner of conscience and Putin’s most prominent critic, together with his former business partner, philanthropist and member of the Free Russia Forum’s standing committee Leonid Nevzlin.

JFJ funds journalistic investigations into violent crimes against media workers and helps professional and citizen journalists to mitigate their risks. JFJ’s activity consists of three main components:

• Grants for investigating violent crimes against media workers;
• Risk mapping via monitoring, analysing and publicising attacks against media workers;
• Risk management and prevention by organising security and safety trainings for non-English-speaking media workers in our Orkhan Dzhemal Media Safety Academy .

King’s College London’s Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power

Based in the Policy Institute at King’s College London, the King’s College London’s Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power explores how news provision, political communication, public discourse, civic engagement and media power are changing in the digital age. It does this through rigorous empirical research, and communication of the findings of this research to inform relevant academic and public policy debates and civic society responses, in order to help promote diversity, fairness, transparency and accountability in media and communication.

The Centre has developed from the foundations of the Media Standards Trust, an independent think tank that has been conducting research on issues of media and public policy since 2006, and has been based at the Policy Institute at King’s since September 2013.

The Centre is advised by a range of senior figures from the media and civil society.

Knight Foundation

Knight Foundation is a foundation based in the United States. It supports projects in different fields, including journalism, with the aim of fostering informed and engaged communities. The supported initiatives, leaders and ideas are intended to meet the needs of an evolving practice of journalism, including the use and adoption of new media technology. The foundation also seek to enable sustainable news organizations, primarily by supporting the relevance of their journalism to audiences.

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) is a political foundation based in Germany, acting as a think-tank and consulting agency. Its overall aim is to support the consolidationof democracy, the unification of Europe and the strengthening of transatlantic relations, as well as of development cooperation.

KAS Media Program South East Europe was established to strengthen the role of the media in the course of democratization and transformation - through advanced training, consultancy, dialogue and network building.

KAS BalkanMedia online platform presenting content of regional networks that are encouraging media freedom and diversity in South East Europe, as well as modern and transparent political communication.

Lie Detectors

The non-profit Lie Detectors aims to improve news literacy and to increase awareness of misinformation among teenagers and pre-teens. It also promotes positive contact between young people and journalists by sending media practitioners into schools to deliver interactive classroom sections. It is funded by the Wyss Foundation .

Lithuanian Journalism Center

The Lithuanian Journalism Centre (LJC) has been established by the Open Society Foundation on 30th of March 1995. The Centre has been registered as an independent non-governmental non-profit organisation for informal education.
The Lithuanian Journalism Centre:

• organizes mid-career training courses for journalism professionals;
• offers a 5 months-long journalism course for people without a journalism degree;
• offers a 5 months-long public relations course for people without a PR degree;
• organizes Sunday journalism schools for kids and teenagers;
• organizes a short web-documentary course for youth.
• organizes conferences, seminars and workshops on journalism and mass media problems;
• does applied media research and offers insight into communication policies.
• offers critical thinking, media and information literacy trainings
• publishes journalism books and methodological materials

Macedonian Institute for Media (MIM)

The Macedonian Institute for Media (MIM) is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organisation founded by the Danish School of Journalism, USAID/IREX Pro Media and the Macedonian Press Centre in 2001. The Institute has gradually grown into a massive media platform in Macedonia, encompassing into its professional network the bulk of the media outlets in the country. MIM enables free and easy access to media literature, up-to-date resources for professional development and education, media research and analyses as well as opportunities for joint production. The Institute is a founder of the School of Journalism and Public Relations, an educational institution accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science, offering graduate and postgraduate studies in journalism and communication sciences.

Vision:

MIM is committed to building a democratic society dominated by professional media, transparent and accountable institutions and civil sector which provides the citizens with sufficient and reliable information for making an informed decision on issues relevant to the society.

Mission:

The mission of the Macedonian Institute for Media (MIM) is to encourage and continuously support the development of professional standards in journalism, media and public communication, aiming to support the improvement of the democratic processes in the Republic Macedonia.

MANS - Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector

MANS is a non-governmental organization that fights against corruption and organized crime in Montenegro. MANS struggles for a fair, open and free society of active citizens and for a government that serves the public interest. It is engaged in investigating cases of corruption and organized crime, monitoring the implementation of legislation and government policy, providing free legal aid to citizens, CSOs, media and businesses, developing law and policy proposals and analysis, conducting advocacy campaigns. It has dealt extensively with the issue of freedom of information and access to public information in Montenegro.

Mass Media Defence Centre

The Mass Media Defence Centre is an NGO working in the field of media rights protection and the promotion of freedom of expression standards in Russia. Its primary purpose is to protect the rights of media outlets and provides practical support for journalists.

The MMDC is part of the Media Legal Defence Initiative network. The MMDC Director Galina Arapova is a member of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF).

MED media education - Associazione Italiana per l’Educazione ai Media e alla Comunicazione

The Italian Association for Media Education (MED) is a non-profit organization established in 1996 in Rome by a group of university professors, school teachers and media professionals in order to promote research, study and experimentation in the field of media education. One of the main initiatives organized by the Association since 1996 is the Summer School in Corvara (South Tyrol), aiming at training media educators, both at theoretical and practical level.