Job: Europe correspondent for CPJ - Opportunities

The Committee to Protect Journalists is recruiting a part-time correspondent to cover media freedom in the EU member and candidate countries

Post-truth: what is it and what can we do about it? - HTML5 video

The conference "Post-truth: what is it and what can we do about it?", organised by the Royal Statistical Society (UK), debated the issue of fake news and took into consideration what is really new about it, and what can be done to promote evidence and facts, with a focus on the UK

Rest and Refuge Scholarships for Journalists - Opportunities

Reporters without Borders Germany and the taz Panter Foundation offer two scholarships to journalists coming from countries in crisis or war, in order for them to spend up to three months in Berlin

Studies find precarious employment tied to digitalisation and the gig economy - Reports

Two recent studies examine the relationship between digitalisation and gig economy in European countries, with its consequences on the precarious status of employment of an incresing number of workers.

Ukraine: impunity persists for the murder of Pavel Sheremet - Reports

A year after journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed by a car bomb in Kiev, Ukraine has so far failed to make progress on the case. A report highlights issues with Kiev’s credibility and suggests the need for an independent probe

Call for Applications: Regulating “Hate Speech” in the Media - Opportunities

ARTICLE 19 is inviting applications from representatives of audio-visual media regulatory bodies and press councils from across the European Union to participate in a two-day workshop in London on international legal standards on regulating hate speech in the media

Churnalism on the Rise? Assessing Convergence Effects on Editorial Practices - Academic Sources

Newrooms' excessive reliance on pre-packaged sources of news lowers the quality of information and threatens media pluralism, but it has become a mainstream practice - at least in the case of Greece

2017 Dr. Erhard Busek SEEMO award for better understanding - Opportunities

Call for nominations for the 2017 Dr Erhard Busek-SEEMO Award, for better understanding in South, Eastern and Central Europe

Workshop in London: Reporting on migration and refugees - Training

A workshop on reporting on migrants, refugees and other vulnerable groups on 4-8 September 

Killing Pavel: a OCCRP documentary - HTML5 video