European Commission Public consultation on ‘Media Pluralism and Democracy' - Opportunities

In the frame of the 2016 Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights, the European Commission opens a public consultation on ‘Media Pluralism and Democracy'

Online Journalism Awards - Opportunities

The Online Journalism Awards (OJAs), launched in May 2000 honour excellence in digital journalism around the world. Submission for 2016 OJAs entries is now open and will close on June 3, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. 

Journalism Academy 2016 for journalists from Bosnia Herzegovina - Opportunities

The Association of Journalists of Bosnia Herzegovina invites students of journalism and young journalists (up to 35 years old) from Bosnia and Herzegovina to apply for the Journalist Academy 2016

Festival of Free Speech - Free Press Unlimited (Netherlands) - HTML5 video

Press freedom declined to its lowest point in 12 years in 2015, as political, criminal, and terrorist forces sought to co-opt or silence the media in their broader struggle for power. Video credit: Free Press Unlimited and SAZZA, based on data from the Freedom House annual report Freedom of the Press 2016.

Covering the Refugee Crisis: IPI World Congress 2016 Panel Discussion - HTML5 video

The refugee influx into Europe - but also Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey - has created a crisis of epic proportions. How are media covering this complex topic? Are they providing accurate and sufficient background information? How do they treat the question of “migrant” vs. “refugee”, terms that are often used interchangeably, but, if used incorrectly, can greatly influence society’s reactions to the crisis?

M100 Young European Journalists Workshop - Opportunities

The M100 Young European Journalists Workshop (M100YEJ) is part of the renowned annual international media conference M100 Sanssouci Colloquium in Potsdam, Germany. In 2016, the workshop will be devoted to the theme of “Investigative Journalism – Purposes, Techniques, and specific Challenges”.

Johnston Press and the crisis in Ireland’s local newspaper industry, 2005-2014 - Academic Sources

Local press is not only experiencing declining circulation and revenues, but also a process of corporatisation. The case of the Irish industry illustrates very well some of the main ongoing trends in the field

The Imperial Legacies of Television within Europe - Academic Sources

The study gives a postcolonial account of intra-European broadcast regions through industrial collaborations, imperial vestiges, and imperial connections

European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services - ERGA - Stakeholders

The European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) gathers high level representatives of national independent regulatory bodies in the field of audiovisual services, to advise the Commission on the implementation of the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) .

ERGA was established in February 2014 by the European Commission, having as its main objectives:

- to assist the Commission in ensuring a consistent implementation of the AVMSD

- to facilitate cooperation between the regulatory bodies in the EU

- to allow for an exchange of experience and good practices.

Since 1 January 2016, ERGA is chaired by Prof. Madeleine de Cock Buning, Professor of Media Law at Utrecht University and president of the Dutch regulator. Mr Oliver Schrameck (ERGA Chair in 2014-2015) is now Vice-Chair, along with Ms. Mirjana Rakić, Chairman of the Croatian regulator until April 2016.

Erdoğan’s ‘New Turkey’ Cancels Out Critical Journalism (January - March 2016) Wednesday 04 May 2016 - Infographic

Bianet Media Monitoring report highlights that in the first 3 months of 2016, in Turkey, 5 journalists have been convicted on charges of “defaming the president”, 22 others have newly been put