Promoting editorial independence in the newsroom - Training

A two-day workshop in Brussels to promote quality journalism through the exchange of best practices among journalists in EU countries, with a specific focus on Southern and Central Eastern Europe

EFJ Workshop "Promoting editorial independence in the newsroom" - Opportunities

A two-day workshop in Brussels to promote quality journalism through the exchange of best practices among journalists in EU countries, with a specific focus on Southern and Central Eastern Europe

The Resonant Voices Initiative - Opportunities

A regional hackaton to equip critical voices in the Western Balkans with the skills, know-how and resources to counter extremist propaganda, hate speech and disinformation

Summer Data Institute - Opportunities

Open Data in Europe and Central Asia (ODECA ) and the University of Tirana offer a four weeks intensive course on data journalism.

Media regulatory authorities and hate speech in the Western Balkans - Reports

Which role can national regulatory authorities play in tackling hate speech? Experience and issues faced in this report focused on the Western Balkan countries

Regional Platform for Advocating Media Freedom and Journalists’ Safety in Western Balkans - Stakeholders

The Regional Platform for Advocating Media Freedom and Journalists’ Safety in Western Balkans is a network of journalists' associations and media trade unions established in January 2016. The Platform has been produced with the assistance of the European Union and functions as an early warning and prevention mechanism, monitoring attacks against journalists. It provides an accessible way to report violations and to search through six regional centers' databases of attacks.

Participating organizations are: BH Novinari for Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatian Association of Journalists (HND) for Croatia, Association of Journalists of Kosovo, Trade Union of Media of Montenegro, NUNS for Serbia and ZNM for Macedonia. 

Fighting Putin and the Kremlin’s grip in neo-authoritarian Russia - Academic Sources

An article on the issues faced by liberal journalists in Russia and their coping strategies

Freedom House's Freedom of the Press Report 2017 - Reports

The latest report by Freedom House portrays a grim outlook for media freedom and media workers across continents and political systems, with the US leading by (negative) example and the EU failing to enforce democratic standards, including with prospective Member States

Far-Right Nationalism and Populism in Europe: Assaults on Press Freedom - Reports

The study by the Media Governance and Industries Research Lab (University of Vienna) examines how far-right and populist political parties affect independent journalism in democracies and the specific threats they pose to it in 12 European countries: Austria; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Montenegro; Poland; Romania; and Serbia.

Anti-Western propaganda. Media monitoring report 2016 - Reports

How does anti-Western propaganda work in Georgia? On which topic does it focus, how does it affect public opinion? A new study by the Media Development Foundation analyses trends in 2016