Media transparency in Bosnia Herzegovina - Reports

The third edition of a special series of BiH online bulletins, implemented through the “Media and Public Credibility ” project (supported by the EU), which the European Federation of Journalists is also involved in

Workshop – Digital Storytelling for Journalists and Writers - Training

A digital storytelling workshop in Tbilisi led by online magazine The Calvert Journal

Whistleblowers: looking for European protection - Article

The second of a series of three thematic itineraries to explore the Resource Centre on Media Freedom through a curated aggregation of contents.

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“News you don’t believe”: Audience perspectives on fake news - Reports

While a narrow definition of the term “fake news” deals with fabricated news reports, audiences use the same expression in a more broad meaning. RISJ’s Factsheet aims at contributing to the discussion on fake news from the point of view of “ordinary people”

21st Century Fox/Sky merger inquiry - Reports

The 21st Century Fox-Sky merger bid risks decreasing media pluralism in the UK on a number of different dimensions across all news platforms

MEMO 98 - Stakeholders

MEMO 98 conducts media monitoring and analyses, targeting the public and policy makers, on the role of media in the election processes. MEMO 98 monitoring activity is based on international standards concerning the media and the electoral process and democratic governance. Their mission is ensuring all citizens to have free access to comprehensive information. Their primary objective of MEMO 98's monitoring is to evaluate the range of political and social diversity in media reporting. 

The association has been working for 19 years in Slovakia and abroad. The most significant international projects carried out by MEMO 98 were conducted in the former Yugoslavia (2000), Belarus (2001, 2004, 2007 and 2008), Ukraine (2004, 2015-2016), Russia (2005-11, 2015), Azerbaijan (2008, 2013-2015), Myanmar (2010-11 and 2015-16), Serbia (2012-2014) and Georgia (2013-2015).

Public Consultation on Public Sector Information - Opportunities

The European Commission is launching a public consultation to evaluate the implementation of the Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive

Draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: EFJ-IFJ Statement - Reports

The European Federation of Journalists and the International Federation of Journalists are concerned about the rampant reproduction and making available of extracts or the entirety of journalists’ and other creators’ works online by third parties without authorization or remuneration

Journalists Dismissed From Polish Public Radio Return to Work - HTML5 video

Polish journalists Wojciech Dorosz and Marcin Majchrowski were dismissed in December 2016 from Polish Radio for "disciplinary reasons". Both have been reintegrated following a decision of a labour court. According to Dorota Glowacka (Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights) this case represents a hope for other public media journalists in Poland

Protection of journalistic sources is a basic condition for press freedom - Legal Resources

The new judgment Becker v. Norway by the European Court of Human Rights strengthens the protection of journalistic sources