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Deadline: not mentioned, ASAP. Reuters is looking for a Russia&CIS bureau chief to run coverage of Russia and its near neighbors, including Ukraine and central Asia. The job requires a candidate with a nuanced understanding of Russia’s political, economic and corporate landscape and the ability to organize a large team of reporters. The successful […]
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Deadline: 18 September, 2019 Photography has the power to connect us to places we’ve never been and inspire us to understand cultures beyond our own. It has long been central to the way AFAR tells stories, which is why AFAR wanted to open the opportunity for travelers to share their global perspectives in the […]
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The European Youth Press (EYP), network of young media makers, is seeking new members to join the Advisory Board for the 2020/2022 mandate period. The elections will take place at the General Assembly of the European Youth Press on 19–20 October 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. The Advisory Board shall assist and supervise the work […]
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The relationship between disinformation and political propaganda is often a hazy and complex one. Here, JM Lanuza, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines, and Jonathan Corpus Ong, Associate Professor of Global Digital Media, University of Massachusetts, provide some insight based on their research into digital disinformation in the 2019 Philippine midterm election. Flat Earthers believe […]
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Media Policy Project
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office is in the process of putting together an age-appropriate design code, which will outline the standards that providers of online services which process personal data and are likely to be accessed by children will be expected to meet. Here, LSE’s Mariya Stoilova, Professor Sonia Livingstone and Rishita Nandagiri offer advice to policy makers, based on the findings of their Children’s Data […]
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Media Policy Project
After the recent attack on The Guardian columnist Owen Jones, the ECPMF has joined Scottish PEN, ARTICLE 19, English PEN, Index on Censorship, National Union of Journalists Scotland and Reporters Without Borders in an open letter, calling on the UK authorities to take all necessary actions to investigate the attack on Owen Jones and protect press freedom in the UK.
Monday 26th August 2019
Rt. Hon. Nicky Morgan MPSecretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport100 Parliament StreetLondonSW1A 2BQ
Dear Rt. Hon. Nicky Morgan MP,
The undersigned organisations, including Scottish PEN, ARTICLE 19, English PEN, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Deadline: September 16, 2019 The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) welcomes applications for the 12th ASEF Journalists’ Seminar (ASEFJS12), to be held on 13-14 December 2019 in Madrid, Spain. ASEFJS12 is a side event of the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (ASEMFMM14). ASEFJS12 is a training-oriented event, themed ‘Media Trust & Information in the Digital […]
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The European Youth Press (EYP) is a network of young media makers. The EYP believes in a free and inclusive society that upholds human rights, where unbiased, well-informed and mindful media makers and activists, along with independent and professional media empower and inspire the engagement of well-informed citizens. Our network is gathering think-alike youth […]
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OBCT supports a coalition of eight media freedom and journalists’ organisations that are calling on Russian authorities to immediately stop the harassment of journalists who have been covering the recent protests in Moscow
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
How to tackle ‘fake news’ and the societal implications of misinformation are questions under consideration by policy makers, civil society, the tech industry and others. In this post, Cambridge University’s Sander van der Linden and Jon Roozenbeek present their answer: Bad News, a game based on the mechanics of fake news that applies insights from behavioural science to develop resistance amongst players to fake news. […]
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Media Policy Project