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With growing concerns over children’s online privacy and the commercial uses of their data, it is vital that children’s understandings of the digital environment, their digital skills and their capacity to consent are taken into account in designing services, regulation and policy. Mariya Stoilova, Rishita Nandagiri and Sonia Livingstone’s research project Children’s Data and Privacy Online set out to ask children directly, […]
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Media Policy Project
A new Online Harms White Paper, published by the UK government calls for a new system of regulation for tech companies with the goal of preventing online harms, including disinformation, cyberbullying, extremist content, and advocacy of self-harm. Children are at particularly high risk from some types of harm: here, Holly Powell-Jones, Lecturer in Criminology and Media Law at City, University of London, explains the […]
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Media Policy Project
by Renata Rat
Tens of thousands of people in the Czech Republic have been protesting against Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his newly appointed Justice Minister Marie Benesova.
Protesters in the Pilsen Old Town, Czech Republic, 6. May 2019. (Photo: Lucie Sykorova)
Benesova was appointed as the Minister of Justice after her predecessor resigned earlier this month, when the police recommended that Babiš should be charged in connection with a scam. The Prime Minister, who is at the same time the owner of the country’s biggest media house, MAFRA, is accused of abusing European Union funds amounting to €2 million.
Babiš called…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jane Whyatt
Looking at the state of press freedom in Europe can be depressing. But the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom keeps finding new ways to motivate human rights defenders. On World Press Freedom Day in ECPMF’s home city of Leipzig, they shared some of their best ideas.
World Press Freedom Day, 3. May 2019, LVZ Foyer in Leipzig. (Photo: Andreas Lamm / ECPMF)
Classical music can have a startling effect, as desk editor Anita Kecke told the crowd of about 50 people packed into the foyer of her newspaper office, the Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ), for the World Press…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Deadline: 16 June 2019 The M100 Young European Journalists Workshop is part of the renowned annual international media conference M100 Sanssouci Colloquium. The workshop addresses a young generation of journalists and editors between the ages of 18 of 26 from Europe, the countries of the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova), […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 1 June 2019 The Digital Communication Network program is now entering its fourth year after successful segments in both the United States and in Europe. Funded by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by World Learning, the Digital Communications Network exchange program created and supports a collaborative network of communication professionals from […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 31 May 2019 The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund (KSMF) is now accepting submissions for its 2019 awards in international journalism. Since its inception in 2002, the Kurt Schork Memorial Fund has sought to support those journalists Kurt most admired, the freelancers and local reporters whose work is often poorly paid, mostly unsung […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 10 May 2019 The University of Bolton is delighted to offer two 50% Tuition Waiver Scholarships for the full-time MA in International Multimedia Journalism for the 2019/20 academic year. The programme develops practical skills and critical thinking for journalists and storytellers to deliver both short-form and long-form journalism on digital platforms. The course […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 17 May 2019 The Society of Professional Journalists is seeking 10 interns for the EIJ News. Interns will cover the Excellence in Journalism conference using a variety of digital approaches (video, social, audio, photos, written stories) that will be published online. Collegiate multimedia journalists are invited to apply for these select positions. […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 15 May 2019 Are you 18+, a European citizen or a citizen of the EEA member countries and West Balkan cooperating countries? What is the importance of sustainability for you? Submit photographs depicting any of the following three categories: – Sustainable food; – Sustainable energy; – Sustainable mobility. You can submit […]
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European Youth Press