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Deadline: 30 May 2019 Promote Ukraine invites its volunteers, friends and all who are interested to take part in the media training at DigitYser in Brussels. Admission is free. The training will focus on the secrets of effective co-operation with media, the peculiarities of publications monitoring and analysis, as well as the ways […]
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By Jane Whyatt
The bravery of a cross-border team of investigative reporters supported by the IJ4EU grant has been rewarded with a special prize at the 2019 Axel Springer Academy Awards.
Attila Biro and Dimitar Stoyanov receive the George Weidenfeld Prize for Courage in Research. Photo: ECPMF
Bulgarian Dimitar Stoyanov, a former Journalist in Residence at the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and Attila Biro of RISE Romania, a data research project, received the honour after being arrested and detained in Bulgaria when they found a pile of incriminating documents being burned in a field.
Nine months after that frightening experience, they…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
On 2. May, the Axel Springer Prize for Young Journalists was presented for the 28th time in Berlin. This important award honors young reporters in the German-speaking regions for their excellent journalistic achievements, in the categories gold, silver and bronze. In addition, awards for 'creative implementation' as well as 'entertainment and humour' were given.
RISE Project Romania and BIVOL Bulgaria teamed to investigate the unseen corrupt organizations that siphon off European taxpayer money. Using investigative reporting, the two media outlets unveiled how organized crime acts at a transnational level to plunder public coffers. Their efforts have been recognised by Axel…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
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Kurz vor den Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament und vor den drei Landtagswahlen in Ostdeutschland wollen wir mit Ihnen sprechen – über Meinungsfreiheit, „Lügen-presse“, Fakes, Rundfunkbeiträge, Uploadfilter… und über vieles mehr.
Von Dirk Goldhahn - fotografiert von Dirk Goldhahn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
Hiermit laden wir Sie herzlich ein! Wir holen den Internationalen Tag der Pressefreiheit nach Leipzig.
Vor zehn Jahren, 2009, wurde die Europäische Charta für Pressefreiheit in Leipzig ins Leben gerufen. Der internationale Festakt der UNESCO dieses Jahr in Addis Abeba (Äthiopien) statt – der Partnerstadt Leipzigs.
Unter anderem zu Gast: Oliver Schenk, Staatsminister für Bundes-und Europaangelegenheiten und Chef der…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Jane Whyatt
We live in interesting times. Interesting because politics is in turmoil, with fake news and propaganda widespread across Europe. People are uncertain whom or what to trust. That's precisely why we need free media.
World Press Freedom Day 2019. Logo: ECPMF
With quality, investigative, independent journalism, newspapers, TV, magazines, and radio can burst the so-called ’filter bubbles’ of the social networks and present a diverse range of political opinions. This is the lifeblood of democracy.
What’s more, the free press acts as a watchdog. It alerts the public to the theft or fraudulent use of taxpayer’s money, or denounces cronyism…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
#2yearswithoutWiki
Today marks two years since the Turkish government blocked access to the online encyclopaedia website, Wikipedia, in Turkey.
The European Centre for Press and Mediafreedom (ECPMF) and seven other human rights organisations strongly condemn the ban as part of the Turkish government’s relentless campaign to silence independent media and restrict internet freedoms in the country. We call for the government to end its crackdown on free speech – both online and offline.
Two years without Wikipedia
On 29 April 2017, the Turkish government banned access to all language versions of the Wikipedia website under Turkish law No. 5651, otherwise known as…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
A new Online Harms White Paper, published jointly by the UK government’s Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport and the Home Office, 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. Here, Canadian academics Blayne Haggart, Brock University and Natasha Tusikov, York University, […]
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Media Policy Project
The UK Government’s Online Harms White Paper promises a new culture of transparency, trust and accountability. Writing with Thorsten Brønholt, LSE Visiting Fellow Jonny Shipp highlights developments in UK Government thinking and invites Internet firms to collaborate on the Internet Commission’s independent evaluation framework, which looks at how they are tackling illegal content, hate speech, cyberbullying, self-harm and fake news […]
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Media Policy Project
The 2019 European Parliament elections present an important moment for discussion about state of the EU; diffusion of information on European affairs, and active participation. At the same time, many young people are not interested in these elections for various reasons – they are influenced by populist rhetoric, don’t have enough information, are rather skeptical […]
The post Invitation to the international conference “Do you speak European” taking place in Brussels on 7th May appeared first on European Youth Press.
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by Renata Rat
Serbia is a case study in impunity for crimes against journalists. During her speech at an international conference in the capital Belgrade, ECPMF board member Ljiljana Smajlovic expressed the hope that the verdict on the killers of journalist Slavko Curuvija marks a turning point, finally breaking this vicious pattern.
Smajlovic told the audience, gathered in Belgrade for the International Conference on Ending Impunity for Crimes against Journalists:
I hope that the verdict for Curuvija’s murder brings an end to the era of impunity for crimes against journalists in Serbia.
RTS after bombing by NATO in 1999. By Goldfinger at Serbian Wikipedia - Transferred from sr.wikipedia…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)