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By ECPMF
Almost nine months after the murders of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee, there’s a new link to Hungary, there are charges against four people, and ECPMF’s fact-finder is back in Bratislava again.
A memorial to the murdered journalist and his fiancee. (photo: ECPMF)
Four people are on trial in Slovakia charged in connection with the deaths: Zoltan A., said in court to be a go-between or middle-man, Alena Z., who is accused of ordering and paying for the contract killing, Tamàš Sz., a former policeman charged with being the shooter, and Miroslav M., who allegedly acted as…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Are We Europe established a partnership with the music festival Eurosonic Noorderslag and the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards. This means that they’re looking for storytellers to interview & follow 12 musicians, like HER Music, Parov Stelar (now also called Stelartronic) and many others. Interested? Apply here. You’ll get to follow Europe’s best, emerging artists on their road to the […]
The post Call for applications: storytellers to interview European musicians appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
As governments seek to tackle a variety of problems of the digital age, media (or digital) literacy is often cited as the solution, partly because it is far less controversial than attempting to regulate the internet. LSE Professor Sonia Livingstone, chair of the LSE Commission on Truth, Trust and Technology, stresses the complexity of the challenges involved in improving media literacy, and the first steps that policy […]
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Media Policy Project
"I wanted to not only honour this fearless journalist but also to keep her memory alive," says Scandinavian artist Marie Louise Kold whose portrait of Daphne Caruana Galizia was just hung in the European Parliament (EP) press room in Strasbourg.
When Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in October 2017 it was "a shock and a horrendous blow to freedom of speech," says Kold, who has been living in Malta for seven years. But it also got to her personally, and she decided to do something. A portrait on a single copper sheet was her answer.
After the press room…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Right after hundreds of people gathered in Valletta to commemorate Daphne Caruana Galizia Caruana, and right after the Malta delegation of freedom of the press representatives met with PM Joseph Muscat, the Maltese authorities continue their fight against memory.
Daphne Caruana Galizia makeshift memorial in Valletta (photo: Flutura Kusari)
Hon Dr Owen Bonnici
Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government
30, Old Treasury Street
Valletta VLT 1410
Malta
19 October 2018
Dear Dr Bonnici,
I write to you on behalf of PEN International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, the European Federation of Journalists, and the International Press Institute following our meeting…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Jane Whyatt
A Special Rapporteur appointed by the Council of Europe is travelling to Malta to scrutinise the investigation into how and why an investigative journalist was murdered.
Photo By Omtzigt at Dutch Wikipedia - Transferred from nl.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1938573
It’s been more than a year now since the car bomb exploded near Daphne Caruana Galizia’s home, killing her instantly. It was the first of three murders of journalists in EU Member States within the past twelve months and has attracted international outrage.
For only the second time in history, the Council of Europe has given a Rapporteur permission…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The impact of new technology on children and new forms of media is a constant area of concern among policy makers and educators (as well as among parents!) During US-based ‘Digital Citizenship Week’ LSE visiting fellow Ioanna Noula addresses the idea that children need education in the concept of ‘digital citizenship’ and explains how current approaches might be lacking. […]
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Media Policy Project
In the morning after the great vigil for Daphne Caruana Galizia in Valletta with about 2000 attendees, the representatives of five freedom of expression organisations - ECPMF, CPJ, PEN and RSF, held a press conference to present the findings of their mission. They have travelled to Malta to mark the one-year-anniversary of the Caruana Galizia assassination.
Press conference in Valletta (photo: ShiftNews)
"We are deeply concerned that a democracy and member of the European Union and the Council of Europe, is not living up to its obligations to guarantee and safeguard freedom of expression as required by the European Convention on Human…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
By Emil Weber and ECPMF
A delegation of five press freedom organisations travelled to Malta to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and to call out the fact that little has been done to find those behind the killing.
Media freedom campaigners meet Maltese government representatives (photo: ECPMF)
On Monday 15 October, 2018, on the eve of the anniversary of the murder, Flutura Kusari from European Centre for Press and Media Freedom together with representatives of Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Press Institute, PEN International, and Reporters Without Borders met with Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to ask him for an…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Henrik Kaufholz in Copenhagen
My hairdresser – a nice guy with only a little grey hair left – is also a jazz musician. Before he opens the salon in the early morning he will practise on his trumpet. During the day he will also tune his DAB radio to P8 Jazz.
Photo: Frank B. Daugaard, DR Byen, CC BY-SA 2.0
This is coming to an end. P8 Jazz will close down as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) plans to axe a lot of its activities. He is very unhappy about it: “Denmark has a fine tradition for jazz and every summer…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)