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Time to rethink truth and trust

Trust in tech – or the lack of it – is at the heart of much public anxiety about the digital age. That’s one reason why we have embarked on a major Truth, Trust and Technology Commission. Sonia Livingstone OBE, LSE Professor of Social Psychology and Chair of the Commission, who spoke at Digital Agenda’s Power and Responsibility Summit last […]

Source: Media Policy Project

“Media Moving Forward: Reporting on and Using New Technologies” training course in Graz, Austria – call for participants

Deadline for receiving applications is 21 October 2018, 23:59 CET. Are you enthusiastic young media makers (student or recent graduate), working for non-governmental organisations focused on media, or simply interested in media and would like to be involved in it? Then this call is for you! The Youth Press Austria (Jugendpresse Österreich) and its partner […] The post “Media Moving Forward: Reporting on and Using New Technologies” training course in Graz, Austria – call for participants appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

“How to Read Media in the Post-Truth Era” training course in Berlin, Germany – call for participants

Deadline for receiving applications is 17 October 2018, 23:59 CET. Are you enthusiastic young media makers (student or recent graduate), want to acquire new qualified competences and to contribute to change of media landscape in your country and Europe? Are you interested in media literacy, critical thinking, journalistic ethic and media analysis and would like […] The post “How to Read Media in the Post-Truth Era” training course in Berlin, Germany – call for participants appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Journalist murder in EU Member State Bulgaria

On Saturday, Bulgarian TV journalist Victoria Marinova was killed in the Nothern town of Ruse. Her last aired report was about EU funds fraud in Bulgaria. State media downplays the murder. Murdered Bulgarian journalist Victoria Marinova in her last report (photo: screenshot Youtube) The body of 30 year old TV news producer and presenter Victoria Marinova was found on Saturday close to the river Danube, reports Balkan Insight. Even though it was still unclear if the murder was related to Marinova’s professional work, "all versions" were on the table, Balkan Insight quotes from a press conference with the head of the Ruse prosecution…

Source: European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)

Call for entries for T-shirt contest

Deadline: 31. October 2018   The Time to Move T-shirt contest returns in 2018! If you are at least 13 years old and not more than 30, design a Time to Move themed T-shirt that best represents the spirit of the campaign, share it with us and have a chance to travel around Europe on […] The post Call for entries for T-shirt contest appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for journalists for German-Dutch bursary programme

Deadline: 15. October 2018   Programme Description   The German-Dutch journalists’ bursary programme was founded as the second IJP bursary in 1994. Every year it gives up to six Dutch and six German journalists the opportunity for a working visit in the other country. The delegates work for six to eight weeks in Dutch or […] The post Call for journalists for German-Dutch bursary programme appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Call for participants for quality journalism seminar in St.Petersburg

Deadline: 31. October 2018   “Quality Journalism for Environmental Activists in Russia and the EU” 11-14 February 2019   St.Petersburg, Russia   Ecological rights centre BELLONA in partnership with the Bulgarian BlueLink Foundation, association of the environmental journalists in Russia, Russian-German bureau of environmental information, Committee for saving Pechora, Perm organization for animal protection “Za […] The post Call for participants for quality journalism seminar in St.Petersburg appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Anticipatory regulation: a way forward for platform governance?

Tackling the crisis in public information and the role of information technology companies such as Facebook and Google is a much-debated topic in the UK, and a focus of our LSE Commission on Truth, Trust and Technology which will launch its report in November. The Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has published its interim report from its inquiry into fake news, and a […]

Source: Media Policy Project

Cyprus: words matter

Death threats, a petition, protests. Last July, in Cyprus, a glossary for journalism published by the OSCE sparked a furious debate

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Cyprus: words matter

Death threats, a petition, protests. Last July, in Cyprus, a glossary for journalism published by the OSCE sparked a furious debate

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
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