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by Lucie Sykorova
“Journalists are dung, faeces and cesspits, hyenas and stupid people who try to brainwash us and they should be liquidated.“ Czech people have already heard such public statements for years from the president Milos Zeman. As Reporters Without Borders notes, President Milos Zeman brandished a dummy Kalashnikov rifle inscribed with the word “journalists” at a press konference ... suggesting they should be “liquidated” while standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Other politicians are not lagging behind with insults and assaults on journalists, and they encourage their voters to do the same. When we add the influence of oligarchs on the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Lucie Sykorova
“Journalists are dung, faeces and cesspits, hyenas and stupid people who try to brainwash us and they should be liquidated.“ Czech people have already heard such public statements for years from the president Milos Zeman. As Reporters Without Borders notes, President Milos Zeman brandished a dummy Kalashnikov rifle inscribed with the word “journalists” at a press konference ... suggesting they should be “liquidated” while standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:David_Sedlecký
Other politicians are not lagging behind with insults and assaults on journalists, and they encourage their voters to do the same. When we add the influence of oligarchs on the…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Deadline for receiving applications is: 26 August 2018, 23:59h CET. Are you a young media-maker, designer/developer/programmer or human rights activist? Are you concerned about the human rights and feel passionate for data-driven journalism? Do you want to learn how to use innovative storytelling forms? Then this call is for you! European Youth Press […]
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European Youth Press
Going on Assignment in Prague July 2019 Date: July 6, 2019 – July 21, 2019 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Do you dream of reaching beyond borders? Are you passionate about stories that have a global impact? This is the life of a foreign correspondent. Now you have an opportunity to […]
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European Youth Press
Deadline: ongoing Internship Positions Carnegie Europe offers three- to six-month internships to support the center’s activities in research, communications, and development. Interns are an integral part of Carnegie’s growing global network, which includes offices in Beijing, Beirut, Brussels, Moscow, New Delhi, and Washington. Internships are unpaid. Carnegie Europe is not able to […]
The post Call for applications for internship at think tank appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 15.September 2018 Join Orange Magazine Orange Magazine is looking for Fundraisers, Marketing/Promoters, Video-Journalists & Graphic Designers Fundraisers Responsibilities As a fundraiser for Orange Magazine (OM), you will be responsible for finding and attracting sponsors for OM. This can be done by […]
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European Youth Press
To
Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President, European CommissionMariya Gabriel, Commissioner, European CommissionTibor Navracsics, Commissioner, European CommissionAntonio Tajani, President, European Parliament
The undersigned media freedom organisations are writing to draw your attention to the deteriorating situation of press and media freedom in Hungary, in particular the recent case of Hir TV.
Hir TV was the last domestically-owned independent TV company in Hungary. On 1 August 2018 a sudden change in ownership resulted in dismissals of outspoken leading journalists and an abrupt change of editorial policy. Programmes that had previously reflected independent views were cancelled and replaced with government-friendly programmes. One cancelled talk show was replaced with a broadcast of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
To
Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President, European CommissionMariya Gabriel, Commissioner, European CommissionTibor Navracsics, Commissioner, European CommissionAntonio Tajani, President, European Parliament
The undersigned media freedom organisations are writing to draw your attention to the deteriorating situation of press and media freedom in Hungary, in particular the recent case of Hir TV.
Hir TV was the last domestically-owned independent TV company in Hungary. On 1 August 2018 a sudden change in ownership resulted in dismissals of outspoken leading journalists and an abrupt change of editorial policy. Programmes that had previously reflected independent views were cancelled and replaced with government-friendly programmes. One cancelled talk show was replaced with a broadcast of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
To
Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President, European CommissionMariya Gabriel, Commissioner, European CommissionTibor Navracsics, Commissioner, European CommissionAntonio Tajani, President, European Parliament
The undersigned media freedom organisations are writing to draw your attention to the deteriorating situation of press and media freedom in Hungary, in particular the recent case of Hir TV.
Hir TV was the last domestically-owned independent TV company in Hungary. On 1 August 2018 a sudden change in ownership resulted in dismissals of outspoken leading journalists and an abrupt change of editorial policy. Programmes that had previously reflected independent views were cancelled and replaced with government-friendly programmes. One cancelled talk show was replaced with a broadcast of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The ECPMF is concerned about the editorial independence at Forbes magazine Russia. Editors are protesting against their own publisher as they accuse him of removing a critical article from the print version.
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"Financial Times“, "Moscow Times“ and an ECPMF source report that Forbes Russia is in danger of losing its editorial independence. An investigative article on the business of Dagestani billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov was removed from the magazine just before it was about to go to press.
Publisher Alexander Fedotov justified the article's removal with the fear of being sued. The staff protested against this measurement accusing Fedotov of…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)