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By Jane Whyatt
As Austria assumes the Presidency of the European Council, its own public service broadcasters are protesting about alleged ’political censorship’. And opposition politicians fear the TV licence fee may be used as a financial weapon to attack the broadcaster’s political neutrality.
The logo of Austria's presidency. Image: EU Commission
The row blew up after Alexander Wrabetz, director-general of the public broadcaster ORF sent a memo to journalists and presenters in the TV and radio services. It warned them not to tweet or post on Facebook messages that criticise politicians. And that meant they must also refrain from commenting on politics…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Emma Hattstein
In times when most of the people are consuming news online, the profession of the journalist had to become digital as well. And the answer to that are bots. Bots seem to be the solution to everything lately: online shopping, financial transactions, falling in love, organisational systems - and also the news business.
Robots at London Science Museum. Photo: ECPMF
After depicting all the positive aspects that come along with the usage of bots, we should take a look into the potential risks and difficulties caused by these softwares. These softwares allow newspapers to work faster and more…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Emma Hattstein
In times when most of the people are consuming news online, the profession of the journalist had to become digital as well. And the answer to that are bots. For good and for bad.
Robots at London Science Museum. Photo: ECPMF
After depicting all the positive aspects that come along with the usage of bots, we should take a look into the potential risks and difficulties caused by these softwares. These softwares allow newspapers to work faster and more efficiently. Lets take a look into what they are capable of doing and what possible difficulties we ware facing…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
by Emma Hattstein
In times when most of the people are consuming news online, the profession of the journalist had to become digital as well. And the answer to that are bots. For good and for bad.
Robots at London Science Museum. Photo: ECPMF
After depicting all the positive aspects that come along with the usage of bots, we should take a look into the potential risks and difficulties caused by these softwares. These softwares allow newspapers to work faster and more efficiently. Lets take a look into what they are capable of doing and what possible difficulties we ware facing…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Craig Dwyer is a digital campaigns and communications consultant. He is a co-founder of the Transparent Referendum Initiative (TRI), a civic initiative established to demonstrate the role and impact of online advertising during political campaigns. The work of the Initiative, and others, saw steps taken by Facebook, Google and the Irish Government towards addressing the issue. In this blog, he outlines […]
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Media Policy Project
The Commission on Fake News and the Teaching of Critical Literacy Skills recently published a report on Fake news and critical literacy. LSE PhD researcher Gianfranco Polizzi summarises the key findings of the report and sets out his recommendations in response. If on the one hand it is difficult to define fake news – as to whether it implies, for instance, false […]
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Media Policy Project
Deadline: 31 July 2018 Bitch Media, an independent, nonprofit feminist media organization now in its 22nd year, is pleased to offer the Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers, a series of three-month intensive writing fellowships whose goal is to develop, support, and amplify emerging, diverse voices in feminist, activist, and pop-culture media. The program is […]
The post Call for writers for Bitch Media Fellowship appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 11 July 2018 The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe has opened a call for participants for the 9th Training Course on Global Development Education for Youth Multipliers. The new edition for the course it will take place in Mollina (Spain) from 10-14 September 2018, in the framework of the 19th edition […]
The post Call for participants for Youth multipliers training course appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 22 July 2018 How to apply If you are a female graduate from an EU country under the age of 28, with the aim to work in EU journalism in Brussels, please send a motivation letter and your CV in English, stating your date of birth and nationality, at the following email […]
The post Call for applications to Lénaïc Fund for Quality Journalism appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press
Deadline: 15 July 2018 Photographers between the ages of 18 and 25 years are invited to participate in the 3rd Young Photographer Award. This competition is geared towards passionate emerging photographers looking to cultivate a career in documentary photography or photojournalism but lacking the tools to realize their vision. Awaiting the winner is […]
The post Call for application for the Young Photography Award appeared first on European Youth Press.
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European Youth Press