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Iris Rohmann, winner of the Daphne Caruana Galizia grant from the German Reporter Forum, just got back from Malta, where she is investigating the circumstances of the Caruana Galizia murder on 16 October 2017. She gave us a short roundup of what she found out in just one week.
The field where Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in Malta (photo: Iris Rohmann)
In mid-May 2018, I was travelling to Malta to talk to citizens, journalists and activists. My first conclusion is that the situation in Malta is alarming. And it is critical when it comes to the protection of press freedom…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Video, audio and full texts of the meeting that was held at Protomoteca in Campidoglio on 8 May 2018 on the of occasion 25th World Press Freedom Day On May 8th, 2018 Ossigeno per l’Informazione and the Authority for Communications Guarantees (AGCOM), in collaboration with the Order of Journalists of Lazio and under the patronage
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
Journalists, academics, and media freedom activists gathered in Leipzig, Germany, to debate the impact of digital technologies on press freedom, for good and for bad. For two days they discussed the Daphne Project, citizen journalism, surveillance, blockchain, Facebook and the right to be forgotten. They also joined a hands-on workshop to learn digital self-defence.
ECPMF Managing Director Lutz Kinkel and Facebook representative Marie-Teresa Weber at ECPM'S Game Changer conference in Leipzig (photo: ECPMF)
"Welcome to the age of collaboration," said Lutz Kinkel, Managing Director of the ECPMF, in his welcome note to ECPMF'S Game Changer conference on digital developments and media…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Journalists, academics, and media freedom activists gathered in Leipzig, Germany, to debate the impact of digital technologies on press freedom, for good and for bad. For two days they discussed the Daphne Project, citizen journalism, surveillance, blockchain, Facebook and the right to be forgotten. They also joined a hands-on workshop to learn digital self-defence.
ECPMF Managing Director Lutz Kinkel and Facebook representative Marie-Teresa Weber at ECPM'S Game Changer conference in Leipzig (photo: ECPMF)
"Welcome to the age of collaboration," said Lutz Kinkel, Managing Director of the ECPMF, in his welcome note to ECPMF'S Game Changer conference on digital developments and media…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Journalists, academics, and media freedom activists gathered in Leipzig, Germany, to debate the impact of digital technologies on press freedom, for good and for bad. For two days they discussed the Daphne Project, citizen journalism, surveillance, blockchain, Facebook and the right to be forgotten. They also joined a hands-on workshop to learn digital self-defence.
ECPMF Managing Director Lutz Kinkel and Facebook representative Marie-Teresa Weber at ECPM'S Game Changer conference in Leipzig (photo: ECPMF)
"Welcome to the age of collaboration," said Lutz Kinkel, Managing Director of the ECPMF, in his welcome note to ECPMF'S Game Changer conference on digital developments and media…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Malta’s failure that led to the journalist’s killing. Who was Daphne. The proposal to strenghten monitoring mechanism carried out by organisations as Ossigeno per l’Informazione This is the speech that Daphne Caruana Galizia’s sister pronounced on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day celebrations that were held in Rome on 8 May 2018. The
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O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione
The ECPMF and other media freedom organisations sent this letter on 24 May 2018 to the EC Commissioners Gabriel, Navracsics, Oettinger and First Vice-President Timmermanns to express our concern that freedom of expression will not be reflected in the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). We believe that it is important for media freedom and media pluralism to be given a clear priority in the EU budget for the future (2021-2027).
Dear Commissioner,
You show great commitment to press and media freedom in Europe and we would like to thank you for that.
We hereby want to express our concern that the EU proposal…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The ECPMF and other media freedom organisations sent this letter on 24 May 2018 to the EC Commissioners Gabriel, Navracsics, Oettinger and First Vice-President Timmermanns to express our concern that freedom of expression will not be reflected in the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). We believe that it is important for media freedom and media pluralism to be given a clear priority in the EU budget for the future (2021-2027).
Dear Commissioner,
You show great commitment to press and media freedom in Europe and we would like to thank you for that.
We hereby want to express our concern that the EU proposal…
Source:
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The ECPMF and other media freedom organisations sent this letter on 24 May 2018 to the EC Commissioners Gabriel, Navracsics, Oettinger and First Vice-President Timmermanns to express our concern that freedom of expression will not be reflected in the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). We believe that it is important for media freedom and media pluralism to be given a clear priority in the EU budget for the future (2021-2027).
Dear Commissioner,
You show great commitment to press and media freedom in Europe and we would like to thank you for that.
We hereby want to express our concern that the EU proposal…
Source:
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has attracted widespread attention and comment in recent weeks, comes into force on 25 May 2018. Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology in LSE’s Department of Media and Communications, reflects on some of the challenges of the new rules as they relate to children, arguing that had children been consulted and their perspectives […]
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Media Policy Project