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„Defending the truth in a post-truth era”, ECPMF Conference

Leipzig Leipzig

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is organising a conference about defending the truth in the era of "fake news" on 13 and 14 June. The event will take place in Leipzig, Germany. International experts will present case studies about how to combat and deal with „fake news“ – from forged war pictures from Syria to the creation of myths in the French election campaign. They will introduce „elves“ from Lithuania who prevent „trolls“ from disseminating propaganda and smear campaigns in (social) media and the fact-checking tools for the verification of sources and pictures. From the EFJ,…

Conference on National Public Service Broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Sarajevo

On 13 June, the Radio-Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) and the Bosnian and Herzegovina Association of Journalists (BHN) are organising a conference on “National Public Service Broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina” in Sarajevo. The joint event aims to address the urgent situation of Public Service Broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina and help in finding an immediate solution for saving the national public service media in BiH. The Conference is organized in cooperation with Council of Europe, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the OSCE Representative of Freedom on the Media, the South Eastern European…

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