Italian MEP Isabella De Monte is organising the event “THE CHALLENGES OF EUROPEAN JOURNALISM” which will be held in Brussels at the European Parliament, room ASP 3H1, on Tuesday, November 27th from 15:00 h to 17:00 h. Fake news is one of the biggest challenges facing the media today. The authenticity of information has become an issue affecting the society and our democracy, both for printed and digital media. On social networks, the reach and effects of information spread occur at such a fast pace and so amplified that distorted, inaccurate or false information acquires a tremendous potential to cause real…
SAVE THE DATE! “Under Siege: Press Freedom and the Rule of Law in Turkey” Discussion and solidarity event hosted by the International Press Institute (IPI) Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Representation of the European Union, Berlin, Germany The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, is pleased to invite you to “Under Siege: Press Freedom and the Rule of Law in Turkey”. This event will analyse the current situation of press freedom in Turkey following the end of emergency rule this summer. Panellists – key journalists and lawyers from…
A hearing on "Threats to media freedom and journalists’ security" is being organised by the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), on 6 December in Paris. A specific motion was tabled on this issue. A parliamentary report on the matter will be prepared next year. The EFJ President Mogens Blicher Bjerregård will participate in this hearing.
The year 2017 was marred by the assassination, in Malta, of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, an event which represented one of the the darkest hour for media freedom and media pluralism in the European Union in recent years. In 2018 otherjournalists in the frontline, Jan Kuciak and Viktoria Marinova were murdered in Slovakia and Bulgaria. These crimes have profoundly shaken Europe and have had an impact on its image as a bastion of human rights and democratic values. Several years of monitoring the state of play of media pluralism and freedom in Europe by the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM)…
EAVI – Rond-Point Schuman 9/16 – 1040 Brussels tel +32 (0) 2 230 3006 – www.eavi.eu Press Release How to use well and benefit from the media in 2019? The EAVI Art of Living with the Media – A conversation about the future of media literacy and global citizenship Brussels, 11th of December Brussels, 4 December 2018 Is Europe more or less media literate? What does it mean to be a human being in the current digital era? Are citizens more distracted consumers and manipulated citizens? How to pay attention to online distractions and be in control of your own…
Quentin Van Enis s’intéresse depuis plusieurs années à la question de la protection du droit à la liberté d’expression, notamment dans le contexte des nouveaux médias. Auteur d’une thèse de doctorat consacrée à « La liberté de la presse à l’ère numérique », défendue à l’Université de Namur en 2014, l’orateur est chargé de cours à l’université de Namur (CRIDS) où il enseigne notamment le droit des médias. Il est également membre du Conseil de déontologie journalistique (« CDJ »). Il voit dans la protection des lanceurs d’alerte, de même que dans la protection des sources journalistiques, un enjeu crucial…
Media ownership concentration is affecting more and more European countries, and therefore every European media consumer. Assess with us if and to what extent economical agendas and conflicts of interest undermine the independence of the information we consume every day. The ECPMF’s NEWSOCRACY event in Prague focusses on new types and shapes of media ownership and on the implications media ownership concentration has on local and regional journalism. Through hands-on knowledge exchange and expert sessions we aim to come up with constructive approaches to promote and strengthen media plurality. The President of the EFJ Mogens Blicher Bjerregård will moderate session…
