January 7, 2013 •
Media and Politics •
by Philip Di Salvo
Digital rights deserve just as much protection as the fundamental rights according to the European Parliament in Strasburg, which recently endorsed a report on “Digital Freedom Strategy in Foreign Policy.” The Dutch Member of...
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November 9, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Philip Di Salvo
Journalists arrested, netizens remanded to trial. A petition calls on EU authorities to intervene as the media in Athens faces a new season of menace. Economic crisis is bearing down hard in the Hellenic country. Ongoing violence continues...
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August 24, 2012 •
Media and Politics •
by Eric Karstens
*Article courtesy of the European Journalism Centre Why is the European Union so ineffective when it comes to supporting press freedom and media pluralism? The Vice President of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes,...
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July 12, 2012 •
Digital News, Specialist Journalism •
by Carmen Paun
*Article courtesy of the European Journalism Centre On a Tuesday morning in Rome, a woman drinks her espresso while browsing the European Daily in a noisy cafeteria. At the same time in Stockholm, an Erasmus student from Bulgaria is...
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June 15, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
There’s been a recent revival of trials attempting to integrate Turkey into the EU, yet advocates of such an action should perhaps take a closer look. Unfortunately, Western media rarely report on the harassment doled out to members of...
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April 22, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Michael Wise
Journalists in Turkey face increasing harassment and imprisonment due to a handful of loosely interpreted anti-terrorism laws. As publicity of the intimidation continues, convincing the Turkish government to enact reforms proves to be a...
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February 9, 2012 •
Media and Politics •
by Michael Wise
As MEDIADEM authors continue plowing through their research, the scope of the €2.65 million media policy project takes shape. In a thorough examination, project director Evangelia Psychogiopoulou from the Hellenic Foundation for...
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November 6, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Press Freedom •
by Eric Karstens
*Article courtesy of the European Journalism Centre Among many others, one of the challenges faced by post-revolutionary countries concerns journalism and the media. A free, pluralistic, and responsible media is a prerequisite for a...
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December 21, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
EU and US join forces, launch website, battle piracy. The new site – the Transatlantic IPR Portal – was devised to help small software and hardware developers protect their intellectual property from counterfeiters. According...
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