March 18, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Recent •
by Caroline Lees
The debate over the impact of Edward Snowden’s intelligence leaks has been obscured by “muddle and fog”, particularly in the United Kingdom, according to Alan Rusbridger. The Guardian’s editor-in-chief said the lack of response...
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March 9, 2015 •
Digital News, Media and Politics •
by Philip Di Salvo
An online platform that enables citizens and journalists to send automated freedom of information requests to public bodies in Italy has been launched by Italian non-governmental organisation, Diritto di Sapere (Right to Know). The...
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January 19, 2015 •
Digital News •
by Alice Antheaume
Twelve dead in a newsroom, many injured people. Most of them were working for Charlie Hebdo, a Paris-based satirical magazine. They were writing and drawing the news to be published. And they found death during the first editorial...
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January 13, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Specialist Journalism •
by Thomas Schmidt
The New York Times and other media outlets in the United States were slammed by readers and bloggers after not reprinting controversial cartoons of Charlie Hebdo in the aftermath of the terrorist attack last week. One criticism so incensed...
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January 9, 2015 •
Media and Politics, Specialist Journalism •
by Caroline Lees
When Gergő Sáling was abruptly dismissed from his job as editor-in-chief of Hungarian news portal, Origo.hu, last June, at least half of Origo’s newsroom resigned in protest. Many claimed Saling had been sacked for refusing to stop an...
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December 10, 2014 •
Media and Politics •
by Peter Bajomi-Lazar
A recent opinion piece, published on the EJO website, offered a rosy picture of the state of media freedom and of democracy in Hungary – a view that few analysts would share; in fact, many would argue that both media freedom and...
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December 4, 2014 •
Media and Politics •
by Dariya Orlova
Since last November’s EuroMaidan protests many Ukrainian journalists have become social activists, to help fight corruption and foster democratic change. Online and social media continue to be the major platform for their activism....
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November 25, 2014 •
Media and Politics •
by Szabolcs Toth
Recent stories about Hungary in the western press have given the impression that Budapest, the capital, has been descending into a totalitarianism not seen in Europe since the invading horsemen of Genghis Khan. Criticism of the...
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September 25, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Stefan Antonov
The business partnership that has controlled most of Bulgaria’s media for the past seven years has split, following a reported dispute between the two oligarchs behind it. One, Tsvetan Vassilev, is in Serbia, awaiting extradition to...
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