Call for Application: Workshop & meeting to develop social media guidelines for Caribbean journalists

We are pleased to announce our upcoming workshop and meeting with UNESCO to develop social media guidelines for journalists and media organisations in the Caribbean.

PSM Weekly | 3-9 May

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

Sarajevo

Focus on PSM | Bosnia & Herzegovina

Difficult times lie ahead for PSM in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the public broadcaster faces possible closure due to political control, a lack of funding, and an inefficient licence fee collection systems.

Romania

Changes ahead for Romania’s public radio

Deemed ‘incompatible’ and accused of abuse of office, the head of Romania's public radio and its Board have been dismissed after Parliament rejected the company's reports.

PSM Weekly | World Press Freedom Day 2017

This week's roundup of public media relevant headlines places particular focus on global press freedom, with an introduction from PMA CEO, Sally-Ann Wilson.

News just in: in a digital world where entertainment is everywhere people want TV news

Stewart Purvis reflects on recent changes to a traditional evening news slot at UK broadcaster ITV and what it might tell us about audience preferences in the digital age.

Call for Papers: Framing War & Conflict

As part of a special issue of the Media, War and Conflict journal, the War and Media network are looking for papers that assess framing as a method for analysing contemporary war coverage.

Call for Papers: 10th Global Investigative Journalism Conference

This year's conference in Johannesburg will feature an "academic research track" focussing Investigative and Computer-Assisted Reporting Pedagogical Skills and Techniques.

Nordic Voices on Freedom of Expression

The Network for Journalists in the Nordic Countries (NJC) has released a fascinating collection of abstracts regarding freedom of expression in the region.

Recommended read: Broadcasting & National Imagination in Post-Communist Latvia

Defining the Nation, Defining Public Television