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ALGERIA: CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering unrest and elections in Algeria

CPJ: Protests are taking place across Algeria ahead of a presidential election that is scheduled to take place on December 12, according to reports. 


ALGERIA: Will Algeria disrupt internet access as election day nears?

Global Voices: Algeria has a poor press freedom record.


EGYPT: Egypt continues biggest wave of arrests of journalists since 2014

RSF: The list of journalists arrested in Egypt since the start of a wave of anti-government protests in September keeps on getting longer, with four more arrests in the past ten days. 


ETHIOPIA: In Collecting Nobel Prize, Ethiopia’s Leader Plans to Sidestep Media (Paywall)

The New York Times: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is too busy and too humble for news conferences, his spokeswoman says, but observers say he’s avoiding scrutiny over trouble at home.


ETHIOPIA: United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression (Report)

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GHANA: GBC Volta Star wins 2019 cultural radio program of the year

GBC News: “Ele afe le gbe” or “Our Culture Our Heritage”, a popular morning show on GBC’s Volta Star Radio in Ho was crowned winner of the 2019 Cultural Radio program at the first Ghana Arts and Culture Awards’ held in Accra.


MALAWI: Macra Lifts Suspension On Issuance of Radio Frequency Licences

Nyasa Times: Malawi Communications Authority (Macra) says it has lifted the suspension on issuance of radio frequency licences in the FM band of 87.5 to 108 MHz.


MALAWI: Media laments government’s unresponsiveness to their concerns

Malawi News Agency: Media has raised concern to government for overlooking their challenges. Zodiak Managing Director, Gospel Kazako made the remarks when Minister of Information, Communications Technology and Civic Education Mark Botoman visited  Zodiak Studio in Lilongwe on Monday. 


NIGERIA: Bills on hate speech and social media are dangerous attacks on freedom of expression

Deutsche Welle: The Nigerian Senate is currently considering two harsh bills relating to freedom of expression online, including one which proposes the death penalty for ‘hate speech.’ These bills, supported by the Nigerian government, represent an alarming escalation in the authorities’ attempts to censor and punish social media users for freely expressing their opinions, Amnesty International said today.


NIGERIA: Nigeria has been quietly crushing press freedom—but now the world is watching

Quartz: Worldwide condemnation has trailed Nigeria’s government the violent re-arrest of journalist and activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday (Dec. 6). It came less than 24 hours after Sowore and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare, were freed after 125 days in detention during which two courts had granted them bail. Government agents stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja, manhandled the journalist in full glare of world media.


SOUTH AFRICA: SABC pays outstanding debt to local content providers

SABC News: The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) says it has managed to pay the outstanding amounts owed to most of its local content providers. This follows a partial bailout received from government.


SUDAN: Sudan still awaits its press freedom revolution

RSF: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Sudan’s new authorities to encourage the emergence of independent journalism, which is essential if the country’s transition to democracy is to succeed.


TUNISIA: Multiple measures failed to control mis- and disinformation in Tunisia’s 2019 elections

Global Voices: Facebook’s Ad Library ‘failed to provide any measures of transparency’


REGIONAL: Africa’s Foremost Media Defence Lawyer Joins MFWA Board

MFWA: The Board of Directors of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has appointed one of Africa’s topmost human rights and media defence lawyers, Mr. Femi Falana, as a member of the Board of Directors of the organisation.


GENERAL: Call for Entries for SADC Media Awards (Opportunity)

SA News: The South African media has been invited to submit their entries for the 2020 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards competition.

BANGLADESH: Job uncertainty restricts journalists’ freedom in Bangladesh

Deutsche Welle: Bangladesh’s media industry has grown rapidly in the last decade, with new print and online media entering the market. But journalists are still deprived of professional rights that restrict their freedom to work.


HONG KONG: Situation for journalists continues to decline

IFJ: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has tracked over 108 media violations against the media in the last six months in Hong Kong. The IFJ denounces the unjust and brutal attacks against journalists by Hong Kong authorities.


JAPAN: Next president of NHK vows to create programs people can trust

The Japan Times: Terunobu Maeda, who has been named the next president of NHK, said Tuesday that he will focus on creating television programs the public can trust.


JAPAN: “NHK should reduce fee and reform” The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications received 26,000 opinions  (Japanese)

The Asahi Shimbun: Mrs. Sanae Takaichi, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, clarified on a conference after the cabinet meeting on the 10th that they have received 26,000 public opinions on the public comments conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications until the 8th over the simultaneous online distribution of NHK that broadcasts TV programs on the Internet at the same time.


JAPAN: NHK to cut online service budget as part of bid to start internet simulcasts 

The Japan Times: Responding to a request by the communications ministry, NHK will cut its budget for online services as part of its efforts to win government approval for simultaneous broadcasting of all of its television programs on the internet.


MYANMAR: Media freedom advocates seek changes to laws

Myanmar Times: Myanmar media freedom advocates have joined hands to seek amendments to seven laws, which they said are slowing the country’s transition to democracy.


PAKISTAN: Dawn’s Islamabad bureau besieged by protesters for the second time this week

Dawn: Protesters on Friday besieged Dawn’s Islamabad bureau — the second time this week — and chanted slogans against the media group and set copies of the newspaper on fire.


PAKISTAN: The decline of media freedom in Pakistan – A journalist tells his story (Opinion)

Deutsche Welle: The last two years have seen a rapid decline in media freedom in Pakistan. Senior journalists say the national media is witnessing one of the darkest periods in decades, writes DW’s Shahzeb Jilani.


PHILIPPINES: Did Malacañang say the press is free? (Opinion)

Rappler: He has made the threat at least twice before, in 2017 and 2018. But the 3rd time, he was more emphatic: “Ang iyong franchise mag-end next year. If you expect ma-renew ’yan, I’m sorry. I will see to it that you’re out.” (Your franchise will end next year. If you expect it to be renewed, I’m sorry. I will see to it that you’re out.) Rodrigo Duterte has made that threat against ABS-CBN practically every year since he became president.


PHILIPPINES: Duterte threatens ABS-CBN franchise renewal

IFJ: Philippines’ president, Rodrigo Duterte, has threatened to block the license renewal of the country’s largest broadcasting company, ABS-CBN. 


SINGAPORE: IMDA launches $20m fund to boost funding of regional media projects, like movies, in Singapore

Straits Times: To help boost how media projects in the region – be they television shows, animated features or movies – can be financed in Singapore, the Government is setting aside $20 million in a call for partners to jointly fund such projects.


SRI LANKA: Harassment of journalists surges in first days of Rajapaksa presidency

RSF: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) shares the concerns of Sri Lanka’s journalists about the searches, interrogations and acts of intimidation to which they have been subjected to since Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as president just two weeks ago. 


TAIWAN: Taiwan Gets Tough On Disinformation Suspected From China Ahead Of Elections

NPR: Eye Central Television is a popular satirical TV news show in Taiwan, with an active social media presence. One day in April, it received a Facebook message from someone using the name Tina Hsu, but this was no ordinary fan.


UZBEKISTAN: OSCE Media Freedom Representative Désir provides a legal review of Uzbekistan draft law “On Broadcasting” and recommends improvements to authorities

OSCE: The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, published today a legal review of the draft law “On Broadcasting”, of the Republic of Uzbekistan. This review was commissioned by his Office and prepared by Dmitri Golovanov, a legal counsel from the Russian Federation. The review was shared with Uzbekistan’s authorities at an earlier date.


GENERAL: Repression rules: Report finds freedoms under attack across Asia

Aljazeera: The assault on civil society and fundamental freedoms in Asia is getting worse, according to a new report from the civil rights group CIVICUS, which found only one of 25 territories in the region could be considered free.

AUSTRALIA: $40 million of benefits from shortwave: ABC Shortwave Review report released

Radio Info: The Department of Communications and the Arts (DOCA) has released its Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific, almost a year after it was submitted.


AUSTRALIA: ABC to grapple with budget freeze, 200 redundancies expected

Sydney Morning Herald: The ABC’s board and management will meet this week to decide on a five-year strategy that could see 200 jobs axed as budget pressure hits the public broadcaster.


AUSTRALIA: International Public Broadcasting: A missed opportunity for projecting Australia’s soft power (Opinion)

Lowy Institute: Since the first Lowy Institute report on international broadcasting in 2010, several global and regional powers have made major strategic investments to boost their international public broadcasters. During the same period, both the Australian government and the ABC have lost sight of the potential soft power role of international public broadcasting. 


NEW ZEALAND: Job losses expected as NZ’s broadcasting sector faces biggest overhaul in a decade

The Conversation: New Zealand’s broadcasting sector, both public and commercial, is facing the biggest structural upheaval in a decade.


NEW ZEALAND: New terrorism bill could breach press freedom

Newsroom: The Terrorism Suppression Bill, designed to deal with terrorists returning from overseas, has hit its latest speed bump as Amnesty International raises concerns it could be used to stifle press freedom, Marc Daalder reports


REGIONAL: Civic rights eroding in the Pacific – report

RNZ: Some Pacific governments are trying to restrict the media and silence opposition voices, says a new report from global civil society alliance Civicus.

ALBANIA: EFJ/IFJ urge Parliament to reject online media law

IFJ: The Albenian government is set on passing a new “anti-defamation” media law package on December 19. The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ/IFJ) backed calls of their affiliate in Albania (APJA) to reject the two draft laws threatening freedom of expression and media freedom.


BELGIUM: Listen to the winning report of the Francophone Public Media Journalism Award (French – Listen)

France Info: An international jury of around 100 listeners nominated the best report of the year in French on a public service radio – this year’s winner comes from Belgium’s RTBF. 


FRANCE: A French Police Union Releases a List of Journalists Described as Enemies of the National Police

COE: On 7 December 2019, the Independent Union of Police Commissioners (Syndicat Indépendant des Commissaires de Police – SICP) posted a message on the social network Twitter naming five French journalists (David Dufresne, Taha Bouhafs, Gaspard Glanz, “The General” and Alexis Poulin) as “the main actors” in the “fight against National Police” in France.


FRANCE: Interview with a trade union organization, representative of Radio France (French – Listen)

Radio France: The causes of the social movement at Radio France: how is it concretely implemented in newsrooms? Many listeners ask questions about it, to answer it, Lionel Thompson, journalist with France Inter, elected CGT on the Board of Directors of Radio France is at the microphone of the mediator Emmanuelle Daviet.


FRANCE: Radio France confirms its commitment to better representativeness of disability in the media (French)

Radio France: Bruno Laforestrie, President of the Diversity and Equality Committee of Radio France, signed this Tuesday, December 3, the Charter on the Representation of Persons with Disabilities and Disability in the Audiovisual Media


GERMANY: ARD to offer exclusive streaming content to compete with Netflix, Amazon 

Telecompaper: German public broadcaster ARD plans to further expand its streaming offer in 2020 to compete with providers such as Netflix, Amazon and Disney, Heise Online reports. 


GERMANY: Söder calls for agreement on broadcasting (German)

BR24: According to the Bavarian Prime Minister, a strong public service broadcasting in Germany is still urgently needed. For this reason, in BR Television he called on the federal states to agree to the increase in contributions.


GERMANY: Spongy rules for the digital world (German)

Deutschlandfunk: For the first time, the new Media State Treaty specifically refers to digital services such as YouTube, Facebook, Spotify or smart televisions. That these are taken more into account, is correct, comments Christoph Sterz. However, the rules would come very late and should be more specific.


HUNGARY: New report: Hungary dismantles media freedom and pluralism

IPI: International coalition warns of spread of Orbán’s “illiberal” media model across region


IRELAND: Govt to establish public service broadcasting commission

RTÉ: The Government is to establish a Commission on the Future of Irish Public Service Broadcasting. Minister for Communications Richard Bruton said the commission will consider how to best deliver and fund public service broadcasting into the future.


LATVIA: Latvia to make contribution to Global Media Defense Fund

LSM: On 3 December 2019, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers approved a draft resolution prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that will mean Latva pays contributions to various international organizations from the Foreign Ministry’s budget.


MONTENEGRO: BIRN Fact-check: Is Montenegro really frontrunner for EU membership?

Balkan Insight: Montenegro’s government says the European Commission recognises the ‘clear progress’ it is making on the path to EU accession, but a closer look at the assessments issued by Brussels suggests little has changed in key areas of rule-of-law.


NORWAY: Norwegian govt proposes new media funding council (Paywall)

Telecompaper: The Norwegian Ministry of Culture is running a consultation concerning recommendations for media support with a deadline for comments of 17 January 2020. There are three main elements. They are to establish a long-term framework with a four-year directive guidance, facilitate policy by reviewing funding in budget proposals every four years, and set up an independent Media Support Council.


SLOVAKIA: Slovakia ruling party official attacks female journalists online

IPI: The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned a series of online attacks and smear attempts on women journalists in Slovakia by public officials linked to the ruling Smer – SD party.


SPAIN: RTVE asks the unions to renegotiate and reconsider the calls called on Lottery and New Year’s Eve (Spanish)

InfoLibre: RTVE has expressed on Friday its willingness to “resume” the negotiations with the unions regarding the application of the day of 37.5 hours per week in case they “reconsider” their call for strike and stoppages for December 22 and 31 , coinciding with the National Lottery and the New Year Campaigns, and also for January 8.


SPAIN: RTVE paid more than 682 million for producer content since 2015 (Spanish)

La Vanguardia: RTVE has paid from 2015 to November 2019 a total of 682.5 million euros to different producers to buy television content, being Shine Iberia, Boomerang TV, Grupo Ganga and Plano a Plano the companies that more money they have received from the public corporation for these sales.


SPAIN: Telefonica and RTVE conduct first remote broadcast using edge computing (Paywall)

Telecompaper: Telefonica teamed up with Spanish state broadcaster RTVE to carry out an edge computing trial that replaces live TV trucks with a simple connection. The technology enabled the partners to stream Radio 3’s “La Radio es Sueno” (Radio is a Dream) fictional soundtrack show from Madrid’s Matadero cultural centre in real time with a low latency of between 3-5 milliseconds.


UK: General election 2019: Johnson ‘could look at’ abolishing BBC licence fee

BBC News: Boris Johnson has said the possible abolition of the BBC licence fee needs “looking at”.


UK: Going further in building a creative, inclusive BBC

BBC: The BBC is today stepping up its commitment to rapidly increase BAME representation at senior levels of the organisation and develop a new generation of talented leaders.


GENERAL: Call for respect for press freedom and journalistic independence in Europe

EFJ: At the conference it is organising in Paris on 6 December, the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) joined forces with other organisations defending press freedom to call on European institutions and governments to adopt effective measures to protect the Fourth estate for the sake of democracy. 


GENERAL: Dragomir on Media Capture

CMDS: The Ethical Journalism Network, in collaboration with Norwegian PEN, organized a panel discussion on the ‘Challenges to the media in Central Eastern Europe’, on December 5, in Oslo, Norway. The panelists, including Marius Dragomir, Director of the Center for Media, Data and Society, talked about key issues faced by journalists in the region and looked at the increasingly problematic relationship between media and democracy across Europe and around the world.


GENERAL: Media capture: toolkit for 21st century autocrats (Italian – Opinion)

OBC Transeuropa: After the Cold War, freedom of expression seemed to have emerged victorious in many places. What if the powerful were instead exploiting the “abundance of information” to find new ways to suffocate you, overturning the principles of freedom of expression to crush dissent and acting in a sufficiently anonymous way to claim the opposite?


GENERAL: Media expert Hendrik Sittig: ‘Broadcasters in South-East Europe are getting politically influenced’  (Opinion)

Deutsche Welle (DW): The dependence of the public media in South East Europe on the ruling structures is still very strong. Germany could be a model for more social representation, says Hendrik Sittig in a DW interview.

ARGENTINA: FOPEA awarded the best journalism research papers (Spanish) 

FOPEA: The sixth edition of the FOPEA Prize for Investigative Journalism culminated with awards being given for work that investigated child abuse in institutions belonging to the Catholic Church, femicides, environmental crimes and corruption of public officials. 


BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro mayor threatens journalists and announces newspaper boycott after report on alleged bribe payments

Knight Centre for Journalism in the Americas:The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella, severed city hall’s relations with newspaper O Globo, the largest in the city and edited by Grupo Globo, the largest communication group in the country. 


BRAZIL: Bolsonaro government excludes Folha de S. Paulo from bidding and president recommends Brazilians “not buy the newspaper” (Portuguese) 

Folha de S. Paulo: Brazil’s Secretary of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic, Fábio Wajngarten, accused Folha de S. Paulo of “defending a conspiracy for the exit” of President Jair Bolsonaro. The Brazilian president said he no longer wants to read the newspaper and recommended “to all Brazil here not to buy the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.


COLOMBIA: FLIP rejects huge increase in illegal arrests of journalists (Spanish)

FLIP: The FLIP expresses its grave concern and rejection of the huge increase in illegal detentions by the National Police to reporters in several cities of the country. 


GUATEMALA: Prosecutor in Guatemala seeks to guarantee the safety of journalists (Spanish) 

Prensa Latina: The Prosecutor’s Office of Crimes Against Journalists was inaugurated on December 6 by the Guatemalan Public Ministry to guarantee the security of the sector, which records 392 complaints of attacks in the last four years. 


NICARAGUA: Press Freedom Still Under Attack in Nicaragua

Human Rights Watch: On December 21, 2018, in one of the Ortega regime’s most brutal attacks on freedom of expression, National Police raided the offices of 100% Noticias­, Nicaragua’s only 24-hour independent news channel covering the repression.  


PERU: Peruvian investigative site Ojo Público develops algorithm to track possible acts of corruption

Knight Centre for Journalism in the Americas: An algorithm against corruption developed by the Peruvian investigative journalism site Ojo Público identified that 40 percent of public contracts in Peru, between 2015 and 2018, have a risk of corruption.


TRINIDAD: IPI concerned about threats (Paywall) 

Trinidad Express: The International Press Institute (IPI) has written to National Security Minister Stuart Young expressing its concern over “veiled threats and intimidation” of journalists by Police Commissioner Gary Griffith.


VENEZUELA: More than 1,000 press freedom violations were recorded between January and November in Venezuela (Spanish) 

El Nacional: The freedom of the press in Venezuela was violated more than 1,100 times between the months of January and November in 2019. The National College of Journalists (NPC) recently released a report detailing these findings. 


GENERAL: Latin American media: under control of families, economic and political elites

RSF: Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) “Who controls the media in Latin America?” will be launched in December in Brazil by the Reporters Without Borders and Intervozes organizations


GENERAL: A ‘policy of punishment’ – blinding protesters and silencing the press

IFEX: Protests continued to take place in almost a dozen countries across Latin America in November. Despite having very diverse origins and dynamics, protests in the region share some common traits: the violence with which they have been repressed; police and armed forces’ poor adherence to rules of engagement and behaviour protocols; a lack of accountability; and a serious disrespect for international human rights standards. 

IRAN: BBC Persian makes urgent appeal to UN as harassment spikes during Iran protests

BBC: The harassment of BBC Persian staff and their families in Iran has been stepped up during protests in the country, the UN has heard.


IRAN: Special meeting following Government threats against Iranian journalists working abroad

IFJ: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will hold a special meeting on the issue of recent governmental and security threats to the Iranian journalists working abroad.


IRAQ: In Iraq, the media falls under the blows of power (French)

France24: Accused of the power to fuel the protest movement, a dozen media were forced to shut the door. The decision, taken by the Iraqi Commission for Media and Communications, fuels the anger of journalists in this country, among the least free according to Reporters Without Borders.


ISRAEL & PALESTINE: Israel arrests Palestine TV crews in Jerusalem

Middle East Monitor: Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestine TV crew in Jerusalem this morning after confiscating their cameras and broadcast equipment.


LEBANON: Lebanon’s journalists suffer abuse, threats covering unrest

Arab News: The deteriorating situation for journalists in Lebanon comes despite its decades-old reputation for being an island of free press in the Arab world


PALESTINE: 78 attacks against media freedoms in Palestine committed in November including one Palestinian violation

MADA Center: The number of documented attacks committed against media freedoms in Palestine during November 2019 totaled 78. 


SAUDI ARABIA: As Saudis take over G20 presidency, they still hold 32 journalists, RSF says 

RSF: Saudi Arabia officially took over the G20 presidency yesterday but it continues to spy on and persecute journalists and bloggers, as last week’s wave of arrests showed, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said today.


TURKEY: Press freedom in Turkey: Repression is all too real

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CANADA: Public broadcasters unite to fight disinformation

CBC/Radio-Canada: CBC/Radio-Canada has announced that public service media organizations including CBC/Radio-Canada from seven democratic nations, agreed to new joint action against disinformation. 


US: In FCC proceeding, APTS makes case for aiding FirstNet (Paywall)

Current: America’s Public Television Stations is turning to an FCC rulemaking in an attempt to aid its five-year quest to involve public TV stations in a new national emergency communications system.


US: NPR is still expanding the range of what authority sounds like after 50 years

The Conversation: From its start half a century ago, National Public Radio heralded a new approach to the sound of radio in the United States. NPR “would speak with many voices and many dialects,” according to “Purposes,” its founding document.


US: PBS Names Maximilian Duke Vice President, Station Strategy and Development

PBS: PBS announced that Maximilian Duke has been promoted to the newly created role of Vice President of Station Strategy and Development. In this role, he will create and execute strategies for building station capacity, supporting leadership development and enhancing critical skills for station staff members.


US: PBS Names Jill Patrone Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

PBS: PBS announced that Jill Patrone has been promoted to the position of Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, reporting to Chief Legal Officer Katherine Lauderdale.


US: The IFCN announces updates to its Code of Principles

Poynter Institute: An updated version of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)’s 2016 Code of Principles has been approved by an overwhelming majority of IFCN’s signatories and will be introduced worldwide in March 2020.


US: U.S. fact-checkers gear up for 2020 campaign with 50 active platforms

Poynter Institute: With the U.S. election now less than a year away, at least four dozen American fact-checking projects plan to keep tabs on claims by candidates and their supporters – and a majority of those fact-checkers won’t be focused on the presidential campaign. 


US: I Want My Public Radio: The Reason Why NPR Remains Successful (Blog) 

Yahoo News: Radio historian Jason Loviglio writes about the medium’s unique blend of intimate voices and public address as NPR’s 50th anniversary approaches. 

Algorithmically turbo-charged journalism (Listen)

RNZ: Virtual newsreaders, stock reports and election results written up by algorithms, and news organisations dishing up articles based on what you’ve clicked on are all examples of artificial intelligence in action.


DG7 International Public Service Media Organizations launch project against disinformation

Deutsche Welle: At its annual meeting, this year held in Berlin, from December 1 to 3, the DG7 group decided to join forces to further develop technologies for validation and verification of journalistic content in the digital domain.


Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low, study says

Columbia Journalism Review: According to a new report from the UK-based charity Article 19, freedom of expression has reached a ten-year low globally, as a result of what the report calls “digital authoritarianism” and threats against journalists.


IFJ Marks Human Rights Day by Highlighting 49 Killings of Journalists Worldwide

IFJ: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today marked Human Rights Day (December, 10) by condemning violations of the rights and freedoms of journalists and media professionals, which have become routine around the world.


Immersive Sound: Looking Back And At What Lies Ahead

TV Technology: The last decade saw major changes in audio technology.`


PSBs take the lead in gender-balanced workplaces 

Rapid TV News: Research from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has shown its public service broadcasters are at the vanguard of gender equality and providing strong role models for women in media.


What can be done? Digital Media Policy Options for Europe (and beyond) (Report)

RISJ: Here’s what the new Commission and the member states could do to promote independent, professional journalism in the EU.


Worried about post-trauma disorders, fact-checkers in India set guidelines for self-care

Poynter: Working with traumatic imagery is a daily routine for fact-checkers in India.


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