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Media Freedom in the Western Balkans: Challenges in the Framework of EU Enlargement
MFRR: Free and independent media are vital for ensuring citizens’ right to information and holding power accountable, forming a pillar of democracy. In recent years, the Media Freedom Rapid Response has noted declining media freedom across EU states and candidate countries, with political interference, lack of media ownership transparency, poor working conditions, and threats against journalists among the key concerns.
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Podcast ‘Silenced’: Ukrainian journalist Anna Myroniuk
Article19: It’s 23 February 2022 and investigative journalist Anna Myroniuk is at home in Ukraine’s capital Kiev, watching history unfold. President Putin has taken to the airwaves, delivering an address that any Ukrainian would immediately recognise as a declaration of war.
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ERITREA: Radio Erena: Eritrea’s only independent media faces funding challenges (Watch)
France 24: In Eritrea, one of the world’s most repressive countries, a tiny independent radio station broadcasting from a Paris apartment has become a beacon of hope. Transmitting trusted news for the past 15 years from a studio tucked away in the French capital’s 13th district, Radio Erena — Eritrea’s only independent media — is now under threat and risks going off the air due to lack of funding.
ERITREA: World’s longest detained journalist wins rights prize
BBC: A journalist detained in Eritrean prison without trial for 23 years has won a Swedish human rights prize for his commitment to freedom of expression.
ETHIOPIA: Journalists and Rights Groups Condemn Ethiopia’s New Media Law
Ethio Negari: The recent reforms to Ethiopia’s media law have sparked criticism from various media, legal, and human rights organizations, which are calling for a more inclusive and urgent public discussion on the amendment bill.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: RSF is outraged by the murder of Yoshua Kambere Machozi, host of a community radio station in North Kivu
RSF: Congolese radio journalist Yoshua Kambere Machozi was arrested by members of the rebel group M23 (23 March Movement) on 29 October and found dead eight days later, according to our information.
GHANA: Combating disinformation ahead of Ghana’s December elections
Global Voices: False information can shape public perception and influence election outcomes
Modern Ghana: Participants of a conference on media and women’s empowerment in Ghana have called on the media to champion the implementation of Ghana’s Affirmative Action Law, cautioning against complacency, as the passage of the law is only a first step towards gender equality in the country.
KENYA: High Court bars Communications Authority from interfering with TV content
The Eastleigh Voice: The high court has restrained the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) from interfering with television programmes that pose a threat of state censorship of media under the guise of content regulation.
MALI: Mali bans media coverage of political parties: official
The Eastleigh Voice: Mali’s military-dominated authorities on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties, a day after suspending their activities.
MOROCCO: Morocco court sentences journalist to 18 months for defaming justice minister
Jurist: The Rabat Court of First Instance sentenced journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui on Monday to 18 months in prison for defamation against Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahb. The verdict also includes a civil compensation of approximately USD$150,000 to the justice minister.
MOZAMBIQUE: Mozambique’s journalists are trapped in post-election violence
RSF: The political turbulence rocking Mozambique since the start of the protests against fraud in the general elections, which were held on 9 October, has made journalism a dangerous practice.
RWANDA: Financial constraints hindering Rwanda’s media growth
The New Times: Rwanda’s media sector continues to face financial challenges that hinder its growth, according to the 2024 Rwanda Media Barometer by Rwanda Governance Board (RGB).
SENEGAL: Government calls for professionalisation of media (French)
APA News: The Senegalese Minister of Communication called on Thursday for the professionalisation of the country’s media and the establishment of a formal framework for consultation and monitoring.
SIERRA LEONE: European Union and SLAJ conclude Green Journalism Training: Empowering Journalists to Lead Environmental Change in Sierra Leone (Press release)
Delegation of the European Union to Sierra Leone: Twenty-two journalists from media outlets across Sierra Leone and three influencers have completed an intensive Green Journalism Training, in partnership with the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and facilitated by Initiatives for Media Development (IMdev) with funding from the European Union.
SOUTH AFRICA: Committee gives Malatsi ultimatum regarding SABC Bill
SABC News: Parliament’s Communications and Digital Technologies Committee Chairperson Khusela Diko says they will consider introducing a Committee Bill or entertain a private members Bill, if Minister Solly Malatsi does not reintroduce the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Bill before the end of the financial year.
SOUTH AFRICA: Solly Malatsi withdraws contentious SABC Bill
Tech Central: Communications minister Solly Malatsi has withdrawn the SABC Bill, arguing it does not adequately address the public broadcaster’s funding model.
SOUTH AFRICA: Withdrawal of bill puts SABC at risk of collapse: Diko
Tech Central: Khusela Diko, chair of parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, has slammed minister Solly Malatsi’s decision to withdraw the SABC Bill.
SUDAN: Cyber attacks, the latest weapon in Sudan’s war on media
Dabanga: The warring factions in Sudan are leveraging cyber attacks against independent media they cannot reach physically. Last month, the digital newspaper Sudanile thwarted a serious hacking attempt that took down its website for a week.
WEST AFRICA: MFWA, Dubawa and Ghana Fact establish Ghana Fact-checking Coalition ahead of December elections
MFWA: The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Dubawa, FactSpace West Africa and other civil society organisations working on information hygiene, integrity and resilience in Ghana have formed the Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition.
REGIONAL: GIJN Webinar: How Africa Connects to Your Story: Investigating Multinational Misconduct, Natural Resource Exploitation, and Impunity Beyond Borders (Event – 26 November)
GIJN: As an extension of its Africa Focus Week series (coming up on November 18 to 22), GIJN is excited to bring you this webinar in which African journalists who have done impactful collaborative investigations discuss how to connect the dots between Africa and your next watchdog story.
REGIONAL: Investigative journalism in Africa: collaborating across borders (Listen – French)
RFI: With global networks becoming more complex and newsrooms increasingly resource-poor, investigative work is increasingly being done in teams, with collaborations emerging across the continent.
REGIONAL: Investigative journalism in Africa: the role of AI in question (Listen – French)
RFI: The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, hosted the annual conference on investigative journalism in Africa last October. At the heart of the discussions: the use of new technologies to dig deeper into investigations, and in particular the role of artificial intelligence.
REGIONAL: Press freedom in the Sahel: ‘We must put an end to impunity for attacks on journalists’. (French)
RFI: On 7 November 2024 in Addis Ababa, at the end of a summit co-organised by the African Union (AU) and UNESCO, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the Sahel states to sign a ‘Declaration on the right to information in the zone’. The NGO points out that journalists there are particularly victims of ‘acts of violence and intimidation’.
AZERBAIJAN: Azerbaijan accused of ramping up repression of critics ahead of hosting UN climate summit
WGN9: As representatives from nearly 200 countries, along with hundreds of journalists, arrived in Azerbaijan in November for the U.N. climate conference known this year as COP29, they bring with them a level of scrutiny the hosts aren’t accustomed to — and don’t often tolerate.
RSF: The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, a resource-rich country notorious for its violent crackdown on free and independent press.
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh interim government revokes credentials of 50 journalists
VOA: The Bangladesh government has revoked the press credentials of dozens of journalists in a move that critics call an “alarming” form of censorship.
CAMBODIA: After his arrest for Facebook posts, a Cambodian reporter says he will become a farmer instead
AP: It’s tough being a reporter in Cambodia, whose government frowns on independent journalism that questions authority.
CHINA: China journalism award for English story signals drive to shape narrative
Nikkei Asia: China’s Communist Party-controlled journalism association has bestowed its top annual reporting award to an English-language article by state news agency Xinhua on President Xi Jinping’s reelection — potentially reflecting the government’s emphasis on shaping global perceptions.
CHINA: When horror hits China, the first instinct is shut it down
BBC: “Only security guards appeared to be moving around behind the fence when the BBC arrived, and they had been ordered to keep an eye out for reporters.”
HONG KONG: RSF’s Collateral Freedom technology restores access to the website of exiled media Flow HK
RSF: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) used its mirror site technology “Collateral Freedom” to restore online access to Flow HK, Hong Kong media exiled in Taiwan, which was blocked by the Hong Kong authorities two weeks ago.
MALAYSIA: Code of conduct: One-month deadline for social media firms to respond, says Fahmi
The Edge: Social media platform providers have been given a one-month deadline to respond to the code of conduct, after which they will be required to register with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for licensing purposes, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.
MONGOLIA: Mongolian appeals court upholds sentence against critical journalist
VOA: Unurtsetseg, editor-in-chief of the news site Zarig, was sentenced in July to four years and nine months in prison during a closed-door trial.
TAIWAN: Politician grabs media worker in legislature.
IFJ: On November 6, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Chung Chia-pin, aggressively checked the identification of China Times News Network reporter Guo Jiquan, grabbing at his interview pass and questioning his identity as a reporter.
TAIWAN: TaiwanPlus used the word “a convicted felon” when reporting on the US presidential election-elect Trump (Press release)
PTS: In response to external reports that TaiwanPlus used the term “convicted felon” (a convicted felon) when reporting on the US presidential election-elect Trump, TaiwanPlus pointed out that this descriptor is commonly used by public media around the world and there is no problem. The recent controversial news was that the word was used in an inappropriate narrative context, so the film was temporarily removed from the shelves, pending further discussion at the Public Television Foundation Self-Discipline Committee to be held on Thursday.
UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan to subject media, songs and films to ‘moral scrutiny’
RTBF: Authorities in Uzbekistan will soon introduce a ” moral review ” of the content of media, songs and films before their publication, a state news agency announced on Monday.
VIETNAM: Vietnam Orders Social Media Companies to Provide User Identities
Bloomberg: Vietnam is ordering social media platforms to verify the accounts of users and provide their identities to authorities on demand, a move to tighten government control of social media.
REGIONAL: Impunity continues to threaten the work of journalists across Southeast Asia
Global Voices: Harassment, state-backed attacks, arbitrary detention, media killings persist in the region
AUSTRALIA: Australia plans social media ban for under-16s
BBC News: Australia’s government says it will introduce “world-leading” legislation to ban children under 16 from social media.
AUSTRALIA: Fears for local news diversity if rightwing startup buys Southern Cross regional TV network
The Guardian: Fringe news streaming channel ADH TV, which launched with Alan Jones at the helm, confirms offer for 93 regional free-to-air stations.
AUSTRALIA: How should Australian media cover the next federal election? Lessons from the US presidential race
The Conversation: Media coverage in Australia of the US presidential election and of the Voice referendum in October 2023 offer some pointers to what we might expect during next year’s federal election campaign.
NEW ZEALAND: Fair news bargaining bill in limbo as minister says it is not ready
RNZ: The government has pushed out the second reading of the Fair News Digital Bargaining Bill, because the minister responsible says it is not ready.
NEW ZEALAND: Government reverses decision to bar journalist from abuse apology at Parliament
RNZ: An investigative journalist who was barred from attending the national apology to survivors of abuse in care has now been granted accreditation.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Promoting Papua New Guinea languages through social media
PMN: Waikato University law student, Ukau’u Kathryn Omae, says TikTok is one of the most effective tools in promoting the Tok Pisin language of PNG among young people in Aotearoa.
AUSTRIA: Former manager against ORF: External commission sees discrimination (German)
Der Standard: The “women’s issue” is a major concern for him, emphasized the technical director of the ORF, Harald Kräuter, on Monday before the Labor and Social Court in Vienna. And yet he has been called to the witness stand here today because a former media manager is suing the ORF for discrimination.
BELGIUM: Freedom of the press: do judges know the Constitution? (French)
RTBF: In recent weeks, our country has been marked by several legal proceedings hindering freedom of the press. Decisions that go beyond articles of the Belgian Constitution.
BELGIUM: RTBF’s Board of Directors continues to be a headache (French)
Le Soir: The names of the candidates to be put forward by the MR to sit on the Board of Directors of the public broadcaster were not yet known by the deadline of Tuesday evening.
BELGIUM: VRT and RTBF Host Tafelspitz: Shaping the Future of Public Service Media in Europe (Press release)
VRT International: VRT and RTBF had the pleasure of hosting #Tafelspitz, an informal gathering of CEOs and European affairs managers from public broadcasters in Western and Northern Europe.
FINLAND: Fierce debate on live broadcast: CEOs of Yle and Medialiito disagree on Yle’s cuts (Finnish)
Yle: The biggest cuts in Yle’s hundred-year-old history, EUR 66 million, and the change negotiations for almost 1,800 Yle were announced two days earlier. 375 people are at risk of being fired in the first round of negotiations.
FINLAND: The Yle 100 research program is expanding – now we’re digging deeper into Svenska Yle (Finnish)
Yle: The first volume of the Yle 100 research project will be published in spring 2025. The latest sub-project is a study on Svenska Yle and its importance in the Finnish media field.
FINLAND: Yle establishes a team whose task is to verify information (Finnish)
Yle: The verification team verifies information by, among other things, examining videos and images. The work combines technical and journalistic expertise and an understanding of open source intelligence.
GERMANY: Media women demand “discriminatory and gender-sensitive handling of AI” (Press release – Germany)
Deutschlandradio: “The gender problem of AI” – that was the topic of the final panel of the 46th autumn meeting of media women in Bonn. The meeting ended with the adoption of a resolution, also with a focus on artificial intelligence.
ITALY: “The Challenges of Public Service” (Speech)
Rai: “My hope is to find a common path that can take into account the role of Rai in the industrial and cultural context of our nation and that can personalize every type of reform intervention, without showing subservience to European models that, however historically virtuous, are not proving to be free from crisis today.”
ITALY: The Rai reform between proposals, fears and attempts at dialogue (Italian)
Il Giornale: EU law to come into force soon. Parties seek rapid agreement
ISLE OF MAN: DoI made multiple failings when refusing FoI request
Manx Radio: The Department of Infrastructure made multiple failings in responding to a Freedom of Information request from Manx Radio.
THE NETHERLANDS: Concerns about transposition of EU anti-SLAPP Directive
IPI: Draft implementation act does not provide sufficient safeguards to protect journalists, 25 organizations warn
THE NETHERLANDS: Invisible on TV: Media Authority calls for real representation of women and people with disabilities (Report – Dutch)
CVDM: Women and people with disabilities are underrepresented on Dutch television. This is evident from the 2023 Representation Monitor of the Commissariat for the Media, commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
THE NETHERLANDS: Public broadcaster launches first joint campaign with all broadcasters: The place of all of us (Press release – Dutch)
NPO: This Dutch heritage, but also the quality of and connection through public broadcasting are central to “The place of us all”: the first joint campaign of all broadcasters. The campaign, consisting of over 100 recognizable and defining fragments, can be seen and heard on public television and radio channels from today.
NORWAY: Jostein Olseng will be the new external manager at NRK (Press release – Norwegian)
NRK: Olseng will have overall responsibility for NRK’s cooperation with external content providers, and ensure that NRK secures the best content from the Norwegian production environment.
POLAND: Together against SLAPPs
Article19: As part of the Polish Anti-SLAPP Working Group, ARTICLE 19, along with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Citizens Network Watchdog Poland, has developed legal analysis to support the domestic legislative process. This analysis outlines crucial reforms needed to ensure robust protections for civil society in Poland against abusive litigation.
RUSSIA: Deciphering the Mechanics of Media Policy Creation in Russia (Study)
Journalism Research: New study released today offers insights into the influences shaping media policy in Russia.
RSF: The attacks on Serbian media covering the anti-government protests after the deadly accident at the Novi Sad railway station have once again highlighted the dangers faced by those reporting in public interest.
SLOVAKIA: SNS criticized Hlas for violating the agreement on the election of STVR management members (Slovak)
SME.sk: The head of the cultural committee emphasized that without the functioning of the STVR Council, it is not possible to announce the selection process for the new general director of the television and radio station, and it is also not possible to adopt the budget.
SLOVAKIA: The strike committee remains on strike alert even after the end of the dialogue on the part of the TV and radio management (Slovak)
SME.sk: The authorized management of Slovak Television and Radio (STVR) has decided to end the dialogue with the Strike Committee of the initiative of employees and collaborators of STVR.
SPAIN: Government decree threatens independence of public service broadcaster
Article19: The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium expresses concern over Spain’s recent decree lowering the majority required to appoint board members for RTVE, the national public service broadcasters, risking increased political control.
SWEDEN: SR takes over threatened library (Swedish)
Dagens Nyheter: The closure of the public service companies’ joint research department and library was described as a “sword thrust” in the public service’s heart. Now Sveriges Radio takes over and continues to run the business.
SWITZERLAND: Exchange and multilingualism at SRG and Movetia (Press release – German)
SRG SSR: SRG is supporting the event as a media partner and is simultaneously conducting a moderation exchange between the company units.
UK: A Very British Success Story: The PSBs at the heart of UK creativity (Speech – Press release)
BBC: Leeds Conservatoire address by BBC Chair, Samir Shah CBE.
UK: BBC chair suggests ending ‘odd’ 10-year charter renewal
BBC: The system of renewing the BBC’s royal charter every 10 years is “really odd” and should be scrapped, the broadcaster’s chair has said.
UK: BBC’s investment in Digbeth and wider West Midlands to bring £282 million and hundreds of jobs over the next decade (Press release)
BBC: A new report forecasts that the BBC’s commitment to the West Midlands will bring an additional £282m in gross value added (GVA) to the region
UKRAINE: Together We Learn & Grow: contest for Ukrainian regional and local journalists and bloggers (Opportunity)
Eu Neighbours East: The EU Delegation to Ukraine, together with partners the Institute of Mass Information and Detector Media, has launched a contest for regional media journalists as part of the communication campaign ‘Together We Learn & Grow’.
REGIONAL: Media capture, the European Media Freedom Act, and the assessment of political control of the media in the Media Pluralism Monitor (Blog)
Centre for Media Pluralisme and Media Freedom: This blog post discusses the evolution of the media capture phenomenon, how the recently adopted European Media Freedom Act will address the related risks, and how the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) developed by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom will monitor its impact accordingly.
RSF: This Friday, 8 November, Article 3 of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) will come into force.
REGIONAL: Trump’s election should prompt Europe to better protect journalists
EFJ: More than ever before, in Europe, and everywhere else in the world, the profession must stand firmly in defense of a robust press that can report the facts freely and hold power to account safely.
ARGENTINA: “They did me terrible harm”: the drama of the journalist wrongly detained and denounced by Patricia Bullrich (Spanish)
Pagina 12: Last Sunday, Marco Antonio Centurión was intercepted by the police at the Rosario Central stadium after he was identified as the alleged leader of a gang that distributed child pornography. The minister celebrated the news on social media.
LatAm Journalism Review: “I don’t know what it’s like to write without being attacked.” This is the testimony of an Argentine journalist quoted anonymously in a new study on the reality many professionals face in the Latin American country that has made the most progress in women’s rights over the last decade.
BRAZIL: EBC journalists win equal pay in Career Plan after historic strike
FENAJ: After much struggle and a historic strike that paralyzed EBC journalism for 12 days, including during the first round of elections, journalists at the public company won equal pay for senior positions in the proposal for a new Job and Remuneration Plan (PCR). The company officially unified the salary scales for senior employees in a meeting held with unions this Monday (4).
CHILE: Fake Alert: TVN and the Encuentros del Futuro Foundation join forces to combat disinformation
TVN: Strategic alliance to promote an informed audience aware of the effects of misinformation.
PERU: “It Happened in Peru” celebrates 24 years connecting generations with the country’s history (Press release)
IRTP: The National Institute of Radio and Television of Peru (IRTP) highlights the 24th anniversary of “Sucedió en el Perú”, TVPerú’s flagship program, which has maintained its original commitment since its first broadcast: to be a bridge between history, the knowledge of the most distinguished intellectuals and the public of various ages.
BOLIVIA: RSF denounces the violent attacks against at least 25 journalists covering the mass protests
RSF: Widespread protests and road blockades have been causing turmoil in Bolivia since October, and journalists attempting to cover the situation have been attacked with shocking aggression.
COLOMBIA: For the first time, Colombian National Radio broadcasts from El Plateado to the entire country (Press Release)
RTVC: The President of Colombia supported the arrival of the Public Media System to El Plateado (Cauca), to install the Radio Nacional de Colombia station, on the 91.6 FM frequency , supporting the project of transformation of the territory that is headed by the National Government and that seeks to generate confidence of the inhabitants towards the State entities.
COLOMBIA: ‘Opinion Nights’ from El Plateado supporting peace building and giving voice to its inhabitants (Press Release)
RTVC: The Public Media System is located in El Plateado and the program ‘Noches de Opinión’, from Señal Colombia, was broadcast from this territory of the Micay Canyon, as part of its mission to accompany communities and support peace building in territories that have historically suffered the effects of armed conflict.
MEXICO: Prodheg investigates assault on journalist Humberto Gutiérrez (Spanish)
La Jornada: The Human Rights Ombudsman of the State of Guanajuato (Prodheg) filed an official complaint regarding the arrest and physical assault suffered by journalist Humberto Gutiérrez at the hands of Irapuato police while he was covering a traffic accident.
URUGUAY: Uruguay forms Roundtable for the Safety of Journalists
Latin America Reports: Uruguay’s Supreme Court announced in October that it would support the formation of a Roundtable for the Safety of Journalists in the country. The announcement came amid an uptick in isolated cases of aggression against the media.
LatAm Journalism Review: It’s been three months since Venezuela experienced an unprecedented wave of repression against journalists, following authorities’ declaring Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential elections in late July, amid controversy and without publishing official results.
ISRAEL: EBU urges Israel to keep public broadcaster budget out of government control
EBU: To protect the value of independent public media, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) calls for an end to efforts in Israel to bring the budget of the public broadcaster KAN under direct government control.
LEBANON & PALESTINE: Statement on the targeting and killing of journalists in Palestine and Lebanon (Statement)
IFEX: We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese journalists bravely reporting amid life-threatening risks and demand that all governments, press freedom organisations, and human rights bodies take concrete steps to ensure their protection.
TURKEY: Journalism in Türkiye faces another witch hunt
The European Correspondent: With the passing of this law, censorship, repression, and arbitrary arrests which have been occurring in an unconstitutional manner for some time – will effectively be ‘legalised’. Civil society representatives and journalists warn that the bill’s vague language could signal the start of a new “witch hunt.”
TURKEY: Listeners protest as Turkey silences radio station (Watch)
VOA: In Turkey, listeners of Acik Radyo are protesting after regulators revoked the Istanbul-based station’s license. For nearly 30 years, Acik sought to bridge the country’s divides. Analysts say the action against it is part of a wider government media crackdown.
TURKEY: Turkish journalist Furkan Karabay arrested over reporting on opposition arrest
CPJ: The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish authorities to immediately free reporter Furkan Karabay, who was seized from his home at dawn on Friday after he published a report about the arrest of an opposition mayor.
CANADA: CBC expands local and regional news coverage across Canada. (Press Release)
CBC: CBC announced it is investing more in local and regional news coverage as part of its mandate to deliver trusted news to Canadians across the country. This investment follows the CRTC’s approval of Google’s plan to compensate Canadian news organizations for the use of their news content.
CANADA: Canada orders TikTok’s Canadian business to be dissolved but won’t block app.
NPR: Canada announced Wednesday it won’t block access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok but is ordering the dissolution of its Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind it.
CANADA: CRTC Launches Public Consultation For Proposed Bargaining Code Of Conduct Under Online News Act
Mondaq: Almost a year and a half after the passage of the Online News Act, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)’s regulatory plan to implement this new legislation moves closer to completion.
US: A tale of two jets: The old media grapples with its new limits
Semafor: Trump’s victory isn’t a result of a failure by news outlets to sufficiently hold him accountable. The real answer is one that is a lot more uncomfortable to grapple with: The national news media is more limited in its reach and influence than ever in the modern era.
US: CPB Awards Up to $587,000 to Three Public Radio Stations to Improve Emergency Alerting (Press release)
CPB: Stations in California, Pennsylvania and Utah Secure Next Generation Warning System Funding.
US: Getting Past Newsroom Myopia
CJR: To truly represent the US, national news organizations need to collaborate with local partners.
US: Thibaut Bruttin, Director General of RSF: ‘On the field of ruins constituted by the election of Donald Trump, the news media must rethink their role’ (Paywall – French)
Le Monde: Donald Trump has constantly tried to circumvent the press, to exploit social networks, to discredit journalists, to exhaust them with lies, and this Trump strategy has paid off, analyses the director general of Reporters Without Borders, Thibaut Bruttin, in an op-ed in “Le Monde”.
US: Trump Bump 2.0? Experts Expect Another Audience Surge, With Caveats.
The New York Times: News fatigue and changing consumption habits could sap some of that enthusiasm over time, several news media experts said.
US: Trump’s wild threats put press freedom in the crosshairs in second term
The Guardian: Free press advocates are alarmed by Trump’s talk of revoking broadcast licenses and jailing journalists – but express hope in the US’s first amendment
US: Trump Wins, the Press Loses
CJR: A second Trump administration is poised to be devastating to journalism.
From Paris with Facts: How to futureproof information integrity? (Watch)
Forum de Paris sur la paix: How do we protect information integrity in times of the alarming rise of disinformation? In this interactive roundtable, international experts from civil society, policy makers, think tanks and you, the audience – will explore hands-on strategies for reinforcing information integrity.
Here’s how the American press can survive four years of Trump
The Guardian: The media will be under siege, but former Washington Post editor Marty Baron has some ideas for what journalists can do.
News media job cuts 2024 tracked: BBC and ABC News among latest hit
Press Gazette: 2023 was a brutal year for the journalism industry, with at least 8,000 job cuts in the UK, US and Canada, according to Press Gazette’s analysis.
Publishers hooked on Google Discover traffic risk race to the bottom
Press Gazette: Google Discover now main source of traffic for many publishers – but some are playing a risky game.
The Media Observatory on Ecology takes off (Paywall – French)
Le Monde: Several associations, companies and institutional actors are joining forces in a consortium whose aim is to measure the treatment of environmental issues by twenty French television and radio channels.
The Wall Street Journal’s Campaign to Free Evan Gershkovich
Columbia Journalism Review: What newsrooms need to know, from an insider who helped lead the effort.
What audiences really want: For journalists to connect with them as people
Nieman Lab: Ask journalists about the core professional values that define good journalism, and the answers have been pretty consistent across the decades and even, to a large extent, around much of the world: factuality, impartiality, public service, autonomy, and ethics.
When the winner’s name isn’t enough: How the AP is leaning into explanatory journalism to call races
Nieman Lab: “We’ve learned, especially in the last few cycles, that it’s not necessarily possible or a good idea to let [the electoral] process play out in silence.”
What should journalists do when the facts don’t matter?
The Conversation: Most people agree that actual facts matter – in such activities as debate, discussion and reporting. Once facts are gathered, verified and distributed, informed decision-making can proceed in such important exercises as voting.
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