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Violence Against The Media Isn’t New. Here’s Why It Has Now Returned

© Wikimedia Another news outlet has been attacked in the United States. A man rammed his car repeatedly into Fox affiliate KDFW in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 5. We can now add this to the growing list of...

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Danish Broadcasting Corporation Locked In A Stranglehold With Five Hundred...

My hairdresser – a nice guy with only a little grey hair left – is also a jazz musician. Before he opens the salon in the early morning he will practice on his trumpet. During the day he will also...

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The Worrying State Of Journalism In Post-Soviet Countries

The post-Soviet space remains one of the most dangerous regions for journalists and journalism in general. Authoritarian regimes and military conflicts make life hard for reporters. Free and open...

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How The GDPR Can Be Used To Threaten Investigative Journalists

Liviu Dragnea, one of the persons of interest for investigative journalists working on corruption in Romania. © Partidul Social Democrat/CC BY 2.0 The European Union’s General Data Protection...

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“Our Voice Matters” – How Journalists Fight For The Truth In Pakistan

Saddam Tufail Hashmi during a reporting trip to the Katcha region in the Sindh province, Pakistan. Pakistan is said to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. Reporters...

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Czech Journalists Form Own Branch Of International Media Watchdog

The International Press Institute hails the creation of a new national committeeImage: IPI A new section of the global media watchdog International Press Institute (IPI) has been set up by a group of...

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Reporting On The Middle East: Three Things Journalists Need To Know

Political agendas are thought to be behind the trending of “Jamal Khashoggi” on Twitter Being a journalist in – or reporting on – the Middle East brings with it many challenges. One key issue, for...

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Can Innovative Funding Models Help East European Media Avoid State Capture?

“Support Mérce, so that we can remain independent” – an image from the Hungarian news website Mérce’s fundraising campaign Media throughout Europe face the same challenge: to retain their independence,...

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Why Europe’s right-wing populists hate public broadcasters

After stepping down from his post as Austrian vice-chancellor in the wake of the “Ibiza-Gate” scandal, Heinz-Christian Strache said that he planned to sue over the secretly-filmed video “Ibiza-Gate” –...

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How exiled Russian activists created radical new media in the Baltics

ARU TV’s biting political satire has not endeared it to the Kremlin The Ukrainian crisis of 2014 triggered a serious showdown between Russia and the rest of Europe, and led to a new phase in the...

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Romanian local media launch new funding platform

The Press Hub Market project allows local media across Romania to make direct contact with advertisers. Local media everywhere face the challenge of achieving the kind of financial freedom that will...

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Bulgarian public service media under threat

Horizont is Bulgarian National Radio’s flagship news and current affairs programme. Public service broadcasting in Bulgaria is currently facing some tough challenges. Bulgarian National Radio (BNR)...

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The filter bubbles that divide the Hungarian media

Hungarians who inhabit the pro-government “news bubble” are rarely exposed to government-critical viewpoints. There has long been a sharp division in the Hungarian media between pro-government and...

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Resetting the relationship between police and press: new guidelines

Journalists who cover protests are often seen as targets by both demonstrators and the police. The relationship between journalists and the police is a complex one. Although these two institutions...

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Hungary: Will the government use the coronavirus crisis to crush independent...

Will the coronavirus crisis spell the end for the few remaining independent media outlets in Hungary? Ágnes Urbán explains how the governing party’s proposed amendment to the Criminal Code appears...

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Turkey: Coronavirus and the media

The coronavirus crisis has totally dominated the news agenda in Turkey since the first domestic case of Covid-19 was announced on 11 March. Before that, coverage focused on Wuhan and some of it adopted...

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Myanmar: Coronavirus and the media

Myanmar, one of South East Asia’s least developed countries, confirmed its first two cases of the novel coronavirus on 23 March 2020. By 20 April, the official number of cases had risen to 119, with...

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Algeria: Coronavirus and the media

The coronavirus arrived in Algeria just as a mass protest movement against the corrupt regime led by former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was marking its first anniversary. The tough measures taken by...

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Jordan: Coronavirus and the media

Jordan’s first case of Covid-19 was reported on 2 March. On 17 March, King Abdullah II issued a decree granting the Jordanian government sweeping powers in an effort to prevent the further spread of...

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Nepal: Coronavirus and the media

Nepal’s independent media have refused to bow to political pressure and have persisted in holding the government to account over its handling of the pandemic. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has on...

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