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March 14, 2017 •
Mediepolitikk, Notisar, Pressefridom •
by Alexander Fanta
Some say Austria dodged a bullet last year. After an acrimonious year-long election campaign the Alpine nation elected Alexander Van der Bellen, a veteran Green Party politician, as president last December. He had a margin of 7.5 points...
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March 2, 2017 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk, Siste nytt •
by Halyna Budivska
“Ukrainian radicals beat up children for speaking Russian” (FAKE); “University student expelled for asking President Poroshenko an ‘uncomfortable question’” (FAKE); “Ukrainian Armed Forces recruited mercenaries from...
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February 24, 2017 •
Aktuelt, Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk •
by Adam Szynol
Polish media remain under constant pressure from ongoing government reforms, aimed at bringing the press under tighter political control. Since the right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) won both the 2015 presidential and parliamentary...
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February 9, 2017 •
Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk, Siste nytt •
by Raluca Radu
The extraordinary demonstrations in support of democracy and the rule of law in Romania, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets across the country and abroad, are the result of excellent journalism. Reporters have...
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February 1, 2017 •
Mediepolitikk, Notisar •
by Renate van der Zee
As refugees desperately search for reliable information, InterNews, a media NGO, has created a ‘rumour tracker’ to investigate and dispel the many false rumours circulating the camps. “In Europe you won’t need money,...
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January 20, 2017 •
Forsking, Mediepolitikk, Siste nytt •
by Thomas Schmidt and EJO
As Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States of America, he is greeted by assessments of the European media that portray him as an unpredictable commander-in-chief, a reckless world leader and, by some, a buffoon with...
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January 18, 2017 •
Aktuelt, Forsking, Mediepolitikk •
by Rrapo Zguri
Albania’s foreign news coverage follows a pronounced pro-European and pro-American agenda, according to new research. While national issues dominate the country’s news agenda, major international news stories, such as the American...
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January 17, 2017 •
Aktuelt, Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk •
by Thomas Schmidt and EJO
Days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President, journalists in the White House press corps are fighting to retain their unique access to the new administration. This week, Jeff Mason, President of the White House Correspondents...
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January 10, 2017 •
Aktuelt, Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk •
by Caroline Lees
Journalists must work harder in 2017 to report fairly and accurately and to protect sources, according to a new report by the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN), published today. Ethics in the News, Challenges for Journalism in the...
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