Today marks six years since the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. On this occasion, our researcher Iva Nenadic stresses the need for stronger EU tools to protect journalism and democracy. Read More …
This blog post seeks to explain why the positions of Member States that perform well in terms of media freedom and pluralism are so diverging regarding the EMFA. Read More …
In theory, local, regional and community media could leverage social media to reach new audiences — especially young people as well as underserved and disillusioned communities — and explore new ways to engage with them. The reality, however, is far more challenging.
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How to ensure that media autonomy can be protected from new control measures? What is needed, says Dr Tambini, is a common underlying theory. Read More …
State advertising emerged as one of the prime sources of risk for both fair competition and media independence in various countries across the European Union, as well as in the EU candidate states. Read More …
Fact-checking organisations should abide by the highest professional standards, especially when their work is funded by public money. In this contribution, the authors propose a lists of principles and concrete measures to ensure the integrity of fact-checkers. Read More …
In 2020, amid revenue losses, German Verlagsgruppe Passau sold Polska Press Group (controlling a majority of Polish local and regional press market) to the state-owned PKN Orlen oil company. The takeover has been approved swiftly by the competition authority UOKiK even though this ownership change sustained a monopoly on the regional and local press market (UOKiK, 2021a). UOKiK’s President justified his decision by arguing: Read More …
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we reflect on abuse and violence against women journalists in Europe. Read More …
Our Research Fellow Iva Nenadić shares her thoughts on the EU Commission’s Guidance on Strengthening the Code of Practice on Misinformation. Specifically, she will focus on… Read More …
Mária Žuffová discusses the role of freedom of information (FOI) laws in journalism. By surveying journalists, interviewing activists and civil servants, and submitting FOI requests to government ministries she identifies a number of problems with the process. Journalists reported that their requests were often refused on questionable grounds, delayed, or not responded to at all. One of the consequences of this is that journalists might choose to use loopholes in the law in order to be able to publish stories that are in the public interest. Read More …
