Changing the narrative of refugee and migration reporting | Fighting Fake news in Macedonia | EJN launches hate speech test in Italian
1 December 2017
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE:
MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN EUROPE
The EJN’s Tom Law spoke on a panel discussion on 16th November at the Brussels Press Club on media representation of refugees and migrants in European media to launch the results of the Refugee Reporting Project. The project’s co-organisers are the Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe and the World Association for Christian Communication Europe region.
The workshop, was organised as part of the Media against Hate project, which aims to explore different media tools that can be used in countering hate speech.
Before the workshop the Ethical Journalism Network’s Tom Law took part in a plenary session for around 50 journalists with four other discussants, including representatives from Facebook and Article 19.
Macedonia: Building Trust in the “home” of fake news
As part of the EJN’s Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey programme EJN board member Bernt Olufsen visited Skopje to meet with media owners and editors to discuss how they can improve their governance and self-regulatory processes.
"This is all very well but how am I going to use it when I go back to my newsroom”.
From Khartoum to Kathmandu and many places in between, this refrain has become familiar to the EJN's Tom Law when talking about media ethics with journalists and providing training to young reporters.
While the world remains full of journalists with good intentions, trust in media in most parts of the world is troublingly low. A painful irony considering the mounting evidence that trust will be the crucial factor in the success or survival of the industry. In this opinion piece for HOBA Makedonia, commissioned by the Media Diversity Institute, Tom outlines the challenges faced by journalists working in newsrooms compromised by political or financial influence and suggests some steps that individual journalists can take to maintain their independence.
Safety Handbook for Women Journalists Launched "If you have your grab bag of preparation techniques - risk assessment, profile management, situational and digital awareness and a safety plan along with your physical grab bag - your ability to survive dangerous situations is enhanced." - VP of IAWRT & EJN Adviser Abeer Saady.
EJN supporter, the International Association of Women in radio and Television, has launched a new safety handbook for women journalists.
