I was delighted to attend a meeting of the European Federation of Journalists in Zagreb this week for the launch of their new handbook on Building Stronger Unions in Europe. The connection between the rights and security of journalists and our ability to report independently and impartially was highlighted as a serious consequences for the freedom of the press by union representatives from around Europe. The situation is perhaps most acute in the Western Balkans and Turkey where our building trust in media project is gaining momentum following recent work in Serbia and Kosovo.
On November 4, the EJN’s Tom Law will be speaking at the 2016 Annual International Organisaion for Migration-Civil Society Organisation consultations to present the findings of our Moving Stories report, guidelines for migration coverage and our work to prevent hate speech in media.
The Council of Europe, European Federation of Journalists, UNESCO, and other partners have helped us translate the EJN 5-point test for hate speech into 7 new languages including Albanian, Dutch, Indonesian, Macedonian, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian. The test is already available in Arabic, English and French.
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