WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2017 - Media coverage and public perceptions of refugees and migrants - Ethical Journalism Bulletin

3 May 2017
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2017

LIVESTREAM: Media coverage of refugees and migrants

The Ethical Journalism Network will shortly be taking part in the International Press Institute's panel discussion on “Media coverage and public perception of refugees and migrants” as part of the 2017 UNESCO World Press Freedom Day gathering in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The panel will be livestreamed from 0915 to 1045 GMT.
Click here for the UNESCO live webcast on channel 3.

Panellists for the event will be:

• Sawssan Abou-Zahr, Independent Journalist and Lebanon Peace-Building Expert for Peace Direct
• Paul Dillon, Project Manager/Media Officer, International Organization for Migration
• Tom Law, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Ethical Journalism Network
• Margie Mason, Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Journalist, Associated Press; Part of AP Team Awarded for “Seafood from Slaves” Investigation
• Andi Muhyiddin, Head of Multimedia, Liputan6.com; Previously Head of Current Affairs at SCTV and Indosiar
• Giles Trendle, Managing Director, Al Jazeera English

Moderator: Joyce Barnathan, Director, International Center for Journalists

The Ethical Journalism Network's Tom Law will be:

Highlighting the findings of "How does the media on both sides of the Mediterranean report on Migration?" - a 17-country report compiled by the EJN and published yesterday by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development.
Reflecting on the findings of EJN's 2015 report - "Moving Stories - An International Review of How Media Cover Migration"
Talking about what lessons media can learn from the use of the images of Aylan Kurdi and other refugees, which was covered in the EJN's recent Ethics in the News report.
Sharing the EJN's guidelines for migration reporting launched at the Jakarta World Forum for Media Development last year.
Presenting the EJN's five-point test for hate speech as a tool for journalists to use when covering abusive language against migrant communities and refugees. (Migration guidelines and hate-speech test available in 25 languages here)
Promoting practical initiatives such as the Refugee Journalism Project to help move the dial on reporting on migration and refugees.
Looking forward to working with International Labour Organisation and Panos South Asia this year on a fellowship scheme for journalists covering migration in South Asia and the Middle East.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2017

Earlier today the EJN's Tom Law took part in a roundtable discussion on the impact fake news, hate speech and "post-truth" mechanisms at a meeting of Nordic Council of Ministers at UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Jakarta Indonesia. The meeting was attended by academics, journalist unions (IFJ and EFJ) and organisations including Google and the World Association of Newspapers. At this meeting Tom talked about:

How ethical journalism can be an inspiration for free expression and media literacy.
How the EJN's hate-speech test is useful tool for journalists and media literacy policy makers.
How greater transparency is needed over the means by which social media and tech giants moderate their content.
Encouraging a more constructive dialogue between news media and platforms like Google and Facebook in regard to accountability, pluralism and accuracy of online information.

WHAT DOES ETHICAL JOURNALISM MEAN TO YOU?

Over the next two days the EJN will be asking delegates at the World Press Freedom Day conference in Jakarta: "

"What does ethical journalism mean to you?"
"Why is ethical journalism essential for democracy?"
"Why is ethical reporting of migration important?"

You can find the first one here with Erol Onderoglu the Reporters Without Borders representative in Turkey.

We would like to invite you to post your own videos by:
- uploading your own videos to social media answering a question posed above.
- tagging @EJNetwork on twitter or Ethical Journalism Network on facebook
- using the hashtags #PressFreedom and #WPFD2017
- adding the following links (if they fit)

For the latest from World Press Freedom Day and to see more videos by following @EJNetwork.

FAKE NEWS AND THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM

To mark World Press Freedom Day 2017, EJN Director, Aidan White has written about how fake news is not bad journalism but a symptom of the business of communications in the digital age. For more on this see:

You can listen to Aidan discuss these issues at greater length is this Media Masters podcast, where he talks reflectively on his decades-long personal history of journalism and the development of a new ethical culture.

CONTACT THE EJN

If you would like any further information or would like to set up an interview with the Ethical Journalism Network as part of your coverage of World Press Freedom Day please contact Tom Law, Director of Campaigns and Communications.

tom.law@ethicaljournalismnetwork.org
@tomlawmedia
+447594270633

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