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As well as Aidan White's course on the ethics of journalism, there are courses on mobile journalism, social media, 360-video, business of journalism, engaging audiences, data journalism, storytelling and much more.

EJN Director of Campaigns and Communications, Tom Law, spoke on a panel debate on “Media literacy in the post-truth era – surviving in a world of fake news and misinformation” at the European Committee of the Regions on 10 November as part of the 8th European Public Communication Conference.

“If you don’t trust it why would you pay for it?”

This was one of the key questions posed by Prof Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, the director of research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the Organisation of News Ombudsmen annual conference in Chennai two weeks ago, where the Ethical Journalism Network joined self-regulators in a probing examination of the crisis of fake news, misinformation and their impact on editorial freedom.

Chris Elliott, EJN board member, took the floor to speak at two sessions: hate speech and terror and self-regulation in the UK five years after the ground-breaking Leveson inquiry into press ethics.

The Ethical Journalism Network’s latest programme of work in Africa was launched last week in Nairobi where, in the midst of political turmoil, Kenyans faced threats of violence and public disorder over the country’s disputed elections.The meeting is the first of three gatherings across the continent to mobilise media leaders to support ethics and good governance as part of the newsroom fight against fake news, political intolerance and corruption in public life.

In a declaration agreed at the meeting, participants stated that the future of democratic pluralism and the defence of human rights relies upon the right of all citizens to receive reliable and useful information and ethical journalism is the key provider of the information democracy needs to survive.

On hate speech, the declaration:

• Calls on all media professionals to support the continental campaign Turning The Page of Hate to expose, isolate and eliminate all forms of incitement to intense hatred and violence.
• Recommends the EJN to develop practical tools such as the EJN five-point test for speech and further to launch glossaries of hate speech at national level to promote better understanding of words and terms that can lead to hatred and intolerance. 

• Online journalism for green activists and environmental reporters
  Brussels, Belgium | Workshop | 11th November, 2017
• Fighting fake information in Europe
  European Commission, Brussels | Multistakeholder Meeting | 13th November, 2017
• Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey
  Press Club Brussels Europe | Press Conference | 14th November, 2017