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11 November 2016
           

INSIDE ETHICS BLOG: Will media learn the lessons from the US election?

The election is over, the hard work begins

The image above is from a BuzzFeed News analysis showing that three big right-wing Facebook pages published false or misleading information 38% of the time in the run-up to the US election. The role of facebook is just one one the many issues covered in our summary of the best media analysis. Understanding the media's role in the US election will be a key part of our new Ethics in the News report coming out next month. If you are interested in a advance copy please get in touch. 

Tom Law, EJN Director of Campaigns and Communications
TOP STORIES
Journalists, it’s time to get back to work (Poynter)
Here’s to the return of the journalist as malcontent (CJR)
Facebook is harming our democracy, Mark Zuckerberg needs to do something about it (VOX)
What We Learned About the Media Industry During This Election (NYT)
How the 2016 campaign changed political journalism (Poynter)
The forces that drove this election’s media failure are likely to get worse (Nieman Lab)
EVENTS + ACTIVITIES
Communicating on Migration in Times of Xenophobia

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.
AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA: Remembering Jeanette Minnie: Lines from friends and colleagues (GFMD)
ZAMBIA: Election year brings assaults and shut down orders (CPJ)
AMERICAS
MEXICO: Zeta magazine reports alleged smear campaign against journalists by authorities in Baja California (Knight Foundation)
US: CNN's use of campaign surrogates Donna Brazile and Corey Lewandowski raises questions about ethics, loyalties. (AP)
US: Facebook, I'm begging you, please make yourself better (The Intercept)
US: Fox News wrongly links Republican anti-Trump protester to voter fraud (Guardian)
US: Politico reminds staffers to stay nonpartisan on social media (Poynter)
US: RSF urges Donald Trump to respect press freedom in the presidency (RSF)
US: The Huffington Post ending editor's note that called Donald Trump 'racist' (Politico)
ASIA-PACIFIC
ASIA: New report examines onlines news habits across Asia-Pacific Region
MALAYSIA: Raid on Malaysiakini an insult to freedom of expression (Amnesty)
MYANMAR: Staff at Myanmar Times told not to report on Rakhine crisis until Information Ministry issues "reporting guidelines" (Frontier Times)
EUROPE
ARMENIA: OSCE promotes extra-judicial solutions to media-related disputes (PRA)
BALKANS: Media freedom is dwindling in the Balkans (Economist)
EUROPE: Media Pluralism monitor now in 30 countries: worrying results (EFJ)
MACEDONIA: How Teens Are Duping Trump Supporters With Fake News (BuzzFeed)
RUSSIA: Why Russians watch TV news they don't trust (BBC)
UK: Migrant focus raises questions over media’s role in Brexit (FT)
MIDDLE EAST
IRAN: Judiciary Chief Accuses Rouhani of Hypocrisy Amid Battle Over Freedom of Expression in Iran (IranHumanRights.org)
RESOURCES

New Translations of the EJN 5-Point Test for Hate Speech

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.


Visit the Accountable Journalism database of codes of media ethics
EJN IN THE NEWS
EU calls on all states to end impunity for crimes against journalists (Brussels Times)
La Red de Periodismo Ético lanza una nueva guía para cubrir la migración (IJNET)
More solidarity needed while reporting on migration issues (EFJ)
                      
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