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14 November 2017
           

Fake News: How the Business of the Digital Age Threatens Democracy
As the European Union launches a new strategy in the face of the fake news crisis Aidan White in Brussels identifies the tough question facing policymakers — how to regulate the global technology giants without damaging free speech.
READ AIDAN'S BLOG ON THE BUSINESS OF FAKE NEWS HERE
For more context read the EJN's Ethics in the News report. 

How to improve the precarious state of journalism in South East Europe & Turkey
Today from 10:00-12:00 at the Press Club Brussels, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is hosting an event as part of the EU and UNESCO supported project “Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey”.

Seven journalists and trade union representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey will discuss the journalists’ working conditions in their own country in a discussion moderated by the Director of the Ethical Journalism Network, Aidan White.

To attend, or for more information, contact Mehmet Koksal, of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) / Fédération européenne des journalistes (FEJ)
tel : +32 2 235 22 09 – mehmet@europeanjournalists.org

Follow the event online use the hashtag #TrustInMediaSEE. 

Talking Accountability—a DNN Town Hall
This discussion, between the founders of the Distributed News Network – Samit Singh (CEO) and Dondrey Taylor  (CTO) and the EJN’s Tom Law, focused on the rise of misinformation in popular culture, and in the media realm. This was the second of DNN’s four-part series focusing on —fake news, sensationalism, publishing bias, and bi-partisanship, in the context of accountability in online media.

The goal of the discussion was to open up the dialogue on what we mean by accountability, quality and accurate news creation, dissemination, and consumption and what collaborative solutions are available.
WATCH THE FULL DISCUSSION HERE

Tackling Fake News and Misinformation through media literacy - the Ethical Journalism Network at EuropCom

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.
READ A SUMMARY OF THE EVENT HERE

WHAT WE ARE READING
- Newsonomics: The New York Times’ Mark Thompson on regulating Facebook, global ambition, and when to stop the presses (forever) - Nieman Lab

AFRICA
NIGERIA: The Level Of Bribery In Journalism Today Is Worse Than The Police, Says Dapo Olorunyomi (Sahara Reporters)
LIBERIA: Journalists Urged to be Ethical (Observer)

AMERICAS
MEXICO: Narcos Kill Mexican Journalists. Politicos Buy Off Their Bosses (Bloomberg)
PARAGUAY: CPJ calls on Paraguay to reject social media regulations (CPJ)
US: How the media covers its own Weinsteins (CJR)

ASIA
AUSTRALIA: Did the media go too far in coverage of Sydney school deaths? (Guardian)
ASEAN: Press freedom: What challenges do ASEAN journalists face? (Rappler)
CHINA: China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. on Facebook, a Platform It Bans at Home (NYT)

EUROPE
Back to the drawing board: Crafting the Ideal Journalism Curricula for South East Europe (Skopje School of Journalism and Public Relations)
SERBIA:  Lack of Media Coverage on Discrimination against Roma in Serbia

ETHICAL JOURNALISM NETWORK RESOURCES
José Luis Rojas and Xavier Ramon have produced a new code of conduct for sports journalists. 

The new code can be found here: https://accountablesportsjournalism.org/code
As well as on the EJN's https://accountablejournalism.org database of ethical codes.

Visit the Accountable Journalism database of codes of media ethics
                      
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