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27 March 2017
           

Submit your reporting on migration.

One week after opening the call for applications for the 2017 edition of the Migration Media Award organised by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, a selected number of related webpages are also available in French and Arabic including the home/landing page (French and Arabic), the application form (French and Arabic), contact page (French and Arabic). If you wish to share this you can find poster and banner images on our facebook page. 

International Fact-Checking Day - April 2nd

The International Fact-Checking Network have launched a website for the first International Fact-Checking Day which includes: 
  • a lesson plan for high school students (we are adding languages as we speak)
  • a fake news trivia quiz
  • a list of global activities (you can add one thru the online form)
  • 6 how to posts from verification and fact-checking pros
For more information follow #FactCheckIt and @factchecknet. 

Other news from the IFCN: The Conversation’s FactCheck granted accreditation by International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter

On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21st 2017, the Media against Hate campaign is announced their “Favourite 5” videos:
RECENT ACTIVITIES

THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SOCIAL STABILITY

EJN board member Dr. Zahera Harb participated in a UNDP and Maharat Foundation peace building workshop in Lebanon last week. 

The meeting brought together experts, media executives and international organisations that have technical, practical and legal expertise in media regulation in pluralistic democratic yet divided societies.

The two day workshop shared comparative and diverse international experiences that will be compiled into a policy paper that will help in developing the framework of media regulation in Lebanon.

As part of her contribution, Zahera presented the EJN test for hate speech which can be downloaded in Arabic and over 20 other languages. 
JOURNALISM UNDER FIRE
The Ethical Journalism Network's director Aidan White led a panel discussion on media ethics as part of “Journalism under fire: challenges of our times” which took place at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris on 23 March 2017.
PODCAST OF THE WEEK

How a publisher's quest for clicks, shares and likes can lead to a loss of audience trust
'Fake news: Inside the problem and how to fix it' 
TOP STORIES
'Disputed by multiple fact-checkers': Facebook rolls out new alert to combat fake news (Guardian)
Media Development in the Digital Age: Five Ways to Engage in Internet Governance
The digital convergence means that how the Internet develops going forward — both in terms of policy and technology — will shape the very environment in which all other media operate. This report makes the case to this community that they can, and must, engage in the decision-making bodies that are shaping Internet governance (IG) to ensure that the Internet — and the growing media sphere it sustains — remains open, pluralistic, and democratic.

Fight “fake news” with ethical news (GEN)

The New Internationalist "are building a movement for media that brings people together. And you can own it."
The New Internationlist has become the latest publisher to experiment with crowd funding to support their journalism but they have gone a step further than most and given their readers a 'community share offer'. Go to New Internationalist: Buy into a better story to find out more.
Migration was the issue of the year in 2016 and it will likely remain important in 2017. The topic is, however, just as hotly debated as it is poorly understood. The so-called "refugee crisis" in Europe and the omnipresent images of overfilled boats arriving on Mediterranean shores give the impression that migration is threatening to spin out of control and that radical action is needed to curtail the uncontrollable influx of migrants. The fear of mass migration has fueled the rise of extreme nationalist parties throughout Europe and helped Donald Trump win the presidential election in the U.S. - The Spiegal
The growing problem of agitation against refugees online (DW)
Social Media Trolls Threaten Activists - How Everyone Can Address Such Threats, Help Protect Activists
AFRICA
GAMBIA: Media personnel trained on migration issues (The Point)
TANZANIA: Tanzania's president warns journalists that press freedom has limits (Reuters)
AMERICAS
UNITED STATES: Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron speaks to students about ethics, public confidence in the media (Daily Collegian)
UNITED STATES: The great divide: Politics in the Age of Trump (CBS)
ASIA-PACIFIC
PAKISTAN: Scapegoating Afghan refugees? The stereotypes about Afghan refugees have become so widespread that one sometimes even hears them from those who are considered sane and educated (Daily Times)
PAKISTAN:  'Journalists need to study ethics at university' (Express Tribune)
PAKISTAN: Court case between media houses focuses on ethic (Gulf News)
NEPAL: Press Union expresses concern over Online Media Operation Directive (Kathmandu Post)
EUROPE
MALTA: A media law volte-face (Times of Malta)
RUSSIA: Crimean Journalist Risks Jail By Refusing To Follow Kremlin Line (RFE/RL)
UK: Lily Cole: Showing sympathy to refugees isn’t unpatriotic (inews)
UK: Social Media Trolls Threaten Activists - How Everyone Can Address Such Threats, Help Protect Activists (HRW)
MIDDLE EAST
BAHRAIN: BNA to launch new media training workshops (BNA)
EGYPT: Journalists in Egypt Discuss Press Freedom There and Around the World (NYT)
EGYPT: State-press relationship in need of reconciliation through rule of law (Daily News)
UAE: Media called upon to humanise refugee crisis (Gulf News)
On 10 January 2017 the EJN published Ethics in the News, which looks at how media covered the UK vote to leave the European Union, the Trump election and the influence of fake news. We hear about the assault on free expression in Turkey, and the information war between India and Pakistan. The report examines the rise of hate speech, particularly in Asia, including a glossary for hate in Hong Kong. In Africa, we learn about the EJN’s ‘Turning the Page of Hate campaign’. Media are warned that there is no honour in the so-called “honour killings” in Pakistan. We also hear about the success of the Panama Papers and get advice on how to deal with sources from the journalist that helped Edward Snowden reveal the secrets of United States’ global surveillance and snooping. It also features a thoughtful examination of how we use images to tell stories about migration.
 

New Translations of Hate Speech Test and Migration Coverage Guidelines


The EJN's 5-point test for hate speech is now available in: Hungarian, Romanian, Russian and Spanish. 

The EJN's Migration Reporting Guidelines in Hungarian, Romanian, Russian and Spanish.

Download both infographics in more languages
from our website. 

If you would like to support the Ethical Journalism Network by translating our guidelines into you language contact Tom Law: tom.law@ethicaljournalismnetwork.org

Visit the Accountable Journalism database of codes of media ethics
EJN IN THE NEWS

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