5 Things we learned from James Ball’s guest lecture as a Buzzfeed Special Correspondent
As part of the Department of Jouranlism's guest lecture series, we heard from James Ball, a Buzzfeed special correspondent, on how he sees the place of Buzzfeed as a new media player. 1. The key to a popular site is nothing but good content. You can't cheat your way...
Council of Europe Secretary General Focuses on arrests of Journalists in his Address to Committee of Ministers
CoE Secretary General focuses on the arrest of Can Dündar and Erdem Gül in Turkey Originally published here: Source The new government was announced last week and I look forward to working with Prime Minister Davutoğlu and his team, especially at a moment when Turkey...
Strasbourg court ruling restricts journalists’ coverage of street protests
By Dirk Voorhoof * Recently, the Council of Europe Task Force for Freedom of Expression and Media published a book under the title “Journalism at risk. Threats, challenges and perspectives”. Since a Grand Chamber judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 20...
Stop the killing of journalists: Prevention and justice to end impunity
Co-Hosted by CFOM, UNESCO, Pen International/Article 19, November 2015 On 2 November 2015 the first major event to be held the UK to mark International day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists took place in the Houses of Parliament. Prominent journalists,...