A false start and Johnson govt’s assault on truth
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London/ Vienna July 3, 2021
by Edward Steen, Secretary-General
As if Brexit, a pandemic, and an economic crisis were not enough, UK media journalists now face...
Turkish journalists strike back over Kilic assault
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(dt/es) Ankara / Vienna June 29, 2021
Turkish journalists demonstrated in front of government offices over police violence against the prize-winning Kurdish AFP photojournalist Bülent...
Be nastier – and make social media even richer
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(es) Cambridge / Vienna June 30, 2021
Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way to go viral – revealing social media’s 'perverse incentives',...
Orban and the revolt against European liberalism
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(jm and es) London/ Brussels/ Vienna. June 30, 2021
A long-overdue article in the London Guardian of June 24, 2021 looks into the revolt against...
Austrian Section meets Spanish ambassador
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Vienna, June 23, 2021
and other news from Vienna and Central Europe (DE) In English (text only)
Pressefrühstück der spanischen Botschafterin Cristina Fraile
für die AEJ-Journalistinnen und...
After the Joe and Vlad show – what exactly?
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Vienna, June 25, 2021
from Edward Steen, S-G.
The Biden-Putin summit in Geneva 10 days ago was dismissed by the Russian president as "Hollywood". He was...
Lahodynsky – No more lip service (ENG)
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No more lip service: The EU must be more resolute vis-à-vis Russia
By Otmar Lahodynsky
Ex-President of the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) and former...
Protasevich and girlfriend remain “hostages”
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(es) Vienna. June 25, 2021
Belarus journalist Roman Protasevich and his Russian girlfriend Sofia Sapega, arrested after their flight was forced to land in Minsk...
On the frontline against armies of trolls
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from Mark Porter (Austrian Section) in Cannes. June 23, 2021
As chief foreign correspondent of the Sunday Times Christina Lamb has dodged bullets and bombs,...
Freedom vs Fakes – an expert´s guide
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Sofia, June 06, 2021
by Irina Nedeva, AEJ Special Representative for Disinformation
Media literacy does not merely concern how the general public consumes media or distinguishes...