The members of GFMD’s Women in Media working group have joined forces to organise an event on the fringes of Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in March 2019.
TIME TO END IMPUNITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST JOURNALISTS
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According to UNESCO, 82 journalists and media workers have been killed globally in 2018 to date. On average, 90% of crimes against journalists go unpunished.
GFMD MEMBERS DISCUSS ENGAGEMENT WITH LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES
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From 25-26 October, the Centre for Law and Democracy and MADA co-organised a consultative meeting in Amman, Jordan, on opportunities for civil society organisations to engage with the League of Arab States.
FESTIVAL GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ DE PERIODISMO 2018
03 Oct – 05 Oct, 2018, Medellin, Colombia
The three-day program will cover topics such as literature, music, film and politics, in free-entry events such as meetings at universities, documentary screenings and photographic exhibitions.
GFMD GRANTED UN SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS
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On July 24, GFMD was formally granted special consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). UN consultative status gives access to GFMD and its member organisations to UN processes, cooperation and funding at the local, regional, and global levels.
WELCOME TO THE NEW GFMD WEBSITE
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We’re excited to announce the soft launch of our new website interface. This is the beta phase of developing a better tool for our community, and for collaborating and sharing relevant information, events, opportunities, and other resources.
FNPI REPORT ON TRENDS THAT SHAPE DIGITAL AUDIENCE IN COLOMBIA
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The Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Ibero-American Journalism (FNPI) and the Journalism Studies Center in the University of Andes-Ceper produced a report identifying eight key factors that contribute to understanding the digital audience in Colombia.
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE ICFJ TRUTHBUZZ FELLOWSHIP
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The International Center for Journalists is accepting applications on a rolling basis for their TruthBuzz Fellowship. TruthBuzz is looking for full-time Fellows to work in newsrooms in India, Indonesia, Nigeria and the United States.
MFWA STUDY ON MEDIA COVERAGE OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
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A new report from the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) explores the level and quality of media coverage of governance issues in Senegal. Senegalese journalists and media outlets have a strong interest in issues related to corruption and accountability, yet there are very few investigative stories published.
GIJN REPORTS ON BEST PRACTICES IN MEASURING IMPACT
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To assist both practitioners and supporters of investigative journalism, the authors examine a wide variety of views on how to measure the impact of investigative journalism quantitatively. They report that “the metrics available aren’t as straightforward as measuring audience or tracking website traffic”.
ARE JOURNALISTS KEEPING PACE WITH THE TECH REVOLUTION?
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In the recent webinar hosted by GFMD, panellists have shared their insights on how audience data can be used for project design, informing project implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, and how it can be used by local news media. This exercise aimed to showcase current developments in the field of digital audience analytics.
SUPPORT TO INDEPENDENT MEDIA SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING REVITALISED
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“After years in the doldrums, support to independent media shows signs of being revitalised. Many donors are recognising that prospects for human progress in the 21st century are increasingly tied to how people are informed or misinformed”, writes James Deane in a blog originally published on www.bbc.co.uk.
MEDIA DEVELOPMENT FUNDING UPDATE FROM CIMA
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“Tracking donor efforts to support media development is fundamental to assessing whether enough resources are being directed at these efforts, and whether those resources are being channeled to the areas of most pressing need”, writes Daniel O’Maley on www.cima.ned.org.
THE GLOBAL COUNCIL TO BUILD TRUST IN MEDIA LAUNCHED IN PERUGIA
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The Global Council to Build Trust in Media and Fight Misinformation was announced on 12 April 2018 at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy. The Council will come together around the core issues of information sharing, innovation, collaboration and co-ordination of initiatives.
KNIGHT PROTOTYPE FUND WINNERS OUTLINE TOOLS TO FIGHT DISINFORMATION
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Four winners of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Prototype Fund Challenge presented tools and strategies to fight disinformation and increase trust in the media during a panel at the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas.
CALL FOR EU ACTION TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
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The call is directed at the European Commission suggesting that in addition to condemning the recent killings of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and Daphne Caruana Galizia and calling upon authorities to address them on the national level the Commission should come up with better ways to protect journalists and journalism on the EU level.
MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND DIGITAL POLICY ISSUES MEET AT IGF
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2017 was marked by a number of relevant new as well as ongoing developments to the global media landscape. From fake news and content policy, to the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) and the growth of cryptocurrencies, new issues are constantly emerging that challenge existing thought and practice.
NEWS INTEGRITY INITIATIVE AWARDS $2.5 MILLION TO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
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The News Integrity Initiative at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is pleased to announce $2.5 million in grants to Internews and the European Journalism Centre to support community-focused journalism around the globe. NII is building an alliance of partners from different sectors devoted to a vision of journalism that serves as a force for building trust.
IMS STUDY DOCUMENTS BEST PRACTICES ON THE SAFETY OF JOURNALIST
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“Defending Journalism”, a new global study by International Media Support (IMS), analyses the efforts to safeguard journalists in seven countries where environments of conflict and instability challenges the ability of journalists to produce good, in-depth journalism.
ICFJ SURVEY ON THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY IN GLOBAL NEWSROOMS
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The State of Technology in Global Newsrooms investigates how are journalists adapting to the digital technology and changes that are taking place in their newsrooms. Are journalists keeping pace with the digital revolution?