Category Press release
15 Sep

Polish media grapple with unprecedented challenges and uncertain future as the country faces electoral crossroads

At the conclusion of their press freedom mission to Warsaw from 11-13 September, partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) declared that the media and journalists in Poland are facing unprecedented challenges including legal threats, financial precarity, political pressure, regulatory capture and growing polarisation.

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7 Sep

Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media 2023 goes to German journalist Katrin Eigendorf

The Media Foundation of Sparkasse Leipzig is awarding the Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media 2023 to German television reporter Katrin Eigendorf.

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4 Sep

Poland: MFRR to visit Warsaw for press freedom mission

Partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) will travel to Warsaw on 11-13 September 2023 to conduct an international press freedom mission ahead of the country’s upcoming general election on 15 October.

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11 May

ECPMF and Hostwriter launch collaborative exchange platform for journalists in exile

ECPMF is formally launching its collaboration with Hostwriter to implement a closed exchange platform for journalists and media workers in exile in Germany.

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3 May

Report Launch: “Turkey: Throttling the Media in Crucial Election Year”

As Turkey prepares for presidential and parliamentary elections, press freedom and human rights groups demand that, whoever forms the next government, unwinding a decade of restrictions on media freedom must be a central priority for the country.

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22 Mar

Studie „Feindbild Journalist:in 7: Berufsrisiko Nähe“ – Mehr Angriffe auf Lokaljournalisten

Nach zwei Negativrekorden in Folge ist die Zahl der Angriffe auf Medienschaffende im Jahr 2022 gesunken. Als Zeichen der Entspannung der Sicherheitslage lassen sich die Befunde der 7. Auflage "Feindbild Journalist:in" jedoch nicht lesen.

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13 Mar

2023 IJ4EU Impact Award Jury Announced

The Jury for the 2023 IJ4EU Impact Award has been officially announced.

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7 Mar

Council of Europe Platform on Safety of Journalists – Annual Report 2023

The CoE Platform on safety of journalists publish their 2023 annual report, “War in Europe and the fight for the right to report”.

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2 Mar

ECPMF launches new “Opportunities in Exile” project with support from BKM and the Free State of Saxony

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) has officially launched its latest project to support journalists living and working in exile in Germany.

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13 Feb

Slovakia: Press freedom groups to visit Bratislava for Ján Kuciak murder anniversary

Between 20 and 21 February 2023, a delegation of international media freedom organisations will conduct a joint mission to Bratislava to mark the five-year anniversary of the killing of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová.

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