In Turkey, more than 110,000 people have been laid off, while 37,000 have been arrested since July this year - for alleged links to Fethullah Gulen whom Ankara accuses of organizing a military coup. We discuss the crackdown on journalists and the current state of media freedom with Turkish journalists Emre Kızılkaya and Erol Önderoglu.
Al dibatttito sull' "Integrità dei Media e finanziamento – esperienza regionale e prospettive locali", Mladen Cadikovski, direttore di TV 24 News, ha affermato che il giornalismo è "inquinato" a tal punto che potrebbe essere paragonato all'inquinamento dell'aria da parte di un grosso ammontare di particelle PM10
The 'Wikileaks' model is not the right way to enhance transparency in the world', said Attorney Kevin Goldberg in an interview for Mediapool. Mr. Goldberg, a US expert in the area of freedom of information and copywrite, visited Bulgaria to take part in a workshop for best practices in the access to information field. Mr Goldberg said that disclosure of information should be a responsible and accountable process. According to the interview the whistle-blower function in the USA is not very effective and, in addition, journalists do not have assurance in law for protection of their sources. To his view there should be such legal protection and it should be unconditional. Direct democracy in the USA to a great extent is a myth and platforms like 'We, the People' do not work effectively, said Kevin Goldberg.
Council on Media Ethics (SEMM) calls for full professional responsibility in journalism, promoting active engagement in the political process and continued public access to relevant and reliable information in regards to the current election campaign.
Macedonia officially launched a coalition on media literacy, which represents a growing number of media that. through different projects, will help the public to recognize hate speech and various forms of discrimination. Among the members of the new coalition also 24Vesti news channel.
The EU progress report on Serbia shows that the package of media laws has yet to be fully implemented, as well as the privatization of state-run media has not brought greater transparency of ownership and funding of media. The best example of non-compliance is the supposedly extinguished state news agency Tanjug, whose legal status, as well as financing, has yet to be clarified and harmonized with the existing regulations.
