In the lead-up to the 2024 EU elections, amidst a rapidly deteriorating context, the partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) conducted an urgent mission to Rome, Italy, on May 16-17, 2024. The mission aimed to engage with state representatives, institutions, and political parties on three critical issues: political interference in public media, legal harassment of dissenting journalists, and the potential acquisition of AGI, one of the country's main news agencies. This report presents the findings from the mission and MFRR’s ongoing monitoring, offering a comprehensive analysis of the three most urgent issues identified. It also provides detailed recommendations for Italian institutional and governmental actors, outlining necessary steps to counter the decline in media freedom and much needed reforms.
By: Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) Language: English / Italian
The call intends to select 5 young European journalists/writers. They will be asked to think on the topic: Nova Gorica- Gorizia as a single cross-border and borderless city, taking in account the GoGreen, GoShare, GoYoung and GoEurope themes included in the GO!2025 bid-book. The articles/stories produced at the end of the study visit to Gorizia/Nova Gorica will be presented to the bodies that are coordinating the GO!2025 project, offering food for thought for a cultural debate among the main actors of the cross-border territory.
Organised by OBCT, the Italy Mission of the MFRR, Media Freedom Rapid Response, was an intense 3-day visit from 4 to 6 April 2022: meetings with the Constitutional Court, with Members of Parliament, of the Antimafia commission, of a working inter-group, with the Police and several journalists, helped the delegation dive deep into two main topics, defamation and safety of journalists. The findings and the recommendations are collected in this report curated by OBCT. The publication is available also in Italian.
OBC Transeuropa -as member of the Media Freedom Rapid Response consortium- conducted a research on the needs of European journalists and the gaps in support mechanisms. From verbal harassment against media operators to groundless legal charges, what can be done to tackle these issues
2021
Authors: Maria Francesca Rita, Sofia Verza, Luisa Chiodi
