Populism, the alt-right, extremisms of all sorts seem unstoppable. Europe, the cradle of democracy but of fascism too, just saw the first far-right government in which the heirs of Nazism hold a stron...

This panel will guide journalists through the art of using access to information (FOI) laws, with tips on how to integrate requests for documents into your research plan, how to draft requests, where ...

Censorship is one of the most mainstreamed tools for repression in the digital age. Sometimes it is abuses of copyright regulation, sometimes just a tool for expression control, sometimes the collab...

How to reach the electoral center which might be worried about the effects of immigration? A research project tries to provide an answer. On the migratory phenomenon, the populist narrative polarises...

The future of journalism is inextricably bound up with the wider Internet ecosystem. UNESCO, the UN agency with primary responsibility for media freedom and journalists' safety, is consulting worldwid...

Dangerous conversations: how to keep yourself and your sources safe when interviewing criminals, paramilitaries and others with a history of violence. With the recent rise in authoritarianism, the p...

How does the media capture effect the online media landscape in Turkey? What are the news consumption habits and trends in such an atmosphere? The recent Reuters Institute survey indicates very polari...

In October 2016 public broadcasters ARD and ZDF launched 'funk' - a multiplatform content-network targeting 14-29 year olds. It now features a portfolio of over 60 formats - all online only, accessibl...

24 June 1981, at the initiative of the Italian Radical Party, a document against famine signed by dozens of Nobel Prizes was published in the major capitals of the West. It was the response of scienti...

As we saw in the 1980s with fast food spreading all over the world, today fast news is invading every space of information - bringing inaccuracy, non-verified and often completely fake news to audienc...