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A reporter of the investigative outlet KRIK risks a prison sentence over a piece exposing secret business practices of a powerful businessman close to the Serbian President. While monitoring the trial, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Serbia to implement anti-SLAPP measures recommended by the European Union. “While businessmen with problematic connections to politics and to politicians […]

A forum for young people to share their experiences and opinions — and to offer adults advice for how to make media literacy education more relevant and useful. We’re asking these questions because it is Media Literacy Week in the United States. Schools around the world are trying hard to create programs to help young

UNESCO is dedicated to equipping youth with Media and Information Literacy (MIL) skills, which will help them access and verify information and media content and use technology effectively. When empowered, youth can be co-leaders and co-creators of MIL development and diffusion. 21 October 2022 Media  and  information  literate  youth  can contribute  to building societies based

Learn how to navigate falsehoods from two TikTok influencers — a rising star and a seasoned journalist — and make your vote count. Media Literacy Week starts Monday. Follow @MediaWise on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for resources to make sure you go to the polls with the facts Nov. 8. Check out the MediaWise

images: MediaWise Campus Correspondent Maya Broadwater of the University of Miami teaches viewers how to identify fake photos using a reverse image search. (Screenshot/MediaWise and NBCLX) Here’s an experiment — I’m going to type a phrase and I want you to ask yourself if you’re going to consider skipping the rest of this section. Ready? Media

Nurturing trust: A Media and Information Literacy Imperative 18 October 2022 About 60% of the global population and 70% of youth is using the internet, yet wide-scale and sustainable Media and Information Literacy (MIL) training for all is still missing. The rise of online and offline dis- and misinformation, conspiracy theories, hate speech and misuse

22-10-04. A groundbreaking new project from the South African news organisation, which dominated WAN-IFRA’s 2022 global digital awards, is born of frustration from climate change journalism failing to trigger action. Editor Branko Brkic wanted a short, sharp and shareable message that would not be forgotten. by WAN-IFRA Staff executivenews@wan-ifra.org | October 4, 2022 Daily Maverick, which last

One ad impression represents one gram of carbon, and the digital media industry produces a lot of it. In this opinion piece, Sharethrough’s Frank Maguire outlines what publishers, advertisers, and ad tech vendors need to know to be able to start addressing the challenge of reducing emissions, as well as what steps they can take

Even when a source of information is known to be unreliable, research shows, many people will start to believe a claim if it is repeated often enough. That’s why it’s so important to stop misinformation when we can — a task that often, unfortunately, starts at home. Correcting friends and family members about what they share