Are you still trying to figure out what new skill you want to learn this year or what will be the next step in your career in 2023? Our list of fellowships, grants and workshops has you covered, and they’re all open to journalists globally: Mobile film festivalDeadline: February 4, 2023 The Mobile Filmmaker’s International […]
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This story originally appeared in Hot Pod Insider, The Verge’s newsletter about the biggest events in audio. You can sign up here. It feels like 2022 was the year when podcasting came back to earth. After years of go-go growth, podcast hits going mainstream, major corporate investment, and hype about the market to come ($4 billion
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By Chris Vallance Technology reporter A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts. The hacker, “Ryushi”, is demanding $200,000 (£166,000) to hand over the data – reported to include that of some celebrities – and delete it. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC)
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TOPLINE Twitter owner Elon Musk on Thursday said he is granting “amnesty” for almost all banned accounts on the platform, a consequential policy change that follows a poll of the billionaire’s followers and comes just days after he reinstated former President Donald Trump’s account after conducting a similar survey. KEY FACTS Musk, whose unscientific poll attracted more than 3.1 million votes since
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At the request of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated on 2 November, prosecutors from eight countries have given ten specific undertakings designed to ensure that violence against media personnel does not go unpunished. And they urge fellow prosecutors to follow suit. Read the Appeal of
In a sense, every week is Media Literacy Week on a site like ours, which helps people teach and learn with the news. But Oct. 24-28 is the official week dedicated to “amplifying the importance of media literacy education across the United States.” We are delighted to help. Here are some ways teachers and librarians can teach
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) held its 19th Annual General Meeting last Wednesday (7th) virtually on the Zoom web conferencing platform. The meeting was attended by representatives of its constituent partners, the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka (NSSL), The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL), the Free Media Movement (FMM), the Sri Lanka Working
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the 22-year prison sentence that the Russian investigative journalist, held in temporary detention for more than two years, received for revealing so-called “state secrets” that were already available online. The treason charge on which this iniquitous and vengeful sentence is based is completely unfounded, RSF says. Read in Russian / Читать
She could have taken up arms but instead she chose to hold on to her camera, microphone and pen. Like many Ukrainian journalists, Yevheniia Podobna suffered conflicting emotions when the Russians invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The documentaries editor-in-chief at Ukraine’s leading public television channel, Pershyi, she told Reporters Without Borders (RSF) what the past
Image: A ‘Fact-checking’ sign on a laptop and Twitter’s logo are displayed on a phone screen. NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES TOPLINE TikTok on Wednesday unveiled a strategy for fighting misinformation ahead of the midterm elections, including a ban on paid political content from influencers, after Facebook and Twitter also outlined a series of steps to prepare for
