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Recap: CEDMO 2022 Conference “Europe Tackles Information Chaos” – videos of all sessions available
The CEDMO International Conference (#CIC2022) is over. It was a big success. Over 1.5 days, from 22-23 September 2022, experts and stakeholders from various sectors spoke about a wide range of topics that all deal with information disorder and ways … Continue reading
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Preview: CEDMO International Conference (#CIC2022) “Europe Tackles Information Chaos” in Prague
From 22-23 September 2022, I will attend and speak at the CEDMO International Conference (#CIC2022) “Europe Tackles Information Chaos”. Being the Chair of the CEDMO Advisory Board, this is a great honour and something I look very much forward to. About the … Continue reading
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Mental well-being of investigators on the digital frontline
There is a lot of disturbing and potentially traumatizing digital material coming out of Ukraine, especially in the form of images and videos. This article looks at ways to protect journalists from secondary trauma and gives some tips and advice … Continue reading
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Central Europe against Disinformation – Launch of CEDMO
Today (10 February 2022) saw the official launch of CEDMO, the Central European Digital Media Observatory. CEDMO is one of currently eight European Hubs, supported by the European Commission, to counter disinformation, foster media literacy, link research and engage with … Continue reading
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Talk at “Correcting Images 2016” / Bildkorrekturen Leipzig
On 19 November I spoke at the conference “Correcting Images 2016: Digitalisation and Development” in Leipzig. The title of my 1-hour speech (I know that’s long, but judging by comments and feedback received afterwards the audience found it interesting and … Continue reading
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Looking back: The EU’s Media Literacy Expert Group Meeting
On 1 December 2015, I presented the research project Reveal and talked about the importance of verification of eyewitness media at the Media Literacy Expert Group Meeting of the European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, in Brussels.
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Social Media and News
On 16 November 2015 I talked about the relevance of Social Media for the news business to an audience consisting of academics, legal experts and industry representatives at a workshop that was co-located with WIFS 2015 in Rome, Italy.
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Reveal summed up by journalism.co.uk
Here’s an article on journalism.co.uk that sums up nicely what we do in our collaborative research project REVEAL It is based on two interviews Mădălina Ciobanu did with myself and Nikos Sarris of ATC, plus material the project consortium have … Continue reading
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UGC in News @Prix Italia
On 21 September 2015 I had been invited to participate in the session entitled “News and User-Generated Content” at Prix Italia 2015. Together with other experts we talked about the impact of eyewitness media / UGC on the news business, … Continue reading
Interview: dealing with eyewitness media
Here’s an extract of a video interview I gave to journalists who participated in the EBU’s SkillsXchange at Prix Italia 2015. Andrej Cebokli (MMC, RTV Slovenia) and Marina Strauss (Deutsche Welle, Germany) conducted it with myself and Dhruti Shah, journalist … Continue reading
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