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Moldova’s EU accession process is reshaping the country’s media landscape. Join us on 1 October at 14:00 CET for a closer look at the progress made, the challenges that remain, and what they mean for press freedom.
Join us: mfrr.eu/webinars/moldovas-eu…
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Student journalists are already doing an important work, but the benefits of supporting them may take years to become visible. Poynter makes the case for investing in the people who will shape journalism’s future.
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What do the Saxony-Anhalt election results mean for press freedom?
We spoke with Lucas Munzke of @djuverdi and Michael Naumann of MDR about journalist safety, intimidation and the future of public service media in the state.
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EU leader Ursula von der Leyen warned during her State of the Union address this week that foreign propaganda and information warfare are key threats facing Europe. Fending them off requires stronger safeguards for investigative journalists.
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Hamburg´s Press Freedom Week is coming up! We will host a reading and dialogue on 14 October. Exile journalists Olga Bubich and Leyla Mustafayeva will be talking about their challenges with continuing their profession after displacement.
Register here: rb.gy/3f4wx7
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🎂Doğum günün kutlu olsun Tuğba!
Yeni yaşına cezaevinde girmek zorunda bırakılmanı kabul etmiyoruz. Hep yanındayız.
Aramıza döndüğün günleri sabırsızlıkla bekliyoruz😉
#İyiKiDoğdunTuğbaTekerek
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In 2024, the EU opened accession negotiations with Moldova. On 1 October, we will host a webinar exploring the findings of the Shadow Report on Media Freedom and EU Accession in Moldova and the challenges facing independent media in the country: mfrr.eu/webinars/moldovas-eu…
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War changes more than what journalists report on. It changes their homes, ambitions and the lives they imagined for themselves. The Only Material brings these stories to Leipzig, together with the Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum and Headliner gUG: ecpmf.eu/the-only-material-e…
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⚡ With more than 7,000 alerts documented, our mappingmediafreedom.org has reached an alarming milestone. Since 2020, more than 11,000 media-related persons and entities across Europe have been affected by press freedom violations.
Explore the data: mapmf.org/explorer
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Last week we joined the "Media Freedom Workshop" in Budapest, hosted by @eurliberalforum and Republikon Foundation. A great policy lab on the role of media, trust, and the future of journalism with press workers and media experts from across the region.
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Ein möglicher Austritt Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns aus dem NDR-Staatsvertrag wäre eine Gefahr für die regionale Medienvielfalt
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Managing teams is not easy. You can master what you do, but guiding people is quite a different thing and it requires another set of skills. Explore some tips for managers in investigative journalism.
gijn.org/stories/tips-manage…
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Am Sonntag wählt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern einen neuen Landtag. Die rechte Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) kündigt in ihrem Regierungsprogramm auch an, den NDR-Staatsvertrag kündigen zu wollen. Das wäre eine Gefahr für die regionale Medienvielfalt.
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🇪🇺 We are now in Brussels!
Our Monitoring Officer Cara Räker is attending the Democracy Fair of the European Commission’s European Citizens’ Panel. ECPMPF has been invited to speak about the meaning of press freedom for democratic resilience.
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That's a wrap on #IJ4EU UNCOVERED 2026! Two days, sharp conversations, and a community that carries the work forward long after the conference is over. Thank you to everyone who showed up and stayed for the hard stories.
See you next time!
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Day two of UNCOVERED 2026 opens slowly!
Emma Thomasson on the everyday tensions and communication styles that quietly wear journalists down, and practical ways to manage conflict and support one another before it takes a toll.
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⚡ Serbian authorities must withdraw the expulsion order against our colleague Massimo Moratti. We are deeply concerned that this measure is linked to his media freedom work and forms part of wider administrative pressure on critical voices in Serbia.
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"What It Costs: An Open Table on Gender and Investigation" — a working session on the toll investigative work takes on women in the field, moving from naming the problem to sharing what actually helps.
Organised with Women in Media NGO. #IJ4EU
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"Cross-border Snapshots #1" with Juliette Gerbais moderating: gas diversification, conflict scrap metal, biofuel fraud, mining and survival, Big Tech data centres, and conflict gold.
Six #IJ4EU grantees, each has five minutes to present their project.
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