Tag Archives: Refugees Reporting

Webinar and report focuses on how to deal with hate speech online

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Webinar to focus on how to deal with hate speech online What can be done to counter hate speech on the internet and in social media at time when online intolerance is widespread, and threatens democratic debate in societies? A webinar on Tuesday 13 October at 10:00 am (Central European Time) will discuss ways to address hate speech online and… Read more »

By journalists for journalists: e-learning toolkit on migration reporting

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To celebrate World Refugee Day 2019, the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) released a new e-learning platform for media professionals who want to enhance their work covering migration. The e-Media Toolkit addresses issues such as ethical reporting, how to treat people fairly and with dignity, balancing accuracy, impartiality and humanity, and the importance of providing contextual, balanced information. Developed… Read more »

Participate in survey on social media hate speech

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The World Association for Christian Communication – Europe Region (WACC Europe) is seeking experiences and case studies in dealing with hate speech on social media targeting refugees and migrants. The one-year project – “Refugees and communications rights in Europe: breaking down the social media divides” – aims at understanding which strategies and tools work best to address hate speech on… Read more »

Spaces of Inclusion: Refugees and migrants and media inclusion

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Spaces of Inclusion – An explorative study on needs of refugees and migrants in the domain of media communication and on responses by community media Due to conflicts and crises in the Middle East, most prominently the ongoing war in Syria, an increasing number of European countries has been faced with the arrival of bigger numbers of refugees and migrants… Read more »

Media Migration Award calls for 2018 entries for reporting on migration

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The Migration Media Award (MMA)is calling for entries until 15 May for the 2018 award, which  recognizes and rewards the journalistic excellence, relevance and newsworthiness of press pieces dealing with migration in the Euro-Mediterranean region in all its aspects. The 2018 aware will reward up to 48 published stories resulting from time-intensive, un-sensationalistic, in-depth reporting and contributing to balance the… Read more »

Media experts discuss how to improve refugee reporting

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Following the launch of the report “Changing the Narrative: Media Representation of Refugees and Migrants in Europe” on November 16, Refugees Reporting organised a follow up discussion in partnership with One World Media and the British Red Cross. “Unpicking the Refugee Narrative” took place in London on November 30, involving key decision-makers among several top media professionals from the UK media… Read more »

New report urges end to ‘pattern of invisibility’ of refugees and migrants in European media

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Brussels, 16 November 2017. There are indications of a “pattern of invisibility” of refugees and migrants themselves in news reports on asylum and migration in European media, according to a new report presented in Brussels on 16 November. Entitled, “Changing the Narrative: Media Representation of Refugees and Migrants in Europe,” the report is the result of a 12-month project – Refugee… Read more »

Live stream of the report presentation

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The presentation of the report  “Changing the Narrative: Media Representation of Refugees and Migrants in Europe” took place at the Brussels Press Club on 16 November 2017. The full event can be watched here: https://youtu.be/c3hsnXhtn2M The report is available at: http://www.refugeesreporting.eu/report

Save the Date! Refugees Reporting report launch event

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CHANGING THE NARRATIVE: MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN EUROPE Presentation of the results of the “Refugees reporting” project – 16th November, 12.30-14.15 Brussels Press Club In reporting on refugee issues, refugees are very seldom heard themselves. The “refugee reporting” project examined how media in seven European countries portray refugees and how refugees could better represent themselves in media. The… Read more »

Guest post. Europe Must Not Neglect its Responsibility for Refugees

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  Recent data, published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), reports a major decline in migrants and refugees who have taken the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea and arrived into Europe so far this year. This signifies over a fifty per cent reduction in those risking their lives to enter Europe, compared to the same period last year…. Read more »