Newsletter: Philanthropy for journalism, Media Freedom Act, Media data sharing
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Media Freedom Act: help now avoid ‘other Trumps and Ukraines’ / NEWSLETTER
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Newsletter: #Media4Europe in the run-up to News Media Forum: a healthier media sector
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Read our open letter, co-signed by 28 MEPs and media stakeholders, calling on the European Commission President von der Leyen, to support a “Coronavirus Media Action Plan” to protect the infrastructure of our democracy (March 2020): Health, trust and journalism: a Coronavirus Plan for the Media
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- Ukraine war limited Moscow’s ability to interfere in French election, report says 29th June 2022
- French public broadcasting sector on strike, uncertain about its future 28th June 2022
- Politics cannot be avoided but impact on contest limited, says Eurovision organiser 14th May 2022
- News media eye financial diversification with ‘more funding than ever’ 12th May 2022
- EU urges independent probe into Al Jazeera reporter’s West Bank killing 11th May 2022
“Democratic debates require trusted information, less economic pressure on media, and more policy pressure on platforms. Supporting citizens’ choices, three concepts will help: ‘co-regulation’, ‘trust indicators’, ‘systemic publishing platforms’.”Learn more on our Open Letter to the Commission President von der Leyen, co-signed by 15 MEPs, former MEPs, and media experts (December 2019): Democracy and Digital: trusted media & platform regulation.
Media policy: EU's high-level expert group on disinformation (2018)
In 2018, Christophe Leclercq was one of the experts on the EU High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on disinformation. Read the report of the HLEG published in March 2018: Final report of the High Level Expert Group on Fake News and Online Disinformation. This Opinion piece is summarising the works of the EU High-Level Expert Group on disinformation : Avoid censorship, dilute fake with quality news (available in EN, FR, DE).
The Open Letter reacting to the EU Action Plan on disinformation was co-signed by six MEPs and six independent media experts (December 2018): Beyond fake news: Strategic options for media ahead of EU elections (FR, DE). Three adapted versions of this Open Letter have been published in FR (Le Monde), IT (Italia Oggi), ES (El Pais).