Special Report: Insiders reveal how Erdogan tamed Turkey’s newsrooms | Reuters Reuters ISTANBUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) – When President Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law suddenly quit as finance minister in late 2020, four staff in Turkey’s leading newsrooms said they received a clear direction from their managers: don’t report this until the government says so. The resignation … Read more
Metin Cihan’s latest quest was to question a minister’s business relations (Mr. Canikli) This ended up with the restriction of his Twitter account. A journalist announced that Metin Cihan has several new accounts in other social media platforms: Nurettin Canikli dosyasını paylaşan Metin Cihan’ın Twitter hesabına kısıtlama getirilmiş. Bize, size ulaştırmamız için bir mesaj yolladı. … Read more
📢 Diyarbakır’da gözaltına alınan 21 Kürt gazeteci meslektaşımız için İstanbul şubemizde yarın basın açıklaması düzenliyoruz. Herkesi dayanışma için orada bulunmaya çağırıyoruz. 🕛 12:00📍DİSK Basın-İş (Orhan Adli Apaydın Sokak No:5 / Taksim)#GazetecileriSerbestBırakın pic.twitter.com/GIC0GKBtyU — DİSK Basın-İş (@Disk_Basin_is) June 10, 2022 https://twitter.com/babat_dilan/status/1534943691596603398?t=2qDP2Ny_ND8vIgZCOfh-WA&s=03 Trace Turkey’s path to normalizing the practice of blocking news websites • Global Voices … Read more
Israel Admits It Might Have Killed Journalist, Attacks Her Funeral The Intercept Israeli police attacked the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday, nearly causing Prominent Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot dead by Israeli bullet to the head Dubbed ‘Voice of Palestine’, the journalist’s murder is mourned by many Originally published … Read more
Turkey ranks 149th for media freedom as authoritarianism rises – RSF | Ahval Turkey ranked 149th of 180 countries for freedom of the press, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said… Click here for the RSF World Press Freedom Index Only 31 countries rank worse than Turkey in press freedom Of the 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) … Read more
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The Race to Archive the Ukrainian Internet In times of war, preservation is more critical than ever—cultural artifacts, historical collections, and important records are often targeted and erased. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last month, the Internet Archive has been a crucial member of the effort to preserve Ukrainian websites, datasets, and digital resources before they’re lost forever. We sometimes think … Read more
Dear ECREAns, I’ve been asked by Lyubov Naydonova, President of the Ukrainian Association of Media Psychologists and Media Educators, to share an open letter with you aimed at influencing Western media coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The letter is signed by the leaders of a number of Ukrainian media research organizations and by … Read more
Poynter’s MediaWise joins Istanbul Bilgi University in Turkey to launch a free digital media literacy program The latest course from MediaWise teaches Turkish adults how to discern fact from fiction online, one text message at a time. By: Sara Bealor March 25, 2022 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 25, 2022) – MediaWise, the digital media literacy initiative … Read more
I am excited to be part of Mediawise‘s efforts to internationalize the Digital Media Literacy WhatsApp course. The launch and the panels afterward can be watched here: This is a collaboration between the Faculty of Communication at Istanbul Bilgi University and Poynter‘s Mediawise which in turn is supported by Meta Turkey. The launch program … Read more
IPI’s survival guide for local media An IPI global network guide for sustainable news media serving local communities in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. See the full report and download a copy here Across the IPI global network of journalists, editors, and publishers, we’ve been speaking to more local media … Read more
Turkish journalist held over alleged ox insult against Erdoğan World news: Turkey Sedef Kabaş faces trial over use of proverb on TV and in tweet comparing palace to a barn A Turkish journalist has been jailed pending a trial for allegedly insulting the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after she cited a proverb on television and social … Read more
A FIRST IN 13 YEARS: ‘Journalists strong when united’: BBC Turkish goes on strike Bianet :: English While the official inflation rate is 36 percent in Turkey, BBC has offered a 20-percent pay rise to its employees in its İstanbul bureau, protests the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS). After 13 years, the first strike has begun … Read more
The letter is available here and at participating organizations’ websites in their own languages. Ms. Susan Wojcicki, It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The world has seen time and time again how destructive disinformation and misinformation can be for social harmony, democracy, and public health; too many lives and livelihoods have been ruined, and … Read more
It’s Time to End CNN’s License for CNN Turk’s Hate Content | Opinion – Newsweek Newsweek The channel became synonymous with self-censorship when it aired a documentary on penguins in 2013 instead of reporting the Gezi Park protests Turkish media recently reported that CNN International is sending a team to Turkey to “look into its Turkish branch’s broadcasting policy,” which has … Read more