How the European Journalism Centre is working with Facebook on journalist safety For 25 years, the European Journalism Centre has been training and protecting journalists worldwide. Facebook, as one of the world’s largest social platforms, now plays a central role in the sourcing and distribution of news. Helping journalists to navigate, understand and remain secure … Read more
Police who shot dead Gezi protester fined $2,800 Hurriyet Daily News A court in Istanbul has fined a police officer who shot dead a protester during the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Turkey’s high court receives 60,000 applications since July 15 coup attempt: Top Judge Hurriyet Daily News Some 60,000 individual applications have been made to … Read more
Report: Nearly 25% of Americans admit sharing fake news The Next Web by Bryan Clark Nearly a quarter of Americans surveyed admitted to sharing fake news. You can interpret this two ways: that’s not as terrible as I first thought; or, three-quarters of Americans are liars (or completely oblivious). Facebook Finally Gets Real About Fighting Fake News … Read more
Stop the press: Turkey’s crackdown on its media goes into overdrive theguardian.com – Constanze Letsch – Aug 28, 10:00 PM Since the attempted coup, the government has ordered more than a hundred outlets to close and arrested 48 journalists More journalists detained in operation against Gülen Hurriyet Daily News Detention warrants have been issued for a … Read more
5 ways fake news websites are evolving First Draft News by Craig Silverman It’s typically been fairly easy to describe what fake news websites are, and how they work: These sites publish stories that look and read like real news articles but are completely fake. They exist in order to earn money from ads. That description … Read more
CNN and the NYT Are Deliberately Obscuring Who Perpetrated the Afghan Hospital Attack The Intercept by Glenn Greenwald Much of the world spent the last 48 hours expressing revulsion at the U.S. airstrike on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. It was quite clear early on that the perpetrator of the attack was the U.S., and many … Read more
It looks like our citizen journalism collective Dokuz8Haber’s Twitter account wanted to be blocked. So far Twitter did not respond positively to Turkish judiciary… Turkish journalism ‘agonizing under unbearable pressure’ International Press Institute – Sep 24 Category: Press Releases, Europe, Turkey VIENNA, Sep 24, 2015 – Journalism in Turkey is “agonizing under unbearable pressure”, leading … Read more
Twitter and Google are reportedly launching their own version of “Instant Articles” Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman Google and Twitter are joining the growing group of tech companies looking to optimize publishers’ content for mobile devices. This fall, the two companies are planning an launching an open-source product that’s similar to Facebook’s Instant Articles, Recode’s … Read more
Netherlands Reacts to Deportation of Journalist Geerdink Bianet :: English Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink has been deported upon the request of Governorship of Hakkari. Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted, Netherlands Association of Journalists will protest. Turkey deports Dutch journalist after being released A Dutch journalist who was detained in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari’s Yüksekova district on … Read more
Global Rights Groups Call for Turkey to Release Detained VICE News Journalists VICE News – Aug 30, 12:25 PM Global rights groups have issued calls seeking the immediate release of four journalists working for VICE News who have been detained in Turkey since Thursday without being charged. Turkish authorities took British journalists Jake Hanrahan and … Read more
The value of the witness: How the London attacks changed the news Mashable! by Colin Daileda The night after the deadliest peace-time attack on London, the BBC led its 6 p.m. newscast with a shaky video of screaming commuters, an ambulance siren howling in the background Twitter’s new article preview cards could be a boost for publishers … Read more
Armenia Withdraws “Normalization” Protocols From Parliament Bianet :: English Following Armenia’s withdrawal from normalization protocols signed in 2009, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry made a statement, saying that Armenia’s decision was “unfortunate”. Frustration over Özgecan Aslan continues in Turkey: Death penalty is not solution, says Özgecan’s father The father of Özgecan Aslan, a 20-year-old student who was brutally killed … Read more
Relief, but ‘incredible angst’ for Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste Mashable! by Megan Specia Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste said he feels relief after his release from an Egyptian jail but is concerned for those still imprisoned Robots Writing Over 1,000 Stories Per Month for the Associated Press Writerswrite.com’s Writer’s Blog Over 1,000 stories per month are … Read more
Turkish police saw Gezi activists as morally-problematic ‘others’ Police viewed the activists in the Gezi Park protests as ‘morally problematic outsiders’ Diyarbakır-based Dutch journalist faces jail term for ‘PKK propaganda’ A lawsuit has been opened against Frederike Geerdink on charges of making propaganda on behalf of PKK Indictment of Dutch journalist in Turkey heightens press freedom fears World … Read more
Future of News: News v Noise In this digital age where information inequality is growing, the news industry is having to rethink the way it will keep everyone informed. Continue reading the main story By the BBC’s director of news and current affairs, James Harding. The war on leaks has gone way too far when … Read more