Donald Trump has been criticising and attacking the mainstream media for 10 years – now he’s president again he’s taken a series of actions to […]
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Zoom meeting on journalism in Slovakia-April 1
The AEJ Austria and AEJ Romania are hosting a zoom meeting with Slovakian journalists on the current difficult media situation in Slovakia on April 1. […]
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Trump dismantling Voice of America
President Donald Trump is making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming. Reporters Without Borders said it “condemns this decision as […]
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Attacks on journalism affect democracy – Media Freedom Forum
“The survival of professional media – the fourth column of democracy – plays a vital role in preserving democracy and security,” notes the Media Freedom […]
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Europe’s human rights spokesman: Trump US aid cuts threaten journalism
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, has called on EU member states to counter severe damage from US President Donald Trump’s […]
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Press freedom in Europe:confronting political pressure, disinformation and erosion of media independence
The AEJ joined 14 other partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Safety of Journalists on 5 March 2025 to urge the […]
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AP sues Trump officials in media freedom case
The Associated Press (AP) is taking three Trump officials to court in defence of its editorial independence, freedom of speech, and ability to gather and […]
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The Trump way comes to the Washington press
Honorary AEJ member Llewellyn King has been reporting for decades from Washington and is founder and executive producer/host of the White House Chronicle news and […]
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Rupert Murdoch turns against Trump
Rupert Murdoch’s American newspapers turned on U.S. President Donald Trump after he falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, The i Paper reports. […]
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AEJ leaves X (Twitter)
The AEJ-UK has disengaged from the social media platform X.It voted to leave at its Annual General Meeting in a judgment that X, formerly Twitter, […]
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Succession – inside the Murdoch family saga
As Rupert Murdoch and his family struggle again over control of the family empire, the New York Times has detailed a secret legal battle perhaps […]
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Killing the Messenger – INSI on the global death toll of journalists
The International News Safety Institute (INSI) notes a “staggering, almost incomprehensible” total of 81 – eighty one – deaths of journalists in Gaza in its […]
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AEJ joins condemnation of media freedom attacks in Turkey
The AEJ has joined the International Press Institute (IPI) and many other organisations concerned about media freedom in issuing this statement condemning a marked increase […]
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Trump and the job of journalism – a view from America
As Donald Trump nears the end of his second week as president, the AEJ’s Llewellyn King provides some timely journalistic insights from Washington. King, a […]
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AEJ raises fresh alarm at threats to media freedom in central Europe
As Donald Trump and his friends take control in the United States, the AEJ has raised the alarm about gathering threats to media freedom in […]
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