The AEJ held its annual general assembly and international congress in the port and resort city of Vlorë (Vlora), Albania, in October 2023 – from the AEJ UK’s Tony Robinson, former FT correspondent and East European editor.
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How AI Challenges Journalism as Never Before
This is a column by Llewellyn King, AEJ member and executive producer/host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS in the USA, based on remarks he […]
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Report from AEJ media freedom representative
Report to the General Assembly 2023 – Vlore ALBANIA – 25-29 October 2023 from AEJ Media Freedom Representative Kyriakos Pieridis KEY CHALLENGES: OVERVIEW Media Freedom […]
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Report from AEJ contact with CoE Platform for Safety of Journalists
Report to AEJ 2023 General Assemblyfrom William Horsley, AEJ Contact for Council of Europe Platform for Safety of Journalists (This report accompanies AEJ MF Representative’s […]
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UN International Day to end impunity for crimes against journalists
The United Nations and associated organizations marked 2 November as the 2023 International Day to end impunity for crimes against journalists with events around the […]
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Uses and misuses of media law – UK panel marks UN International Day to End Impunity
On 2 November William Horsley, AEJ UK chair and international director of the Centre for Freedom of the Media at the University of Sheffield, marked […]
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An investigation into the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia
The son of murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia launched his new book, an investigation into the life and assassination of his mother, on November […]
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AEJ joins renewed call for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia
The AEJ has joined 12 other media freedom groups to mark the sixth anniversary of the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta on […]
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Europe wide campaign for the safety of journalists launched
The Council of Europe launches a continent-wide Campaign for the Safety of Journalists at an international conference on 5 and 6 October .
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UK government launches task force on anti-SLAPPS action
The UK government has launched a task force to find ways of clamping down on SLAPPS – strategic lawsuits against public participation – the time-consuming and costly legal threats designed to stop legitimate journalistic investigation and critical reporting
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AEJ joins call for Russia to stop violence against journalists
The AEJ has joined eight other media freedom groups to condemn an attack on a journalist and lawyer in Chechnya. And it called on Russian […]
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Democracy undermined by media manipulation – AEJ marks World Press Freedom Day
Media freedom, “the cornerstone of democracy”, is being undermined and manipulated “by a number of different actors who use a variety of increasingly sophisticated methods” […]
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UK slips down ranking in World Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranks the UK as number 26 in its latest World Press Freedom Index, released on World Press Freedom Day 2023. That’s […]
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Can the Commonwealth survive without free speech?
Marking World Press Freedom Day on May 3, William Horsley questions what the Commonwealth is doing to protect free speech.Horsley is chair of the AEJ […]
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AEJ joins call for Turkey to stop stifling critical reporting ahead of elections
The AEJ has joined 18 other media freedom and human rights organisations calling on Turkey’s broadcast regulator (RTÜK) immediately to stop fining broadcasters for their […]
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