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Media literacy – both bigger picture and a critical view

The dizzying progression of technology and the media creates an increasing need for talking about media literacy. However, it seems that the new possibilities...

Romania: Less hate, more speech

The project "Less hate, more speech" aims at stimulating more civilized discussion with less aggressive speech on the Romanian online media, as one of...

Measuring media realities. Media Clientelism Index 2016

Clientelism, politicization and corruption hold media captured and prevent them from carrying out their watchdog role. Media Clientelism Index assesses the situation in 6...

How Romania’s Independent Media Woke Up its Readers

by Adam Tismaneanu As January came to a close, Romania’s government met late at night on the last day of the month to approve an...

Media ownership concentration and crisis in Romania

Despite appearing diverse with its hundreds of news outlets, Romania’s media landscape is actually controlled by a handful of magnates. With many of them...

Romania: The Sport Reporters Uncovering Corruption, Bribery And Fraud

Over the past 16 years, a team of four sports journalists at Romania’s last remaining print sports newspaper, Gazeta Sporturilor, has been responsible for...

Book: Requirements for Modern Journalism Education

The "Task Force Journalism Education" of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Media Program South East Europe has published a new book based on a research...

Romanian Parliament Eliminated Public Broadcast Fee

Romanian Parliament voted on October 25 to eliminate the subscription fee and introduce direct funding of the public radio and TV from the state...

Romania to Eliminate Public Broadcast Fee

The saga of the public services in Romania was extended with a new troubled chapter on October 17, when the Senate (the upper chamber...

Worrying study on #mediafreedom and pluralism in 7 EU countries: Urgent EU action needed

The recently published study on  “A comparative analysis of media freedom and pluralism in the EU Member States“conducted research on Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary,...

CEE Siemens Press Award 2016 (apply by 12 September 2016)

Siemens is organizing a regional journalist competition – Siemens CEE Press Award 2016, which will be held in ten countries of Central and Eastern...

Mapping Media Freedom report: journalists increasingly attacked in Europe

Violence against journalists in Europe increased in the second quarter of 2016, reports submitted to Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom platform show, as...
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Ilir Gashi Wins PCi Media Award

Peaceful Change initiative “Media Award” celebrates the power of positive journalism and shines a light on important stories of multi-ethnic coexistence in...

New “red line”: Law against freedom of expression in Republika Srpska

On 2 March, the government of Bosnia's entity Republika Srpska (RS) adopted a Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of...

Fighting a Flood of Disinformation in the Western Balkans

To reduce the impact of disinformation, civil society organizations across the region work to strengthen media literacy among old and young.

Regional documentaries on media and journalism you must watch: What makes a good documentary?

Film theoretician Bill Nichols wrote of six types of documentaries—poetic, expository, reflexive, observational, performative, and participatory—each with distinctive characteristics. It is about...