Foreign Minister to OsloMet

Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide greeted Rector Curt Rice
Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide greeted Rector Curt Rice (Photo: Thomas Johnstone

The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide came to OsloMet to open the seminar A right to know. How can we ensure reliable information in times of crisis? Thursday 2 October 2020. 

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Digital course in Peace Journalism

photo of Rune Ottosen on zoom
Rune Ottosen foreleser

In co-operation with partner Nai supporting open media in Afghanistan, JMIC at OsloMet started a course in peace journalism for Afghan journalists/editors. We also cooperate with the Faculty of Journalism and Commuication at Kabul University.

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New head of media and journalism studies

portrait of Nathalie Hyde-Clarke
portrait of Nathalie Hyde-Clarke

Nathalie Hyde-Clarke is the new leader of Department of journalism and media studies at the Faculty of social sciences at OsloMet.  

She is originally from South Africa, but has lived in Finland the last six years, where she was Head of the Department of Culture and Media at Arcada University of Applied Sciences. She was also a Docent in Media and Communication at the University of Helsinki. 

She started in her new job in Oslo 1 August, and headed her first staff meeting this week on zoom.  

Corona safety for Arab journalists

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on screeen Hanene Zbiss 

ARTICLE 19 MENA (Middle East and North Africa) and Journalism & International Media Center (JMIC) organized the webinar “ COVID 19 and the challenges to journalism and ATI in the Maghreb region” 21 July.  

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CPJ announces 2020 International Press Freedom awardees

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Clockwise from top left: Svetlana Prokopyeva (Artiom Avanesov); Dapo Olorunyomi (Dapo Olorunyomi); Shahidul Alam (Shahidul Alam); Mohammad Mosaed (Farid Kamran Nia)

New York, July 13, 2020–The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor four courageous journalists from Bangladesh, Iran, Nigeria, and Russia with the 2020 International Press Freedom Awards. All four have been arrested or faced criminal prosecution in reprisal for their reporting. CPJ will also honor lawyer Amal Clooney with the Gwen Ifill Award. 

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