#KeepTruthAlive
Guy Berger at OsloMet last week
UNESCOs new report Intensified Attacks, New Defences Developments in the Fight to Protect Journalists and End Impunity was presented at Oslo last week under the headline #KeepTruthAlive Read More
The Third Launch!
PHOTO (From left:) Bora Ataman, Baris Coban, Abeer Saady, Elisabeth Eide, Kristin Skare Orgeret, Mubashar Hasan, Afshin Ismaeli and Atta Ansari
The anthology “Transnational Othering – Global Diversities” was launched for the third time at OsloMet, during the 5th journalist safety conference organized by the MEKK research group in co-operation with UNESCO, Free Expression Foundation, JMIC and the Digital media research group.
At the launch, several chapter contributors as well as two of the three editors participated, and made short presentations of their own work.
Another launch!
Elisabeth Eide and Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar
“Transnational Othering – Global Diversities” was launched in Kabul 4th November, hosted by Nai Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan. Read More
Book launched in Indonesia
Photo (from left): Ade Armando, Nina Mutmainnah, Apriline Widani from the Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta, Lestari Nurhajati, Elisabeth Eide, Abeer Saady, Andina Dwifatma and Ming-Kuok LIM from UNESCO in Jakarta.
The anthology «Transnational Othering – Global Diversities» had its first launch in Depok, a city just outside Jakarta, Indonesia on 30th November, at Universitas Indonesia, the largest university in the country.
This was part of a three day event, including a two day workshop on teaching gender in journalism and media studies. Read More
NEW ANTHOLOGY PUBLISHED
NEW BOOK OUT!
A new anthology has just been published by Nordicom:
Transnational Othering – Global Diversities, Media, Extremism and Free Expression This is an open access book, which can be downloaded here:
https://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv/publikationer/transnational-othering-global-diversities
The book is the result of cooperation across many borders during the last three years, with contributions from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Norway, PakistanTunisia, and Turkey. Contributors include both academics and journalists. The anthology is divided into three parts:
- PART ONE: Extremism and the media: Shifting sands
- PART TWO: Freedom of expression and new challenges
- PART THREE: The changing shades of global diversities
Editors: Elisabeth Eide (OsloMet), Kristin Skare Orgeret (OsloMet) and Nil Mutluer, Humboldt University, Berlin.
Frontline defenders
Abeer Saady and Shahidul Alam in Dublin this week
JMIC´s safety trainer Abeer Saady attended 2019 Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders this week.
Among over 120 human rights defenders from more than 80 countries was also Shahidul Alam, Person of the Year in Time magazine last year – a long time cooperation partner of OsloMet. Read More
Summer with safety training
Marte Hoiby about threats and dangers (Photo: Lada Price)
JMIC staff Marte Hoiby held a journalist safety workshop at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK this summer.
Safety Training in Lahore
In collaboration with Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) JMIC has conducted a safety training course for appr. 30 journalists, headed by our experienced lead trainer Abeer Saady, assisted by Atta Ansari, board member of JMIC and professor Altaf Khan at FC College. Evaluations were very good, praising the course leadership for dynamic and inspirational course conduction.
First safety training of trainers
Universitas Indonesia and JMIC have cooperated on the first safety and security training for journalist trainers in Jakarta 23 and 24 November.
This is JMIC´s first training on this level. Some of the participants also participated in a larger regular 4-day training in how to work in hostile environment 19 – 22 November. See the video here:
Chilling effects
Guy Berger From UNESCO
The 4th annual conference on the Safety of Journalists was held at Oslo Metropolitan University 5 – 6 November under headline “the chilling effects”.
Guy Berger, Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development in UNESCO in Paris, spoke about “From global norms to national mechanisms for protecting journalists”. Read More