Month: October 2019

Paper Sessions FRIDAY 8th of November 0900 – 1245 Pilestredet 46, Clara Holst hus, (third floor) OsloMet   Session 1: Law, impunity and the role of the journalist in the media Pilestredet 46, Clara Holst hus: PA304 09.00 – 10.00 Moderator: Rune Ottosen rune@oslomet.no   Abit Hoxha: Thinking like NGO – working like journalist: Working… Continue reading Paper sessions on the 5th annual conference

MEKK-member Rune Ottosen presented the Paper: “The Echo Chambers in Social Media promoting terror – experience from two terror attacks in Norway”, at the Technology and Digitalization as Forces of Change at the Odense University October 3-4, 2019 and the paper: “How Norway bombed Libya to a failed state in the name of peace” at… Continue reading Conference presentations

  Senegal, West Africa: Last week Kristin Skare Orgeret led a refreshment course in safety and equality together with 50 women journalists from the entire continent. The journalists have previously been trained as safety trainers in Dakar, Johannesburg and Tunis, and have all together conducted 100 training workshops in their respective countries. The training is… Continue reading Safety and Equality for Female Journalists

5th annual conference on the Safety of Journalists – Digital Safety November 6th, 7th and 8th  2019 Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway Organized by the Research group Media, War and Conflict, MEKK & Fritt Ord supported by UNESCO, the Journalism and Media International Center (JMIC) and OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group (DJRG) Registration is now open,… Continue reading Register for the Safety Conference

Onsdag 16. oktober deltar MEKK-medlem Anne Hege Simonsen på Landskonferanse foto 2019. Konferansen vil se nærmere på norsk fotohistorie i perioden fra 9. april 1940 til 22. juli 2011, og på hvordan fotografiet inntar en stadig mer sentral posisjon i samfunnsutvikling og kultur. Hvordan kan denne historien forstås og fortelles? Og hvordan har fotografiet bidratt… Continue reading Tragediens bilder

I dag, mandag 14. oktober, presenterer MEKK-medlem Bjørn Westlie sin nyeste bok. I krig er sannhet det første offeret, og slik var det også i Norge under andre verdenskrig. Nasjonal Samling (NS) presset avisene til å trykke jødefiendtlige artikler fra partiets eget pressebyrå Norsk Artikkeltjeneste (NAT). NATs funksjon og innholdet i artiklene har til nå… Continue reading Det norske jødehatet. Boklansering med Bjørn Westlie

NB DRAFT PROGRAMME! 5th annual conference on the Safety of Journalists – Digital Safety November 6th, 7th and 8th  2019 Organized by the Research group Media, War and Conflict, MEKK & Fritt Ord supported by UNESCO, the Journalism and Media International Center (JMIC) and OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group (DJRG) Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway  … Continue reading 5th annual conference on the Safety of Journalists – Digital Safety (preliminary program)

Safety for journalists, including digital safety, is a matter of public concern that is wide-ranging. It is vital for those who practice journalism, for their families and for their sources. It is essential for the wellbeing of media institutions, civil society, academia and the private sector more broadly. If we value the free flow of… Continue reading Keynote speakers at the conference on the Safety of Journalists, 2019

MEKK-member Bjørn Westile’s new book is entitled “The Norwegian hate against the Jews” (Det norske jødehatet) and discusses the propaganda and Norwegian press during the German occupation of Norway during World War 2. As much of Bjørn Westlie’s research also this book has an impact on the Norwegian public sphere. Aftenposten, one of the most… Continue reading “The Norwegian hate against the Jews”