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Kristin Skare Orgeret has accepted the invitation from Saba Bebawi, Eddy Borges-Rey and Bruce Mustvairo to be part of a new book series Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South as a board member. Members of the International advisory board will help identify new topics for commissions, approach potential authors/editors and provide expert advise on the… Continue reading Untitled

Together with Bruce Mutsvairo and Massimo Ragnedda, MEKK member Kristin Skare Orgeret organized the IAMCR preconference Assessing Afrocentric Attributes of Digitalisation. 18 great presentations – very promising for the coming special issue of Information, Communication and Society. The preconference was held at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Era or Error of Transformation? Assessing Afrocentric Attributes of… Continue reading Era or Error of Transformation? Assessing Afrocentric Attributes of Digitalisation

Call for abstracts – Research Group MEKK’s 5th annual conference on the Safety of Journalists – Digital Safety Oslo November 6, 7 and 8th 2019 The conference will take place in Oslo on November 6, 7 and 8th 2019 in connection with UNESCO’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists at OsloMet University… Continue reading Call for abstracts: 5th annual conference on the Safety of Journalists – Digital Safety

For UNESCO’s celebration of at the Headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, OsloMet and MEKK were proud hosts of the Academic Conference on Safety of Journalists together with University of Makerere. The Academic Conference was organised in cooperation with UNESCO and the Universities of Sheffield and Malaga. Professor Kristin Skare Orgeret and Dr… Continue reading World Press Freedom Day & the Academic Conference

Today 3rd of May, on the World Press Freedom Day, the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at OsloMet held a seminar discussing the freedom of speech in both a Norwegian and an international context. Professor Rune Ottosen presented the situation for journalists on an international level with increased violence, murder and harassment against journalist.… Continue reading PRESS FREEDOM DAY

The main celebration of World Press Freedom Day 2019 will take place in Addis Ababa, from 1 to 3 May 2019. The event will provide a platform for multiple actors to exchange on current issues, threats and achievements concerning freedom of the press. The overall theme of the event will be the role of media… Continue reading World Press Freedom Day 2019

The Norwegian Foundation for a Free and Investigative Press (SKUP, Stiftelsen for en Kritisk og Undersøkende Presse) held its yearly conference this week-end (29.03-31.03). SKUP is an association established in 1990, dedicated to promoting investigative journalism in Norway. SKUP organizes an annual weekend conference for investigative reporters and editors in Norway. International participants from the… Continue reading SKUP – Investigative Journalism

Vol. 18 / No. 1 of conflict & communication online has appeared and can be downloaded from the internet: http://www.cco.regener-online.de/ The articles presented in this issue of Conflict & Communication Online, were selected from papers written for the annual Safety of Journalists conference organized by the Media, War and Conflict research group (MEKK) at OsloMetropolitan… Continue reading Vol. 18 / No. 1 of conflict & communication online

The Master course Global Journalism: Conflict, Safety and Peace started out on Monday 25th. The course is a part of the Master in Journalism at the OsloMet. During this week and the second week of April there will be daily lectures at the OsloMet. This year students from 11 countries have signed up for the… Continue reading Global Journalism: Conflict, Safety and Peace