-Why doesn´t the media care? Professor and MEKK member, Rune Ottosen made an attempt to answer this question on NRK radio. Why has the controversial fact that Norway is selling weapons to a nation that is involved in war, gone unnoticed by Norwegian media? According to Ottosen, this is also an important question to be… Continue reading Norway is again selling weapons to the United Arab Emirates
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Gave lecture on Peace Journalism in Cartagena
MEKK member Rune Ottosen joined the IAMCR conference in Cartagena, which took place the 17th till the 20th August. His lecture on “Teaching Peace Journalism: Propaganda or critical approach.” presented an overview of the traditions of Peace Journalism.
A “Minga” takes place at the IAMCR conference in Cartagena
A very untraditional event took place this summer at the IAMCR conference in Cartagena. Indigenous people came together to create their own declaration. Head of MEKK, Roy Krøvel joined as convenor and moderator of this unconventional seminar called “Minga of Thought -Communication and Indigenous Peoples”. 200 journalists, researchers and leaders from all over the world,… Continue reading A “Minga” takes place at the IAMCR conference in Cartagena
Media scholars facing global challenges -advocators or outsiders?
The following title was also the topic of the panel debate, in which head of MEKK, Kristin Skare Orgeret, participated at the NordMedia conference of 2017. Member Anders Graver Knudsen also participated with a talk on lived experiences and conceptualisation of journalism among freelance journalists: “Walking a tightrope – Boundaries of journalism and precarious freelance journalists.” The… Continue reading Media scholars facing global challenges -advocators or outsiders?
Workshop for female journalist from West and East Africa
Professor and head of MEKK, Kristin Skare Orgeret participated in the International Federation for Journalists’ (IFJ)s Training of Trainers in Dakar, Senegal in the beginning of July. 18 female journalists from West and East Africa took part in the course which focused on Equality and Security for female journalists: Orgeret is involved developing a similar… Continue reading Workshop for female journalist from West and East Africa
“Tourist in Utopia”-welcome to book-launch the 22end of August!
How could thousands of revolutionary Norwegians support and admire Enver Hoxha´s regime -a brutal dicatorship where political opponents were imprisoned and executed?
Call for papers -Safety of Journalists Covering Conflict and Sensitive Issues
The research group Media, War and Conflict at Oslo and Akershus University College, Oslo, Norway invites practitioners and researchers from different parts of the world with interest in and knowledge about threats and violence against journalists to participate.
This year´s rig on press freedom completed
HiOA’s first year journalism students have just finished this year´s online Rig on press freedom.The Rig is a multimedia workshop, created and carried out by MEKK members Elsebeth Frey and Solveig Steien, where students produce online stories about the current state of press freedom in different countries around the world. This year they examined Ethiopia,… Continue reading This year´s rig on press freedom completed
Don´t miss out on unique collaborative research from Latin America!
Welcome to conference: Collaborative Research, Experiences from Latin America. Part of a series of events to wrap up the RCN-funded project ‘Extracting Justice?’ Location: Pilestredet 46. Room PA113 Athene Date: Tuesday 22. of June, 2017 Time: 09.00 – 13.00 Since the heyday of Participatory Action Research (PAR) and the “pedagogy of the oppressed” until today,… Continue reading Don´t miss out on unique collaborative research from Latin America!
Journalistic challenges and practices when using Social Media
Associated Professor and MEKK member, Elsebeth Frey has contributed as coauthor to the article “Crises, Rumours and Reposts: Journalists’ Social Media Content Gathering and Verification Practices in Breaking News Situations.” The article explores central journalistic challenges and emerging practices related to using social media (SoMe) for collecting and validating newsworthy content; and investigates how practices… Continue reading Journalistic challenges and practices when using Social Media