Category: News

The film explores threats and gendered violence against Mexican female journalists. Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in which to practice journalism, and female journalists face a double challenge: working in a country with a high level of hostility against journalists while the country is ravaged by femicides. This short doc is a… Continue reading They will not silence our voices (No callarán nuestras voces)

  In December, we publish a series of short documentaries about the safety of journalists around the world. The documentaries will take us to Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nepal, Bangladesh and Turkey. Journalists experience harassment and violence. Still, journalists find ways to continue informing the public. The documentaries moves beyond merely explaining challenges… Continue reading Short films: Risk, Resistance and Resilience

Call for Papers The 6th international conference on the Safety of journalists – Risks, Resistance, Resilience OsloMet, Norway The conference will take place in Oslo on November 2, 3 and 4th 2020 in connection with UNESCO’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists at OsloMet University and The Freedom of Speech Foundation (Fritt Ord),… Continue reading Call for papers: Safety of journalists – Risks, Resistance, Resilience

The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT), in cooperation with Journalism & Media International Center (JMIC) at OsloMet, has launched an updated Arabic-language edition of the Safety handbook for Women Journalists, that was produced with the support of UNESCO, entitled “What if”. The Arabic edition of the handbook charts a path to safety for women… Continue reading Safety Handbook for Women Journalists in Arabic

MEKK-medlem Rune Ottosen, professor emeritus ved OsloMet storbyuniversitetet, statsviter, journalist og faglitterær forfatter deltok i februar på Kongsberg Fredslags arrangement om Norge som fredsnasjon. Norge er et av de landene i verden som oftest deltar i krig utenfor eget territorium, og dette skjer nesten uten offentlig debatt til tross for at flere av krigene ikke… Continue reading Fredsnasjonen Norge?

Fake news i Brasil «Trump har endret vår måte å tenke på. Strategien er å lyve så mye at folk ikke vet om du lyver», sa økonomen Joseph Stiglitz på en konferanse på OsloMet i mars 2019. Å lyve så mye at folk ikke vet at du lyver eller når du lyver, å komme med… Continue reading Fake news i Koronaens tid

  MEKK member Ingrid Fadnes was invited to moderate a conversation about the current situation in the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador) at this years HUMAN Rights & HUMAN Wrongs International documentary film festival. In several cities in Central America, the humanitarian situation is similar to what we see in wars. Murders, extortion,… Continue reading MEKK at the HUMAN documentary film festival

  Media and Communication is out with a special issue on Rethinking Safety of Journalists. The editors are Mekk-member Kristin Skare Orgeret, Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway & William Tayeebwa, Department of Journalism and Communication, Makerere University, Uganda. The issue gathers nine articles on subjects as safety training, censorship, online… Continue reading Rethinking Safety of Journalists

  MEKK-medlem Kristin Skare Orgeret lanserte boka “Giskesaken – og hvordan vi får #metoo tilbake på sporet” som hun har skrevet samme med Anja Sletteland onsdag 26. februar. Boka, hvor forfatterne forsøker å sortere og å analysere hele pressedekningen av varslersakene mot Aps tidligere nestleder Trond Giske, har sparket i gang debatten om blant annet… Continue reading Lansering og debatt om ny bok: Giskesaken – og hvordan vi får #metoo tilbake på sporet

Chapter by Kristin Orgeret Skare and Florence Namasinga Selnes in Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2: Women and Election Activism in Uganda: The Pads4Girls Social Media Campaign Abstract: This chapter draws on experiences from Uganda to interrogate social media’s potential to facilitate women’s participation in electoral processes. By taking the Pads4Girls campaign in… Continue reading New publication: Women and Election Activism in Uganda