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Szakacs Co-Authors EP Study on Disinformation and Propaganda

May 18, 2021
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CMDS fellow Judit Szakacs has co-authored a study on disinformation and propaganda, requested by the European Parliament, peer-reviewed by CEU Democracy Institute Research Affiliate Petra Bard.

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NEW Podcast! Down, but Not Out Ep5: When Journalists Organize and Take Back the Newsroom. The Story of Tiempo Argentino

May 13, 2021
Journalism Breakthroughs
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In this special episode of the Down, but Not Out podcast series, Andrea Gálvez, a journalist based in Argentina, takes over and tells a fantastic story on labor mobilization and Tiempo Argentino's rebirth as a journalistic cooperative.

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Bognar, Nemeth and Holdis on Independent Journalism in Shrinking Civic Space

May 12, 2021
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A new publication by Free Press Unlimited features a case study by our Senior Program Officer and Researcher Eva Bognar and Communications Officer at CEU Democracy Institute Robert Nemeth, and two chapters by our Project Officer Dumitrita Holdis.

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NEW Podcast! Down, but Not Out Ep4: On How to Launch a Paywall in 2002 and Live to Tell the Story

April 29, 2021
Journalism Breakthroughs
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Malaysiakini is one of Malaysia’s most popular news sites, and was founded in 1999. In 2002, still a medium size organization, with 20 staff members, making money mostly from advertising and other services, Malaysiakini decided to introduce a paywall at a time when internet access, credit cards and online payments were far from popular anywhere in the world. This episode tells the story of this incredible experiment and its consequences for independent media.

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Sharing Knowledge, Mapping Needs: CMDS Launches Report on Innovation in Journalism

April 23, 2021
Journalism Breakthroughs
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Publications - Reports

CMDS launches report on innovation in journalism, part of its Journalism Breakthroughs project. A dozen media experts, journalists and media managers were interviewed to map the knowledge, training and learning needs of our professional network. The report also discusses how journalists use and consume academic knowledge and how they interact with media experts, as well as the role played by funders in influencing how journalists think about innovation.

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