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Marius Dragomir Talks About Eastern-European Journalism at the International Journalism Festival

April 12, 2022

Our Director Marius Dragomir called for large-scale interventions, engagement with businesses and protection for the space that still exists for independent journalism in an engaging discussion at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy.

Éva Bognár Talks to the LA Times About Disinformation in the Hungarian Election Campaign

April 11, 2022

In the weeks running up to the elections in Hungary, pro-government media outlets employed “smear campaigns and disinformation – narratives that are in favor of and produced by the government,” our Senior Program Officer and Researcher Éva Bognár told the Los Angeles Times.

Stefania Milan Appointed Professor of Critical Studies at University of Amsterdam

April 8, 2022

We are happy to share the news that our Fellow Stefania Milan has been appointed Professor of Critical Data Studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam.

Marius Dragomir on the Hungarian Elections: Orbán’s Landslide Victory Will Have Dramatic Consequences

April 7, 2022

Viktor Orbán’s landslide victory shows the dramatic level of manipulation of the Hungarian society by powerful businessmen and politicians as well as the pro-Russian discourse gaining ground in the past 12 years in Hungary, our Director Marius Dragomir told Hungarian weekly 168 Óra.

Several CMDS Affiliates to Participate in the International Journalism Festival

April 6, 2022

Our Director Marius Dragomir, Advisory Board member Anya Schiffrin, Curriculum Development Lead Sheila Coronel, and Fellows Benedetta Brevini, Stefania Milan and Courtney Radsch will participate in panel discussions at the International Journalism Festival 2022 in Perugia, Italy.