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Young people in a three-day-workshop learned about data visualization [Gallery]

Photo: Meta.mk A three-day training on data journalism and visualization was held in Public Room in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, from 14 to 16 December. The training in English was attended by 14 young people, primarily students and journalists from all over North Macedonia. The training was conducted by Derek Willis, lecturer at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism...

Lavrov created drama in Skopje: Instead of giving answers, he argued with journalists

Written speech and disputes with journalists comprised Sergey Lavrov’s tactics in the press conference; Photo: Meta.mk Russia turned today’s press conference of Sergei Lavrov into a propagandist theater play in the heart of Skopje, wishing to overshadow the last day and the conclusions of the OSCE Ministerial Council’s meeting. Even before the press conference of Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister ended,...

In a three-day training in Strumica, young people were learning Data Journalism and Data Visualization

Metamorphosis Foundation in cooperation with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) held a three-day workshop “Data Journalism and Visualization” in the period 26 - 28 April in Strumica. Eleven people, primarily students and young journalists from the Vardar and Southeast Region of North Macedonia, participated in the workshop, which was held in English. The workshop trainers were three journalists, led...

State-affiliated actors launch smear campaign against Hungarian investigative nonprofit Átlátszó

This story was published by the Hungarian investigative journalism non-profit, Atlatszo. An edited version was published as part of a partnership with Global Voices. Tamás Bodoky, editor-in-chief of Atlatszo, told Media1 that he believes there is a coordinated campaign to attack the investigative nonprofit from actors close to Hungary's ruling party Fidesz, mirroring the autocratic methods used in Putin’s Russia.   Reminiscent...

EFJ: Six attacks against journalists in December following escalating tensions in Kosovo

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) raises the alert on the increasing threats surrounding journalists and media workers reporting on the tensions between Serbia and Kosovo from the North of Kosovo, and joins its affiliate the Association of Journalists in Kosovo (AJK) in asking the competent authorities, including the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), the...

Truthmeter.mk: National media do not cover two thirds of the citizens with correspondents from their places of residence

Meta.mk, under the cooperation agreement, republishes Truthmeter.mk's analysis: The number of correspondents from the interior of the country is reduced to a minimum. Macedonian Radio and Television has barely employed a few journalists from the interior, while private televisions receive information from part-time journalists   Author: Goran Lefkov   Uninsured, without employment contracts, with their own vehicle and equipment, few correspondents and media workers...

Metamorphosis Foundation starts channels for instant communication between journalists and institutions in North Macedonia

Metamorphosis Foundation has started an initiative for instant messaging communication between the institutions and the journalists in North Macedonia for the sake of checking the truthfulness of content delivered to the public, Council of Media Ethics informs. "Four closed WhatsApp groups were formed for the following subjects that are of special public interest, both for the state and the citizens:...

Macedonian journalist associations call on institutions to stop ignoring the calls for lynching of Metamorphosis Foundation’s journalists

Journalist associations Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM), Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) and Macedonian Institute for Media (MIM) are demanding urgent action on part of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Public Prosecutor's Office after the continuous open calls for lynching of journalists and other employees...

Truthmeter refutes the disinformation spread by Janko Bachev on Facebook

We are posting the Truthmeter's refutation in its entirety: Truthmeter.mk refutes the claims of Janko Bachev, the president of the political party "Edinstvena Makedonija"'s (One Macedonia), who in the past several days and weeks has been persistently disinforming the general public, stating that he was exposed to „strong pressure and blockades“ by Truthmeter.mk, adding that he also said that...

“Faktoje” wins the legal battle against most state institutions in Albania in the “Invoices” case

The Administrative Court of Albania decided that the 8 highest state institutions, namely the Presidency, the Parliament of Albania, and several ministries, would provide Faktoje, the fact-checking website in Albania, with information and invoices about the official trips that heads of institutions took abroad. Decisions were made fairly quickly, despite the challenges caused by the pandemic across the system,...

Journalist associations in North Macedonia react against Lidija Dimova

The Independent Labor Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (ISSMW), the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM) condemned, as they say, the inappropriate statements that were aimed at discrediting and which were followed by lawsuit threats towards the colleagues from the online medium "A1On" by the Director of the National...

Fake news and (self) regulation in the focus of the electoral manifestos of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM

The media and the self-regulation, the threats and lawsuits that the journalists face, the fake news, media literacy, and the financial support for the media are all present in the electoral manifestos of two of the biggest political parties that will be participating in North Macedonia's parliamentary elections on the 15th of July. In VMRO-DPMNE's electoral manifesto titled "Renewal of...

The Government will subsidize the social security contributions for media workers for three months

During yesterday's session, the Government adopted a Decree to subsidize the social security contributions for media employees. The Decree determines the conditions, the ways, and the procedures for covering the social security contributions for media employees who worked and reported about the COVID-19 situation during the state of emergency i.e. during June, July, and August 2020, informed the Government's...

SSNM: A package with aid measures to help the journalists and the media workers is necessary

The Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) considers that a package with measures to help Macedonian media is more than necessary and that it must provide a guarantee that this aid will be received directly by the employees that were hit by the COVID-19 crisis. SSNM has three propositions. The first one is lifting the obligation to pay...

Journalists are suing the state for failing to punish the assailants who stormed the Macedonian Parliament on 27 April 2017

At the end of April, three journalists from North Macedonia - Nataša Stojanovska, Dušica Mrgja and Goran Trpenoski, victims of the violent storming of the Macedonian Parliament on 27 April 2017, filed a private lawsuit against the state for a violation of the right to freedom of expression and compensation for non-pecuniary damage. The lawsuit was filed as a sign...

Metamorphosis Foundation: The biggest threat is the disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemics

The Metamorphosis Foundation celebrating 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, underlines that the COVID-19 pandemics which marked the days since the beginning of this years has pinpointed to the necessity of providing credible reporting and information and to the necessity of waging continuous war against the disinformation. The World Press Freedom Day this year is being celebrated for the 27th...

How fake news gained an unexpected ally

The fake news and sophisticated disinformations phenomenons are now extensively recognized as a substantial problem that even the most well-developed societies continue to face. The appearance of COVID-19 pandemic has actualized the discussion on this problem, after people, non-formal organizations, or even governments, are reported to have been behind the use of misinformation to flourish amidst the panic and push...

Reporting challenges in the Balkans include disinformation hazards

At the height of disinformation dissemination, journalists in Kosovo argue that reporting challenges throughout the region have increased immensely. The professionals argue that the media outlets who do not have physical presence throughout the Balkans should pay extra care to filtering the information they republish but should also be very cautious which media outlets' content they republish. The multiple award winning...

Damira Gregoret: We don’t have major problems with the false news in Croatia, but with the twisting of the facts

RTL Croatia's journalist, Damira Gregoret, whose specialty is politics, is a reporter, news anchor and hosts political shows. Not long ago the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovic, apologized to her for saying "You are so sweet Damira" instead of replying to her question he didn't like. What followed was a public apology to Gregoret. We talked with her about...

Robert Boteri: In Slovenia media outlets are bribed to discredit politicians and businessmen

Robert Boteri, the Creative director of the Mladina magazine in Slovenia, has been for decades a part of this cult magazine, which in former Yugoslavia was renowned for its avant-garde content, most often with controversial subjects. In April this year, there was a diplomatic incident when Mladina published a front cover with a caricature of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor...