Leila Bičakčić Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN) The first time I heard of the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) was at the Ethical Journalism Network’s conference in Istanbul – one of the panels brought a presentation of the new tool by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which would shine a new light on the dire image of journalism around the world and provide an opportunity to re-invent new age journalism based on ethics.  This new tool was created with the intention to bring back to life what ethics is all about – trust-worthy journalism aimed at providing unbiased ..read more

Aidan White The slaughter of journalists among the thousands of civilian casualties in the Gaza conflict reveals how international standards for the protection of media staff are hopelessly inadequate. According to press freedom groups journalism has never seen anything like it. The numbers of reporters and media workers killed, injured, or missing in the Gaza war is unmatched in any conflict in recent history.  By the end of February than 100 journalists had been killed, dozens of their family members had died with them and hundreds more have been injured. Many of these victims died work ..read more

The Ethical Journalism Network (EJN), in partnership with UNESCO and supported by the European Union (EU), started a new project aimed at the media outlets in the Western Balkans and Turkey. As one of the partners in the Building Trust in Media in South-East Europe: Support to Journalism as a Public Good project, the EJN will work on strengthening media accountability and transparency through sustainable self-regulation mechanisms. The UNESCO’s project is aimed at fostering media ethics, rights-based regulation of digital platforms and online media, as well as adopting Media and Information Li ..read more

Keynote Speech of Aidan White, Ethical Journalism Network President to WISE summit. November 28th 2023    EJN President Aidan White focused on the challenges faced by journalists and news media in identifying, combating, and debunking disinformation in a keynote address to 11th WISE Summit, the major global education summit held every two years in Qatar. The meeting, sponsored by the Qatar Foundation, brings together more than 3,000 teachers, academics, policymakers and public institutions to discuss education issues and this year the optimistic theme was human flourishing in the age ..read more

RE:COVER Conference, Krakow, Poland 25th-26th November 2023   Christopher Hird, chair of the EJN, was a member of the Reporting for a Good Cause? panel at the RE:Cover Conference in Krakow on 25th November, organised by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). The panel discussed the relationship between activism and journalism, as part of a conference which examined the impact of the Russian invasion on the Ukrainian media landscape and looked forward to how it could be rebuilt once the war is over. This is his report.   Coming from the world of UK media is ..read more

The first of its kind, the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism defines ethics and principles that journalists, newsrooms and media outlets around the world will be able to appropriate and apply in their with artifical intelligence. It was created by a commission initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and chaired by journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa. On 10th November 2023, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 16 partner organisations, including the Ethical Journalism Network, published the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism on the occasion of the Paris Peace Forum. Work ..read more

 By Aidan White Journalists tend to be thick-skinned when it comes to war reporting, but few will be unmoved by the painful, almost unbearable story of how Al Jazeera bureau chief Wael Dahdouh was speaking live to camera from the rubble of the frontline in Gaza when he heard that his wife, son and daughter had been killed in an Israeli missile strike. Dahdouh is a media veteran, a familiar face to people across the Middle East and renowned for his reporting from the region and particularly the continuing tragedy of the Israeli-Palestine conflict. His devastating experience ..read more

Айден Уайт Война за демократию и свободу в Украине сегодня идет на двух фронтах: один из них — на поле боя против российского оружия, а второй — против внутренних врагов: взяточничества и коррупции.  На обоих фронтах, Украина завязла в войне с сильными противниками. То насколько они сильны стало понятно в начале мая, когда антикоррупционные органы в Киеве задержали главу Верховного суда Всеволода Князева в рамках расследования о получении взяток на сумму 2,7 млн долл. США, что стало одним из самых крупных дел в истории страны.  ..read more

Лиза Клиффорд Какое есть право у каждого из нас рассказывать истории других людей? Этим вопросом нередко задается британско-шведская журналистка Анастасия Тейлор-Линд.  Тейлор-Линд документировала жизнь обычных украинцев с 2014 года, после революции на Майдане. Она провела весь 2022 год в Украине, где фотографировала ужасающие последствия российского вторжения для гражданских, некоторые из которых живут лишь в нескольких сотнях метров от линии фронта.  Тейлор-Линд любит Украину, но часто спрашивает себя, почему описывать историю этого конфликта выпало именно ей.  ..read more

Ліза Кліффорд Яке право має кожен із нас розповідати історії інших людей? Це питання часто задає собі британсько-шведська фотожурналістка Анастасія Тейлор-Лінд. Тейлор-Лінд документує життя звичайних українців з 2014 ..read more