12 March 2011: The world day against cyber-censorship: Launched by Reporters Without Borders in 2008, World Day Against Cyber-Censorship (on 12 March 2011) is intended to rally everyone in support of a single Internet without restrictions and accessible to all. The fight for online freedom of expression is more essential than ever. By creating new [...]

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Wolfgang Blau (Zeit Online) kurz und prägnant über die Brachenmythen des Journalismus. (via carta) Wolfgang Blau (Zeit Online) kurz und prägnant über die Brachenmythen des Journalismus. (via carta)

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In December 2010, the mysterious Brusselsleaks website appeared.  The idea was simple: Think of wikileaks in a EU/Brussels context. Now BrusselsLeaks is back with a new website and a new logo!  Well, the logo is rather basic and it looks like the Ukrainian flag turned upside down. A couple of weeks ago we wrote a lenghty [...]

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Yes, this was the question. And after several months of contemplation I decided to give it a try! So, what is this  flattr thingy you might ask – apart from all these little buttons? Well, it is a newish social micro payment system and provides an easy way to share money and make small donations.  [...]

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The so-called “euroblogosphere” is a rather small specialised blogging scene. It has always been like that. However, lately I have the feeling that not enough new bloggers take up the challenge to write about EU topics. It seems to me that  only very few new blogs have been launched in the last months/years.  Moreover, there [...]

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Last week there was another #web2eu (and on twitter) event, formerly known as openbeer 2.0 (if I remember correctly!).  If you have not heard of it: it’s a nice little series of events focusing on social media and the European Union in Brussels. It is informal and it is a great place to meet people [...]

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First impression: This looks interesting. A think tank pamphlet titled “What the EU Did Next -Short essays for a longer life” with a nice blog and prominent young writers.  It is a good idea to promote a think tank pamphlet with a blog where authors and readers can discuss the ideas. The blog has a [...]

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Reporting Europe Prize

by Kosmopolit in Digital Public Sphere, EU politics

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We bloggers tend to criticise EU media coverage (and with good reasons!). But we should not forget to “honor excellence in reporting on the European Union” and show the rest of the media how to do it properly! You can now nominate outstanding pieces of journalistic work (print, radio, TV, online, blogs,…) to be considered [...]

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OpenLeaks online

by Kosmopolit in Digital Public Sphere

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The OpenLeaks website is finally online! (Not a huge surprise after the “leaks” a couple of days ago) There is also a “draft video”: OpenLeaks 101 from openleaks on Vimeo. The OpenLeaks website is finally online! (Not a huge surprise after the “leaks” a couple of days ago) There is also a “draft video”: OpenLeaks [...]

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A new round of Th!nkaboutit has just been announced. In case you have never heard of it: “Th!nkaboutit” is a blogging competition organised by the European Journalism Centre.  Previously, Th!nkaboutit focused on the European Parliament elections, the  developing world and climate change. The topic of the 5th edition will be “water”. So if you are [...]

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