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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]


