The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) EU Office organised yesterday (26/04/2017) a meeting about media and its role for democracy in Europe. The international experts presented new initiatives for social change and talked about how media can help to build democracy and how to deal with hate speech, racism and lack of diversity in European newsrooms.
“The misconception that news should be free is a great danger to democracy. News and journalists who write the news must be paid,” stressed Birgit Sippel, German member of the European Parliament. “If the media only relies on the advertiser’s funds, that might influence their content,” she added and emphasised the importance of dialogue with the audience, media literacy and law enforcement to combat hate speech.
- : http://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2017/04/27/media-and-democracy-in-europe/
- : European Federation of Journalists
- : European Federation of Journalists