Tag: media concentration

Professional "communicators" of all kinds are wasting their time trying to pitch stories to the European press, concluded APCO consultants in a survey carried out in co-operation with Journalists at Your Service (J YS), a help centre for Brussels-based reporters.

A new report by the European Federation of Journalists highlights the problems of the growing concentration of the media in the EU and beyond - a call for action to protect media plurality. 

A hard-hitting report by the Open Society Institute criticises dumbing down and trivialisation of TV content throughout Europe, as a result of ineffective regulation and insufficient funding of high-quality public service TV. 

Parliament has proposed only minor changes to the Television without Frontiers (TVWF) directive, in a report on promoting works made in Europe and by independent producers.

An innovation following Viviane Reding's appointment as 'co-ordinator for relations with the media' will be the creation of a 'one-stop-shop' for the press as an industry. The rise of the internet could provide a case for EU action due to cross-border implications.

An EP report calling for EU-wide legislation to safeguard media pluralism has been approved by a crushing majority despite apparent attempts by centre-right MEPs to block the vote.

On 15 November, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Commission will announce the five winners of the 2002 Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism, which is presented to the best reporters on human rights, democracy and development.