
Maria Donde
@interdonde
International content policy at Ofcom; Vice-Chair @epra_media. Media policy + regulation, media literacy. Views ill-favoured but mine own. RTs not endorsements
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30-07-2018 10:24:02
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At Media for Good & for Everyone our Director Renate Schroeder welcomes the media privilege in Art. 17 of #EMFA but raises concern that platforms are final arbitrators of who is eligible for such privilege. More structured dialogue, more transparency & objective criteria needed❗️


In our discussion on regulators the European Commission’s Anna Herold expresses understanding for our challenges because the EC is a regulator itself now. “We expect regulators to be European in their hearts when they look at media regulation”. #MediaforGoodandforEveryone

The EP’s Sabine Verheyen calls for full independence of proposed Media Board from Commission under the #emfa This is primarily to future-proof independence #MediaforGoodandforEveryone



I've come to this late but this by Taylor Owen on the Canada News Act is balanced, and contains concrete proposals for how to improve it. Canada’s Online News Act shows how other countries are learning from Australia’s news bill | Nieman Journalism Lab (niemanlab.org)



Excellent article on how to better enforce the #EMFA & create trust amg. different actors for efficient media governance at EU level: "All decisions of the Board + Commission should be supported by a wider consensus of experts and stakeholders" Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom Iva Nenadic Maria Donde




17 local media outlets awarded funds to mitigate news deserts in the EU via EFJ europeanjournalists.org/blog/2023/07/3… #localmedia4democracy Maria Donde Anya Schiffrin Ides MF Debruyne

From August: A great reminder of all the journalism you don't get to see. Because it may result in a story NOT running. Turning a single claim online into a story is easy. Taking hours to verify and corroborate is the work that rarely gets its due. t/h The News Literacy Project
