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Feb 17, 2012
We cultivate hate speech?

I was a panelist on journalist debates in the framework of Barents Spektakel festival in Kirkenes.

We discussed Prejudices about each other. Journalists from Russia, Norway, Finland and Sweden put forward their own versions. I shared my version: media itself   cultivate hate speech. I presented   examples reading headlines in Karelian media over the past six months. Those headlines present Finns, Norwegians and Swedes as quite criminal people
Feb 4, 2012
From film festivals management in Tromsø to EkoFilmArt in Petrozavodsk

Acquaintance with management of festivals of documentary cinema of Northern countries became the theme of the week long training of the Russian experts in Norway and Finland within the limits of the project «Management of film festivals» financed by Ministerial council of Northern countries. 13 representatives of film festivals of the Northwest of Russia from St.-Petersburg, Murmansk, Kaliningrad, Arkhangelsk and Petrozavodsk took part in the trip from January, 18th till January, 28th.

Jan 31, 2012
What is this cocktail taste like?

The nearer   Barents Spektakel,   more worries for journalists : so many events in five days ...A group of Russian journalists   covering  this extraordinary festival is formed at last. Thanks to a grant from the Norwegian Barents Secretariat and Nordic  Journalists Centre   (Denmark) for the ninth time we will be able to try this "cultural-political cocktail " as organizers- Pikene på broen- call Barents Spektakel.

Jan 18, 2012
North Sea changing environment
Dec 30, 2011
Center for defending journalists' rights opened in Karelia
Dec 27, 2011
Learning to ask questions
Dec 20, 2011
Journalism and human rights
Dec 19, 2011
Barents Spektakel 2012 invites
Dec 12, 2011
Were you also banned from writing about the meetings?
Nov 28, 2011
NGO forum in St. Petersburg
Nov 25, 2011
Searching answers to unasked questions
Nov 18, 2011
Northern Characters prizes and diplomas
Nov 14, 2011
Journalists’ cooperation gets €537.000 grant
Nov 10, 2011
Interview with politicians
Nov 8, 2011
Northern Character to be opened in Murmansk
 

Center for defending journalists' rights opened in Karelia

Dec 30, 2011

The idea of the center for defending journalists' rights started to be discussed at the Union of journalists of Karelia even in the autumn of 2009. Then it was agreed that our adherents from the Expert-legal partnership "Union" - the lawyer Elena Paltseva to be exact - would consult journalists and editions concerning the information legislation.


All this time we were searching a grant which would allow to realize the idea. As a result small means were found and the project started. We named it «The Open Door» which means that all journalists and mass-media have the right to address the public Center for defending journalists' rights with their problems.

 

Consultations can be received on any item concerning the information legislation. All that is connected with professional work of editions and journalists (infringement of the professional rights, hindrance in work, judicial lawsuits and so forth) turns to become a subjec for rendering help and mutual aid. We believe that editorial experience - even being not always successful - can appear a useful lesson for other editionsas well.

 

Anatoly Tsygankov,

Chairman of the Union of journalists of Karelia

 

For mnore details see here: http://journalist-karelia.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=650&Itemid=1

 

Translated by Tatiana Polkova

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