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KYRGYZ LOCAL ELECTIONS IN SOCIAL MEDIA

06.05.2021 Local elections were seen as a rehearsal for the parliamentary elections after the constitutional reform

NOVINÁRSKA CENA 2020 [ocenenia]

03.05.2021 17. ročník najprestížnejšej novinárskej súťaže na Slovensku pozná ocenených v 13 žánrových kategóriách a nositeľov 5 špeciálnych cien

INTERNEWS JOURNALIST SECURITY FELLOWSHIP

19.04.2021 Are you interested in journalists’ digital security and you come from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, or Slovenia? Then this is the ideal program for you! Apply for the Internews Journalist Security Fellowship!

DIGITAL SERVICES ACT - THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY SHOULD BE REINFORCED

14.04.2021 Over the course of 22 years, we have conducted numerous monitoring projects in Slovakia and almost 60 other countries aimed at improving the media environment prior to elections, strengthening critical thinking and helping citizens to receive comprehensive...

RUSSIAN STATE DUMA ELECTIONS 2021 IN SOCIAL MEDIA

10.04.2021 The elections to the State Duma (the lower house of the Federal Assembly), which were held from 17 to 19 September 2021, took place against a backdrop of the exclusion of genuine opposition candidates, the general absence of independent media, the...

THREE FINDINGS FROM THREE COUNTRIES

09.03.2021 We monitored social media platforms to determine their impact on the recent elections in Belarus, Moldova and Kyrgyzstan. Check interviews with three experts to learn what were the three main findings in each country.

SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM | Mikrograntová výzva predĺžená do 7.3.

15.02.2021 MEMO 98 v spolupráci s Transitions vypisuje tretiu grantovú výzvu na podporu rozvoja žurnalistiky zameranej na riešenia (Solutions Journalism) na Slovensku. Mikrogranty sú určené pre redakcie a novin...

KAZAKH ELECTIONS IN SOCIAL MEDIA

08.02.2021 Exiled opposition politician dominated on Instagram Monitoring of social media during the recent Kazakh parliamentary elections showed that while in political exile, the fugitive former head of Kazakhstan’s BTA Bank and opposition politician Mukhtar...

THE MANY FACES FIGHTING DISINFORMATION

25.01.2021 MEMO 98 is featured in the publication titled “The Many Faces Fighting Disinformation: Safeguarding Civil Society’s Role in the Response to Information Disorders" as an organization monitoring elections in the digital age.

A TOOLKIT ON HOW TO MONITOR MEDIA COVERAGE OF ELECTIONS

19.11.2020 This toolkit was prepared by Rasto Kuzel in cooperation with the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine with the aim of helping civil society organizations to monitor media coverage during elections