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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Powerful “Flame” cyber weapon found in Iran
Security experts said on Monday a highly sophisticated
computer virus is infecting computers in Iran and other Middle East
countries and may have been deployed at least five years ago to engage
in state-sponsored cyber espionage. Evidence suggest that the virus, dubbed Flame, may have been built on
behalf of the same nation or nations that commissioned the Stuxnet worm
that attacked Iran's nuclear program in 2010, according to Kaspersky
Lab, the Russian cyber security software maker that took credit for
discovering the infections. Kaspersky researchers said they have yet to determine whether Flame had
a specific mission like Stuxnet, and declined to say who they think
built it. Iran has accused the United States and Israel of deploying Stuxnet.
Cyber security experts said the discovery publicly demonstrates what
experts privy to classified information have long known: that nations
have been using pieces of malicious computer code as weapons to promote
their security interests for several years. Kaspersky Lab said it discovered Flame after a U.N. telecommunications
agency asked it to analyze data on malicious software across the Middle
East in search of the data-wiping virus reported by Iran.
(Reuters)
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Press Releases
JournaJobs.eu launches
The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is launching the new online platform JournaJobs.eu in order to meet the demand for a centralised, international, multi-lingual, and comprehensive professional journalism jobs listing page that offers permanent positions as well as temporary work, freelance assignments, and journalism internships.
JournaJobs.eu counteracts the fragmentation of the job market for journalists. It meets the challenge of bringing together professionals looking for employment with the various organisations offering it.
Posted on May 23, 2012 by EJC
Filed under announcements.
Free handbook helps journalists use data to improve the news
The Data Journalism Handbook is a free, open-source book that aims to help journalists to use data to improve the news. It will be launched on Saturday 28th April, at Italy’s leading journalism event, the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, which attracts thousands of journalists from around the world for a week of talks and workshops.
The Data Journalism Handbook is an initiative of the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation.
Posted on April 26, 2012 by EJC
Filed under announcements.
Press Freedom Debate with 2012 Médaille Charlemagne recipient Novaya Gazeta
At the request of the City of Maastricht, and in cooperation with the Foundation Médaille Charlemagne of which Maastricht is a member, the European Journalism Centre will host a Press Freedom Debate in Maastricht on Friday 11 May.
The Russian daily Novaya Gazeta is the recipient of the 12th edition of the Médaille Charlemagne. Editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov will be participating in the debate.
Posted on April 19, 2012 by EJC
Filed under announcements.
ThinkBrigade multimedia reporting platform launches
The European Journalism Centre’s new independent online magazine, ThinkBrigade made its online debut on 13 April 2012. A collaborative project centring on team-based reporting, ThinkBrigade aims to showcase best practices of multimedia reporting when covering global topics.
It will be run by a collaboration-driven team of 35 international reporters.
Posted on April 17, 2012 by EJC
Filed under website.
Poynter News University and EJC launch innovative new e-learning course
The Poynter Institute’s News University and the European Journalism Centre jointly announced the launch of “Reporting & Writing About Development in the World,” an innovative three-month e-learning course for 40 journalism students from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
The course introduces students to the fundamentals of covering international development and is funded by the European Commission’s V4Aid project, which promotes awareness of development issues in the European Union’s new member states.
Posted on March 27, 2012 by EJC
Filed under announcements, projects.
Diving into Data: The School of Data Journalism at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia
The European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation are pleased to invite you to the School of Data Journalism hosted at the sixth edition of Italy’s leading journalism event, the International Journalism Festival. The 2012 edition takes place in the beautiful city of Perugia between 25-29 April.
Entry to the School of Data Journalism panels and workshops is free.
Posted on February 7, 2012 by EJC
Filed under events.
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Magazine
A code of conduct in covering minorities
Despite the existence of deontological codes and institutions responsible for sanctioning discriminatory remarks, offensive headlines against the Roma minority are not exceptional in the Romanian media. Journalist George Lăcătuş and the Centre for Independent Journalism in Romania have elaborated a code of conduct for a responsible coverage of minorities, which they hope will lead to a more objective reporting on the Roma minority.
Novaya Gazeta: a new dawn for investigative journalism?
New media and technology are enabling transnational investigations to be crowd-sourced and opened to citizen journalists. Could this also lead to a safer environment for investigative reporters? To find out we spoke to Novaya Gazeta’s Editor-in-Chief, Dmitry Muratov, on the occasion of the Press Freedom Debate organised in Maastricht by the EJC at the request of the City of Maastricht and in cooperation with the Foundation Médaille Charlemagne.
Story Hack: Beta – entertaining and engaging, the transmedia way
How will technologies like the Internet and innovations in digital media change the way we tell stories? The recent Story Hack: Beta event at the New York Lincoln Center gave writers, designers, filmmakers and developers the opportunity to redefine storytelling by working and playing in “transmedia” - stories that are not confined to a single narrative medium. Participants were asked to form teams and design a storytelling model spanning three or more technological platforms and use it to create a cohesive narrative, all over the course of 24 hours.
Featured Video
Dmitry Muratov: Social media's role in investigative journalism
Novaya Gazeta has been enhancing audience engagement through Facebook, Twitter, and the publication’s blog. “We really love this network established with the people of Russia. We also really appreciate the feedback we get from our readers,” Editor-in-Chief Dmitry Muratov said in an interview at a recent Press Freedom Debate held by the EJC in Maastricht. (Watch the full debate here)
Media Resource
Timeline
Timeline is a new free, open-source online timeline tool that aims at innovating storytelling on the web. Released at the end of March 2012, the interactive tool allows users to generate timelines on the web by curating content from Twitter,YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo, Google Maps and SoundCloud.
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