Official Program
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Day 1
October
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Journalism and media in the digital world and social media era, where are we heading?
Real journalism is in crisis all over the world. More and more journalists are out of work, media are closed, and finding money for independent media content is getting harder and harder.
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The Great Hack
Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Day 2
November
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Student and young journalists initiatives – potentials of informal journalism education
There are less and less journalism students in the country in the traditional studies.
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VR journalism for the protection of refugee rights
AJ Contrast uses VR to explore underrepresented, diverse stories from all over the world
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NOTH1NG T0 HID3
Kirils Solovjovs, bug bounty hunter, IT policy activist and the most visible white-hat hacker in Latvia, will reveal what is the price society pays when the individuals think they have nothing to hide
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Instagram stories for journalists
Verena Lammert, creator of the award-winning Instagram-channel @maedelsabende explains how to use this platform to communicate important issues with the digital generation.
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A Dark Place
The online safety of women journalists goes beyond gender equality and press freedom, directly impacting the quality of our democracies and right of society to access a plurality of information.
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Program for women journalists, possibilities for change in the media sector
According to research, women, journalists are significantly less present in higher editorial or management positions in the media environment.
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Government fight with misinformation, possibility for censorship, necessary step or just a plan on paper?
The Government announced a fight against fake news and misinformation with an Action plan, which left many in the media business and civil society in question marks.
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The Decentralized Web is Coming
Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Twitter are in the federal government's crosshairs, but the technology necessary to undermine their dominance may already exist.
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The Cleaners
When you post something on the web, can you be sure it stays there? Enter a hidden shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn‘t like. Who is controlling what we see… and what we think?
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Day 3
November
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Cross border cooperation of journalists from Greece and North Macedonia
Cross border cooperation between journalists from the two neighboring countries is seldom.
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Video-on-Demand
OTT video is the biggest trend in professional content delivery at the moment.
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#MoJo storytelling, possibilities for development of mobile journalism in the domestic media scene
Mobile journalism offers an extended amount of opportunities and innovative ways of video storytelling, done with less money spent on equipment.
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Traditional newsroom going digital – what we can learn from Svenska Yle
Workshop for professional journalists: Traditional newsroom going digital - what we can learn from Svenska Yle
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How Steve Bannon’s far-right ‘Movement’ stalled in Europe
Rightwing populists are on the rise across Europe. With European parliamentary elections approaching, they are being offered help from Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon.
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Blockhain, media and a healthier internet
Mattias Erkkilä studied blockchain and the possibilities it offers journalism as a visiting fellow at Polis. His report “What use is Blockchain for journalism?” came out in January 2019.
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The digital newsroom in Macedonia, where do we stand?
Is it possible to discuss innovative approaches when we face problems and challenges about basic media work?
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Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World
Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World explores the promise of open source investigation, taking viewers inside the exclusive world of the "citizen investigative journalist" collective known as Bellingcat.
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Day 4
November
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Official Secrets
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Exhibits throughout the whole festival:
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VR/360. Storytelling and technology empowering journalism
Dive into the world of VR
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AR Experience: Stealing Ur Feelings
Introducing ‘Stealing Ur Feelings,’ an Interactive Documentary About Big Tech, AI, and You.