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New articles and events at ToL: next Tackling the COVID-19 Infodemic webinars & Going on assignment online course

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Register for our next FREE Webinar – Tackling the COVID-19 Infodemic: How to Set up Effective Monitoring System – a Practical Guide – It’s free and open to everyone upon registration.  

Debates on disinformation and misinformation related to COVID-19 have dominated discussions in the media industry, but what specific actions can we take to tackle the spread of false or misleading information? What tools should we use and how can we find and motivate the people who will do the monitoring and fact-checking? What strategies could be employed to distribute the debunked information to a broader audience?

Join Rasťo Kužel of the Slovak organization MEMO 98, one of Central Europe’s leading experts on traditional and social media monitoring, for a practical webinar on how to set up a COVID infodemic monitoring system. He will share honest lessons learned from the Slovak multi-actor project; you will learn about the proper set up of keywords, the tools available, and much more.
 
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This event is a follow-up to our initial webinar in this series: How to Create a Fact-Checking Initiative From Scratch – you can watch the recording here.
Time: Jun 17, 2020 03:00 PM CET
 
What Happens to Rural Tourism During a Pandemic?

The Romanian countryside was supposed to be full of tourists now. Promoters of the local scenery are now on standby and living off savings. From Decat o Revista. Read more
 
 
Around the Bloc – 8 June

News from around the bloc: state of emergency in Russia; Belarus gets new government, and Kosovo a new PM; anti-Semitism in Czechia; and the centenary of Trianon. Read more.

Shifting Gears

This is the story of three Armenian women who are trying to save their businesses or start anew after being hit hard by the pandemic. From JAMnews. Read more.

Around the Bloc – 5 June

In the news today: Azerbaijan reimposes lockdown; Marine Le Pen and Russia; coronavirus in St.Petersburg; unrest in Uzbek exclave; and Virgin Mary returns to Prague. Read more.

Attila Chikan: “Orban is Very Talented”

An interview with a distinguished economist who once served under the Hungarian prime minister before joining the growing ranks of government critics. From Datalyrics. Read more

Around the Bloc – 4 June

News from around the bloc: state of emergency in Russia; Belarus gets new government, and Kosovo a new PM; anti-Semitism in Czechia; and the centenary of Trianon. Read more.

Few Places to Turn

By Ufuk Ceri – The continuing risks faced by construction workers in Turkey during the pandemic raise the possibilities of the disease spreading disproportionately among the working class. Read more.

Around the Bloc – 3 June

Highlights from our coverage region: smearing journalists in Kyrgyzstan; Russia and U.S. protests; Ukrainian football club tests positive; satire in Bosnia backfires; and 40 years of Laibach. Read more.

Going on Assignment – Online Course

The early bird registration course fee is US$850 or €785 for applications until June 15, 2020. The standard course fee is US$1.050 or €975.

If you have a passion for this line of work and want to acquire some practical skills, join us for this foreign reporting online course in July 2020!