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Vandals Deface Office Entrance of ''Athens Voice'' Website

Unknown individuals vandalized the entrance of the building where the offices of the famous Greek newspaper and website ''Athens Voice" are located. The perpetrators, on Monday night,  did not manage to enter the building but they spray-painted on the door...

Three Out of Four Greeks Do Not Trust the News, Reuters Study Suggests

The Digital News Report 2019, compiled by the Reuters Institute was published on Wednesday, revealing some interesting facts about the attitude Greeks have toward their country's media. The report includes the findings of surveys conducted in 38 countries across the...

Greece's Media Perceived as Most Inaccurate Worldwide, Survey Finds

A public opinion survey conducted across 38 countries by the respected U.S.-based Pew Research Center has found that Greeks are the most skeptical in the world towards about their country's media and the way news and current affairs is...

Cypriot Reporters Say 'Glossary' Endangers Freedom of Speech

A document backed by the OSCE which attempted to defuse some of the political language confronting journalists in Cyprus has been rejected by Greek-Cypriot reporters. The Words That Matter: A Glossary for Journalism in Cyprus had been produced earlier this...

Greek, Turkish Journalists Meet in Istanbul

A panel of Greek and Turkish journalists has met in Istanbul to debate coverage of Greece and Greek issues from the former imperial capital. 'Views of Istanbul Hellenism in the Modern Greek and Turkish Press' was the topic of the...

Google Funds Greek Research on Digital Journalism

Google has announced that it will fund the research at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the future of digital journalism. The research will be carried out by assistant professor of the Department of Journalism and Mass Media, Nikos Panagiotou...

The Complicity in Mass Media

I have come to the conclusion there is not much hope for a nation where the system manipulates citizens day-in and day-out for all sorts of reasons but primarily for self-interests. Without meritocracy or transparency, it works like clockwork...

Greek-Australian Journalist Receives Walkley Award

Greek-Australian journalist, Mario Christodoulou, received this year’s Gold Walkey Award, along with Australian journalists Deb Masters and Fairfax Media’s Adele Ferguson. The Gold Walkey Awards is the most prestigious award for Australian journalism and the recipients are chosen...

Freedom House: Greece a Partly Free Press Country

Freedom House, a non-profit media monitoring group, said its annual analysis of economic, legal and political conditions in 197 countries worldwide shows press freedom in central Europe declining. In this year’s survey, the average ranking of the six former Soviet...

European Union of Journalists backs Greek journalist against threats by IMF officer

Yesterday, the European Federation of Journalists stood in favor of a Greek journalist, Zois Tsolis, who was threatened by IMF officer Bob Traa. Mr Traa threatened to stop giving official information to Tsolis' newspaper, To Vima. The Federation said...