The winners of the NewsBrands Ireland Press Pass student journalism competition were announced on May 9 with prizes awarded in six categories including News Writing, Features, Opinion, Sports Journalism, Photojournalism, and best School Newspaper.
More than 100 students with ages ranging from 15 to 18 years from 50 different schools in Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands participated in a research project on media and democracy .
The results are in and the MLI Awards Short-list is out!
The National Parents Council in collaboration with CyberSafeKids and Irish Examiner are delighted to provide access to an online event around Digital Parenting. A panel of experts including Dr. Colman Noctor (Child Psychologist), Alex Cooney (CEO, CyberSafeKids) and Aine Lynch (CEO, National Parents Council) were asked for advice on how to ensure children are protected
The European Media and Information Fund (EMIF) opened three calls for proposals for projects in Europe aiming to fight disinformation on 27 January 2023. EMIF will distribute up to €4,800,000 across three areas of interventions: · Investigations into Disinformation Dynamics · Research for a Transparent and Resilient Information Ecosystem · Media and Information Literacy for Societal Resilience “Investigations into Disinformation Dynamics”
For Safer Internet Day, Webwise launched the #SilentWitness campaign which explores the topic of online bullying and abuse. Comprising three short films, the #SilentWitness campaign explores the lived realities for young people online and aims to spark conversations about how we can all play a role in promoting respect and empathy in online communities. The films
An annual highlight of Trend Micro’s ISKF programme – which in 2023 places focus on tackling media literacy and misinformation among kids and teens – is the What’s Your Story? video competition. The competition welcomes entries from both primary and secondary school students in the form of a two-minute video that can be created using
Why are we so bad at predicting the future? How do we navigate the age of information overload? What does freedom look like in the digital age? These are some of the central questions examined in “The History of the Future”, the new podcast series from the Schuler Democracy Forum in the Trinity Long Room