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New interactive journalism workshops for schools

NewsBrands Ireland have commenced a new series of free interactive journalism workshops for Transition Year students.  The workshops complement their Press Pass School Journalism and News Literacy programme which has been running for the past 12 years.

Erasmus+ Funding for Media Literacy Projects

Part of a series of articles sign-posting MLI members to possible sources of funding.

Top 3 tips for spotting fake AI-generated images

By Diarmaid Mac Mathúna, Director-Agency at indiepics It’s getting harder and harder to spot fake images that have been generated by artificial intelligence systems. The images that the latest AI systems like Midjourney and DALL·E 2 are creating are very impressive. These photorealistic images are easily created using short, carefully engineered text prompts either directly

Press Pass Student Journalists of the Year 2023 announced

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.

Students examine the role of the media in relation to European democratic values

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 .

MLI Awards 2023: Winners announced

The results are in and the MLI Awards Short-list is out!

Digital Parenting: Keeping your Kids Safe Online

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

Focus on EMIF Funding

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”