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With this Privacy Policy we inform users about which data is collected and for what purpose and about how it is collected and used by the service provider.…

Whose Net Is It? The Struggle for the Control of the Internet.

John Kampfner: The fight for control of the internet has become critical http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/22/fight-control-internet-become-critical

Steven Titch: We Must Take UN’s Internet Grab Seriously http://reason.org/blog/show/we-must-take-uns-internet-grab-seri

Mrietje Schaake: Stop Balkanizing the Internet http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marietje-schaake/stop-balkanizing-the-internet_b_1661164.html

Rebecca MacKinnon: The United Nations and the Internet: It’s Complicated http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/08/08/the_united_nations_and_the_internet_it_s_complicated…

Data Journalism: “Data is the new oil”

By Natalia Lazareva, Srinivas Mazumdaru and Eira Martens

Data Journalism was one of the afternoon sessions on Day 1 of the FoME Symposium in Bonn. A diverse mix of speakers discussed the present and future of data journalism: A concept still new to many media and development practioneers.…

Middle East and North Africa

The Economist: The online ummah http://www.economist.com/node/21560541

Anita Breuer, German Development Institute (GDI): The Role of Social Media in Mobilizing Political Protest. Evidence from the Tunisian Revolution. (.pdf) http://www.die-gdi.de/CMS-Homepage/openwebcms3_e.nsf/(ynDK_contentByKey)/ANES-8Y8J7L/$FILE/DP%2010.2012.pdf

Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union: After the Arab Spring: New Paths for Human Rights and the Internet in European Foreign Policy.…

Sean McDonald

Sean Martin McDonald is an international development professional specializing in law, alternative dispute and conflict resolution, and technology. Sean is Director of Operations at FrontlineSMS based in Washington DC.. and he founded the FrontlineSMS:Legal project in September of 2010. At FrontlineSMS Sean is responsible for the day-to-day operation, strategic direction, and project-driven application of FrontlineSMS.…

Sarah Britten

Dr. Sarah Britten is a communication strategist, author, artist, blogger, journalist and one of the top contributors of Memeburn.

Sarah has worked in the advertising industry for over a decade and until recently, she was head of digital strategy at Y&R Johannesburg.…

Hotels

We recommend the following hotels with special rates that you will receive after completing your booking request on eventbrite:

Intercity Hotel Dortmund

www.intercityhotel.com

Single room: Euro 90.00 per room/night incl. breakfast

 

B&B HOTEL Dortmund Messe

www.bbhotels.com

Single room Euro 139.00 per night

Accommodation tax Euro 10.43

Breakfast buffet Euro 12.90

Car Park at the house

 

Additional hotels in Dortmund we recommend:

Marriott Courtyard Hotel

Dorint Hotel

Leonardo Hotel Dortmund…

Symposium 2021 Speakers

Adnan Aamir is a journalist, researcher, and analyst based in Quetta, Pakistan. He has written for Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Asia Times, China-US Focus, Business Standard, among others. Aamir is also the founder and Editor of Balochistan Voices, a community-based online newspaper.…

Symposium 2023 Day 1

Day 2 October 5  Opening Moderation: Aya Ibrahim, Special Correspondent at Deutsche Welle, Egypt/Germany Virtual Keynote: Professor Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iran/UK Keynote: Elisa Lees Muñoz, Executive Director, International Women’s Media Foundation, USA

“If you can´t keep your journalists safe, you shouldn’t be in the business of journalism.”…

Digital Media and Consequences for Media Development

Geraldine de Bastion / Simon Didszuweit: We are all journalists: The Future of Reporting and the Role of Media Development http://www.digital-development-debates.org/06-innovation/transparency/we-are-all-journalists-the-future-of-reporting.html

Sarah Britten: Journalists, get yourself a geek http://memeburn.com/2011/11/journalists-get-yourself-a-geek/

UNESCO: Model Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Curriculum for Teachers http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/media-development/media-literacy/mil-curriculum-for-teachers/

Olaf Böhnke: EU’s Digital-Foreign-Policy.…