In einem aktuellen Artikel vergleicht Heise Online die Berichterstattung in den Sozialen Medien mit jener im Fernsehen und kommt dabei zu dem Schluss, dass Fernsehsender im Bereich der Schnelligkeit kaum mit den sozialen Medien konkurrieren können. "Die sozialen Medien sind natürlicher schneller. Auch CNN kann nicht mit Facebook Live mithalten", bestätigt etwa der Kommunikationswissenschaftler Julius Reimer vom Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung in Hamburg. Dennoch sieht Kai Gniffke, Erster Chefredakteur von ARD-aktuell, in einem Interview mit der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung keine Kapitulation der traditionellen Medien vor den sozialen Netzwerken - denn „Schnelligkeit ist eben nicht alles“.

Im Konkurrenzkampf mit den sozialen Medien stellt für Gniffke die Beschleunigung der Informationen nicht die größte Bedrohung für die traditionellen Medien dar. „Die Herausforderung liegt eher in der Masse von Informationen, die mit Handy-Videos von Internetnutzern dazugekommen sei“, glaubt er. Medienforscher Reimer sieht hier ebenfalls ein Problem: In sozialen Netzwerken verbreiteten sich Gerüchte genauso schnell wie Fakten, das gilt auch für falsche Videobilder. Im Gegensatz dazu müssen die Redaktionen Informationen und Videomaterial erst sichten, verifizieren und einordnen, sagte Reimer. Sein Credo: Mehr zu bringen als nur die Bilder braucht etwas Zeit, schafft dafür aber mehr Authentizität.

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The BBC Media Action has published a new research report regarding refugees and their communication requirements. According to the report, since 2015 more than a million women, men and children have undertaken journey to reach European countries, using unofficial migration routes across the Mediterranean Sea and south-east Europe. The report highlights that these people show diversity in the aspects of nationalities, languages, social status, levels of literary and access to technology. According to the report these people have one common aspect- they require information to make decisions about their next step, in order to remain safe and meet their minimum needs. The study shows a snapshot of refugees’ experiences about communication and information at different points on their journey. The BBC Media Action study found that refugees need to know: whether borders were open, what was going to happen next, and what is the asylum process? The report highlights that refugees need to have a focal point in camps, where someone, who can speak their language, can give them legal advice and provide them information about the current situation.

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The surveillance amendments in a new law present a threat to media freedom. OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatović asks Bundestag to reconsider the bill. “Increasing surveillance capabilities of journalists is a clear threat to media freedom,” Mijatović said. “This draft law runs counter to the very core of fundamental freedoms such as media freedom and freedom of expression.”

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The Public Accounts Committee publishes reports which evaluate BBC’s critical projects. The report highlights that the government has a key role in oversight on behalf of license fee payers. According to the Parliament.org.uk since the Digital Media Initiative project got cancelled in 2013, and led to a cost of nearly 100 million pounds from the fee payers, the BBC has strengthened its oversight of and reporting on critical projects. “The BBC is subjecting its critical projects to more effective scrutiny, underpinned by more frequent and timely reporting to the Executive and the BBC Trust”, mentions the Parliament.org.uk.
Additionally, the report highlights that the BBC has to ensure a robust process, which means has to be clear at an early stage about what projects will contribute to improve services for the audience, in order to encourage openness and transparency when problems arise, and to guarantee there is not scope for confusion over who is accountable for delivering each project.

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The European Commission is launching a Call for Proposals in the field of data-driven news production. The European Commission invites applicants to submit proposals to increase reporting on European issues, either from a pan-European point a view or by comparing different viewpoints from within Europe. The multimedia actions by the European Commission aim to engage EU citizens with the policy-making process by providing information about European issues from a pan-European viewpoint, rather than only reporting national perspective.

According to the European Commission big data may be of assistance to increase reporting on European issues by making it easier for media companies and journalist to produce innovate and attractive content, which allows citizens to be better informed and have a better understanding about the EU. By using data-driven news reporting journalists are able to visualize data to compare viewpoints across Europe, help audiences understand complex issues, contextualize story timelines and create interactions with the target audience. The European Commission states that the Call is open to both news reporting and more in-depth background reporting on current affairs. The Call is open to all types of media. Additionally the applicants have to indicate what value they could add to existing EU affairs reporting.

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