The ever increasing use of social networks - by institutions, politicians, political parties, ordinary citizens, lobbies, various groups - has multiplied the sources of news in competition with trad...

Data visualisations have qualities that make them very powerful communication tools. Images and visualisations are often more readily accepted as evidence than texts. But how can we combine the po...

Investigative journalism case studies -  a set of four events (one per day from Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 April) The best scoops aren't handed out willingly. Press releases may increasingly fill re...

An interview of Sarah Varetto, director of Sky News Italy, in the Leader. Femminile Singolare series of events held throughout Italy on the subject of women who get to the top of their chosen profes...

During the Olympics last summer, a South Korean fencer refused to leave the floor because she disagreed with the judge's ruling. Instead of writing a traditional news article about it, a BuzzFeed st...

Presentation ceremony of the Young Journalists award. To be followed by a viewing of the winning entries. The award recognises the best work on issues related to the European Union – in print or ...

Digital fact-checking Journalists need to update their fact-checking skills to the digital age. In this workshop you will learn to dig deeper with web search, identify internet hoaxes and verify so...

Targeted attacks, general attacks, APT (Advanced Persistent Threat). What is the state of play of cyber attacks? Which are the new trends (and which are old but still valid)? A discussion about the ...

Teaching the fish how to walk: five things old media can learn from new media Keynote speech by Mathew Ingram. Introduction by Claudio Giua. A consideration of some of the skills and principles th...

How does the Israeli-Palestinian issue change after the historic UN vote that admitted Palestine as a non-member observer state? The overwhelming prevalence of yes (138) would seem to indicate that ...