The official start of the second round of the Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory is just around the corner, as partners will lay out their renewed plans in Malta on the 30th and 31st of October.
As part of the kick off meeting, a separate session will be held, designed to bring together journalists, students, researchers, NGOs and the general public.
This will be a great opportunity to hear about MedDMO’s work and meet our international team, while voicing your views which can be an important contribution to our work going forward. At the end of the day, fighting disinformation is a collective effort.
The session is set to take place on the 30th of October from 10 am to 11:30 am, at Room 414 of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences of the University of Malta in Msida.
If you are interested in joining, please register through the online form: https://forms.gle/gtBkjTJyxGnJuTYt5
The agenda:
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Opening by MedDMO project co-ordinator | Mr Nikos Sarris, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research & Technology, Hellas (CERTH)
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Short presentation on the Media Pluralism Report | Prof. Theodora Maniou, Assistant Professor in journalism at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus
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Short presentation on fact-checking and disinformation investigation | Mr Neville Borg, Fact-checker at Times of Malta
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Interactive panel discussion: disinformation in Malta and beyond
Participants: Mr Herman Grech, Editor-in-Chief at Times of Malta; Ms Joyce Zablit, Deputy Chief Editor for Europe at AFP; Mr Bernard Agius, Digital Services Manager at the Malta Communications Authority
Chaired by Prof. Ġorġ Mallia, Head of Department of Media and Communications, University of Malta
Questions and comments from the audience are encouraged throughout
New to MedDMO?
First launched in 2023, we are a consortium bringing together journalists, media literacy experts and researchers in Malta, Greece and Cyprus (as well as the AFP) to fight disinformation. MedDMO is part of a much wider international effort as one of the 14 hubs under the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO). The project has just been renewed by the European Commission and will run for at least another three years. In the past few years, we have been working to foster a healthier information space in the Mediterranean and beyond through fact-checking activities, disinformation analysis, and media literacy campaigns and training. Maltese partners are Times of Malta and the University of Malta’s Department of Media and Communications.
