Editor's corner

'East of West' in Budapest

About two hundred scholarly presentations were offered at the huge international conference called “Beyond East and West: two decades of media transformation after the fall of communism”, held in Budapest 25 – 27 June, 2009.

Pipes and flak: Where are the journalists?

Marius Dragomir of the OSF Media Program reports from the "Beyond Broadcasting" event at Bloomberg TV.

The European Commission takes a bold step

Brussels, 8 June 2009. – Today saw the unveiling of a remarkable new study on media pluralism. This is a set of indicators for assessing the risks to media pluralism in member states of the European Union. Called the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM), the indicators are remarkable for two reasons: they form the most refined and comprehensive instrument ever designed for the assessment of risks to media pluralism. And they were prepared at the behest of the European Commission, a body that has in the past been famously reluctant to get involved with ethical or professional value-related issues of media policy.