Defending democracy in Moldova is a collective effort! At this year’s Media Forum in Chișinău, Jan Lublinski witnessed how different stakeholders in Moldova are taking responsibility to safeguard democracy and media freedom together. Read his observations below ⬇️ And head to the comments for more information about our work with local partners.
In Moldova you can learn about democracy defence. The different stakeholders take their responsibilty seriously and jointly advance this small country. I had the privilege this week to moderate a panel at this year's Media Forum in Chisinau: "Protecting Press Freedom in the age of big tech platforms and AI". President Maia Sandu gave the opening speech to the event - and showed that she deeply understands the challenges of information integrity and media freedom. Cornelia Cozonac, Anastasia Antoceanu and Mădălin Necșuțu gave an overview of the difficulties journalists and newsrooms face in times of AI. Michelle Iliev commented as the Secretary of State for Digitalization, Marcela Adam gave her perspective as a member of parliament and the potential of advancing regulation was outlined by Ruslan Mihalevschi of the Audivisual Council. Julia Haas of the OSCE representative on freedom of the media gave a brilliant overview on the sudy on "Safeguarding Media Freedom in the Age of Big Tech Platforms and AI": a: https://lnkd.in/etm4-R-D Many thanks the session organisers: Petru Macovei of the Association of Independent and Press, @Ludmilla Andronic and Olena Ponomarenko, DW Akademie's country manager for Moldova. All this will feed into our DW Akademie project "The Next Chapter - Journalism in the Age of AI". We have seen extraordnary regional consultations world-wide in the past weeks - and now look forward to putting all the pieces together at a global event later in January in Berlin. https://mediaforum.md/ https://lnkd.in/ecPyzZtD https://lnkd.in/erUAx6a5 DW Akademie
An overview of DW Akademie's activities in Moldova - including our latest evaluation report: https://akademie.dw.com/en/dw-akademie-in-moldova/a-18496765
To help Moldovan journalists deal with pressure, DW Akademie and Asociația Presei Independente (API) have set up a helpline for media workers: https://akademie.dw.com/en/moldova-mental-health-helpline-for-media-workers/a-74488654
How Moldovan media outlets stand up to disinformation: https://akademie.dw.com/en/moldova-media-outlets-stand-up-to-disinformation/a-74743332