May 30, 2019
CEU’s Center for Media, Data and Society has launched a project researching the impact of philanthropic funding on independent media.
May 2, 2019
CEU's Marius Dragomir discusses the trend of government-affiliated oligarchs taking over media outlets.
February 27, 2019
A short documentary produced by CEU students reveals the ongoing struggles facing independent journalism in Hungary. Nationalism Studies MA students Ajla Henic Sarajlic and Adam Hushegyi and Sociology and Social Anthropology MA student Endre Kuklin directed and produced Real Answers, a new film featuring interviews with two investigative journalists, Blanka Zoldi of Direkt36 and Katalin Erdelyi of Atlatszo.
January 18, 2019
A consortium led by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), which includes the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) at Central European University, won an €1.8m EU grant to run a three-year project aimed at strengthening journalism across the Balkans and Turkey.
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