[cma-l] Workshop: How to counter hate speech and manage an online community

[CMA-L]

*When? 20-21 November 2017*

*Where? Rome, Italy*

The rise of hate speech in recent years has become a dangerous trend in our
society. It poses challenges both to the media professionals and our
democratic values in society. Media have a vital role to play in
challenging hostility and prejudice, encouraging social solidarity and
helping to promote understanding and empathy with others.

COSPE <http://www.cospe.org/> is organising a workshop for journalists who
want to improve their knowledge and capacity to counter hate speech and
sexism and promote rights of minority groups who are discriminated and
targets of hate speech.

25 journalists from EU countries will gather at the event in Rome on *20 -
21 November 2017*.

The event, organised within the Media against Hate
<http://europeanjournalists.org/mediaagainsthate/> project, will consist of
a roundtable and a three-session workshop on specific topics.

The event aims to:

   - improve the professional skills of journalists in countering hate
   speech and create a positive community;
   - develop a network of journalists across Europe with commitment  to
   improve media tools against hate speech

The speakers and trainers (Pietro Suber – Carta di Roma, Aidan White – EJN,
Francesca Fanucci – Art. 19, Laura Bononcini – Facebook, Alessandra Mancuso
– Rai, Elisabetta Tola – Google, Valentina Vellucci – Magilla Guerrilla)
will focus on the role of journalism in combating and preventing hate
speech (against minority groups and women) and on digital media tools and
platforms that can be used to support the work of those trying to counter
hate speech.

People interested in attending the workshop should contact
mediagainsthateitaly at gmail.com for further information on how to apply. The
registration will be open until *04 October 2017*. The costs of
participation will be covered by the organisers.

COSPE <http://www.cospe.org/> is one of the partners gathered by the European
Federation of Journalists (EFJ) <http://europeanjournalists.org/> for the
project Media Against Hate
<http://europeanjournalists.org/mediaagainsthate/>. Other partners involved
in the project are: ARTICLE 19 </>, Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE)
<http://cmfe.eu/>, Community Media Institute (COMMIT), Croatian
Journalists’ Association (CJA) <http://www.hnd.hr/eng/> and Media Diversity
Institute (MDI) <http://www.media-diversity.org/en/>.

To be eligible, you must be resident in a EU member state, Iceland or
Liechtenstein

Working language for the workshop will be English.

Participation is free of charge; travel, food and accommodation will be
covered by the organisers

Due to limited spaces available, we can only accept 25 participants for
this workshop. Please register as soon as possible to express your interest
and we will try to accommodate your need.

http://europeanjournalists.org/mediaagainsthate/workshop-how-to-counter-hate-speech-and-manage-an-online-community/

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