Fragile democracy in Albania

Albania is considered a hybrid democracy, while its indicators, especially regarding media freedom, are declining, after the gun attack on the national television Top...

Mediabook

Propaganda

Some reporters can build a career around their own personal brands. But doing great work requires an infrastructure, including a lot of talented people who don’t get bylines. Barry Sussman — the Watergate journalist named neither “Woodward” nor “Bernstein”...

7 Types of Propaganda Techniques Advertisers Use

Have you ever felt like you were being manipulated to do something? You probably were. There is always the chance that it was all in your...

Are Journalists Reporting – Or Publicising – Populism?

There are critical vulnerabilities in contemporary journalism practice that allow populist parties and their supporters to actively manipulate the press and subvert democratic processes....

Medialeaks

Identity theft! Hundred thousand ID cards remain valid after...

Over 268.000 ID cards or biometric passports reported to police as lost or stolen can still be used within...

AMA lacks authority over TVs, tolerates commercial content in...

In its surveillance of the media market, Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA) has failed to prevent the broadcasting of commercial...

Trapped in the luxury car smuggling scheme

A structured group of smugglers in Albania forges papers, clears and registers luxury cars and then sells them at...

Multimedia

Journalism & Ethics

Last TV Shows Critical of Albanian Govt are Cancelled

The two shows, ‘The Unexposed Ones’ and ‘Krasta/A Show’, which were both aired by the News 24 channel and were known for criticising Prime...

The 5 Principles of Ethical Journalism

1. Truth and Accuracy Journalists cannot always guarantee ‘truth’, but getting the facts right is the cardinal principle of journalism. We should always strive for...

Fragile democracy in Albania

Albania is considered a hybrid democracy, while its indicators, especially regarding media freedom, are declining, after the gun attack on the national television Top...

Younger Generations have created an Alternative Sociability that weakens the Public...

Survey results in the framework of ‘TikTok Corruption Albania’, a running project by Albanian Center MediaLook with the financial support of the Swiss Agency...

Trapped in the luxury car smuggling scheme

A structured group of smugglers in Albania forges papers, clears and registers luxury cars and then sells them at market value with the help...