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Fritt Ord Foundation Oxford grant for 2019 awarded to Thea Storøy Elnan
At the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Thea Storøy Elnan will be investigating whether the #metoo campaign has changed the way in which journalists in Norway, Sweden and the UK write about sexual harassment and the victims of abuse. What consequences has the #metoo campaign had on press ethics? How professional are the media in their coverage of incidents of sexual harassment and, in the wake of the campaign, how aware are journalists of the real price people pay when they come forward and talk about such experiences?
Odd Isungset receives Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute
PRESS RELEASE
Oslo, 23 October 2018
Leaving extremism behind - film screening and conversation
Sant og Usant, Fritt Ord, Oslo Documentary Cinema, the Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime and the Centre for Research on Extremism (C-REX) invite the public to a screening of the documentary film Exit, followed by a discussion. Meet former left- and right-wing extremists and members of Jihadist movements from Germany, Denmark and France for a discussion after the film.
Reconstructing Utøya – Oslo première and discussion with youth politicians and cast members
Thursday, 6.30 p.m. on 11 October at Saga Cinema Tickets will be available for NOK 120 at the Nordic Film Cinema.
Reconstructing Utøya – Oslo première and discussion with youth politicians and cast members
Thursday, 6.30 p.m. on 11 October at Saga Cinema Tickets will be available for NOK 120 at the Nordic Film Cinema.
Free Media Awards 2018 - Conference in Yerevan
The 2018 Free Media Awards will be bestowed at the Free Media Awards conference in Yerevan, Armenia under the auspices of Fritt Ord and ZEIT-Stiftung, on Tuesday 2 October 2018.
Free Media Awards 2018 - Conference in Yerevan
The 2018 Free Media Awards will be bestowed at the Free Media Awards conference in Yerevan, Armenia under the auspices of Fritt Ord and ZEIT-Stiftung, on Tuesday 2 October 2018.
Free Media Awards 2018
The 2018 Free Media Awards are awarded to Chai Khana in South-Caucasus for their efforts to bring attention to under-reported news stories spanning national borders in the region, Fontanka in Russia for their coverage of ongoing and forgotten conflicts, and to the Belarusian website Belarus Partisan for their tireless investigative work, also following the murder of their editor-in-chief in 2016.
The Fritt Ord Foundation's climate grant
Are you planning to write a master’s thesis on the relationship between §112 of the Constitution of Norway and climate change?
Financial consultancy services - invitation to tender
The Fritt Ord Foundation invites independent consultancy and investment companies to submit tenders for financial consultancy and related services for a three- to five-year period from 1 July 2019.
Earmarked funding for Norwegian journalism
The Fritt Ord Foundation is allocating up to MNOK 25 annually for four years for journalistic projects. The MNOK 100 initiative is entitled Norwegian Journalism.
Cartoons between the political and the personal
The Fritt Ord Foundation Competition for Upper Secondary Schools launched this year’s topic, “Drawing as a form of expression”, with an event at the Chapter Festival in Stavanger, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 20 September.
Cartoons between the political and the personal
The Fritt Ord Foundation Competition for Upper Secondary Schools launched this year’s topic, “Drawing as a form of expression”, with an event at the Chapter Festival in Stavanger, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 20 September.
Film Screening and Conversation on White Right: Meeting the Enemy
Call for Applications: The Fritt Ord Journalism Fellowship – In Honour of Preben Munthe
The Fritt Ord Foundation funds half a year of study and research in Oxford for a Norwegian journalist. The fellowship will be given to a journalist ordinarily resident in Norway. The fellow will spend six months at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, commencing January 2019.