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Shifting Boundaries. The European Photo Exhibition Award 03 opens in Paris 19 May 2016

May 19 2016

On 19 May 2016 at 6.30 p.m. the third epea exhibition will open in Paris. The exhibition showcases twelve European photographers: Arianna Arcara (Italy), Pierfrancesco Celada (Italy), Marthe Aune Eriksen (Norway), Jakob Ganslmeier (Germany), Margarida Gouveia (Portugal), Marie Hald (Denmark), Dominic Hawgood (United Kingdom), Robin Hinsch (Germany), Ildikó Péter (Hungary), Eivind H. Natvig (Norway), Marie Sommer (France) and Christina Werner (Austria).

Freedom of Expression Foundation Prize for 2016 awarded to Robert Mood

May 11 2016

On Tuesday evening, the Freedom of Expression Foundation Prize for 2016 was awarded to Lt. General Robert Mood for demonstrating great civil courage in critical debates on the Armed Forces’ role in society.

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS DAY 2016

May 3 2016

The Norwegian Press Association, the Norwegian Union of Journalists, the Association of Norwegian Editors, the Fritt Ord Foundation, Norwegian PEN, IPI Norway, Mediabedriftene and the Norwegian UNESCO Commission invite the public to a seminar on the occasion of Freedom of the Press Day, on Tuesday 3 May, 4.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. at Sentralen in Øvre Slottsgate 3, Oslo.

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS DAY 2016

May 3 2016

The Norwegian Press Association, the Norwegian Union of Journalists, the Association of Norwegian Editors, the Fritt Ord Foundation, Norwegian PEN, IPI Norway, Mediabedriftene and the Norwegian UNESCO Commission invite the public to a seminar on the occasion of Freedom of the Press Day, on Tuesday 3 May, 4.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. at Sentralen in Øvre Slottsgate 3, Oslo.

The 2016 Free Media Awards

May 2 2016

The Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT-Stiftung Free Media Prizes for Independent Journalism in Eastern Europe

Open door: Flemming Rose in conversation with Editor Anders Heger

April 19 2016

Has uncompromising faith in free speech had to yield to self-censorship, fear and caution?

Awards ceremony, Fritt Ord Foundation Competition 2016

April 19 2016

Thanks to all those who submitted contributions to the 2016 Fritt Ord Foundation Competition for upper secondary school students. We received many exciting texts and media productions on censorship in both direct and indirect forms, featuring many good observations about digital surveillance, freedom of information, self-censorship and rebellion against established truths.

Awards ceremony, Fritt Ord Foundation Competition 2016

April 19 2016

Thanks to all those who submitted contributions to the 2016 Fritt Ord Foundation Competition for upper secondary school students. We received many exciting texts and media productions on censorship in both direct and indirect forms, featuring many good observations about digital surveillance, freedom of information, self-censorship and rebellion against established truths.

Digital life - new facets of gaming

April 15 2016

The Fritt Ord Foundation invites the public to a debate on the place of computer gaming in culture and society. The campaign is entitled Digital life – new facets of gaming, and it consists of debate meetings and an essay contest. Twelve essays about the importance of gaming and gaming culture are to be selected for and published in a digital anthology in spring 2016.

From 'clicktivism' to action: youthful involvement, cooperation and technology!

April 13 2016

Fritt Ord invites the public to a debate on Wednesday, 13 April, from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at Uranienborgveien 2 in Oslo.

From 'clicktivism' to action: youthful involvement, cooperation and technology!

April 13 2016

Fritt Ord invites the public to a debate on Wednesday, 13 April, from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at Uranienborgveien 2 in Oslo.

Call for applications: Cross Border Journalism

April 10 2016

We warmly invite journalists from Russia, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, the Baltic or the Caucasus to work together to produce stories through partnership and collaboration that transcend their national border as a part of the Perspektivy programme.

Meeting place: Virtual reality

April 8 2016

The digital revolution has changed our lives dramatically, and technological development will permeate tomorrow’s society in ways we cannot even imagine today. We invite the audience, game developers, researchers and players to the “Big Stage” and we will address issues related to our digital life: Freedom, moral grey zones and how technological development affects us as individuals and societies. How far has the development of VR technology come? What are game developers dreaming up? Can the virtual world become more real than the “real” world? Are we ourselves in computer games?

Workshop: New facets of gaming

April 7 2016

In connection with the project “Digital Life”, Fritt Ord invites gaming enthusiasts and gaming critics to submit texts about new facets of gaming. How should one write about computer games? Why are computer games important?" What deserves emphasis? How we can take this new medium seriously and meet it with an independent, critical and possibly personal tone?

Is "Norwegian Islam" possible?

April 6 2016

• What is actually needed to strengthen moderate forces of Islam in Europe and Norway?
• Is it possible to envisage Islam adapted to conditions in Norway? How?
• What are the most important strategies for fighting Islamic extremism?

The Art of Storytelling in Games

March 30 2016

How to develop the art of good storytelling in today’s computer games? The diversity of computer games is getting continuously broader: On the one hand, the blockbusters open up new worlds through magnificent special effects. On the other, they tell intimate and personal stories by insinuative, subtle means. Which possibilities do we have ahead for storytelling in games? How do games learn from other media, and what do other media learn from games? To read, see, do – how are the stories influenced by the media’s different properties?