With many traditional media facing difficult financial challenges, the task of tackling misinformation and “fake news” has increasingly fallen to independent fact-checking initiatives and start-ups. In Austria, a new initiative called Addendum has thrown its hat into the ring. Addendum, which produces a television feature (“In Context” on the private broadcaster ServusTV) as well as […]

Austria has dealt with its fair share of disinformation and accusations of “fake news” amid two recent, highly divisive elections: a presidential election in 2016 and parliamentary elections in October 2017, both notable for the successes of traditional outlier parties. The former saw the triumph of the former head of the Green party, while the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined the Austrian publishing house Lammerhuber in warmly congratulating Swedish-Nigerian photographer Cletus Nelson Nwadike as the winner of the 2017 Alfred Fried Photography Award for peace photography. This year’s winners of the international award were named on Thursday at a ceremony held by Austria’s Parliament. Named for Austrian pacifist, author and 1911 […]

Read this article in English. Politik, Migration und Islam sind Themen, die in Österreich am ehesten Online-Beschimpfungen von JournalistInnen nach sich ziehen. Das zeigt eine heute veröffentlichte Studie des International Press Institute (IPI). Die Studie untersuchte vier Monate lang Online-Attacken auf JournalistInnen in Österreich. Der Untersuchungszeitraum zwischen September und Dezember 2016 fiel mit dem zweiten […]