Digital Communication Network is officially announcing the Influencers Hub Ukraine Conference. The event will bring together community and civic organizers, policymakers, journalists, activists, new media representatives, and influencers in order to discuss and understand the world after the pandemic and to explore new ways in which we can make our voices heard.

This webinar will be a conversation between Aisha Kehoe Down and James Wright on the art of sourcing in investigative journalism, and the difficulties and opportunities that arise from building sources in the digital age. It will focus on a recent investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, “Marlboro’s Man: Philip Morris’s Representative In Burkina Faso is a known cigarette smuggler,” an investigation which examined smuggling and illicit financial flows in Africa, as well as the behavior of large multinational corporations on the continent.

Societies across the world are trying to respond to a rapidly spreading deadly virus but also to an “infodemic” of misinformation. Fake news spreads as fast as the actual virus, multiplying its strength and reach. The webinar’s goal is to discuss the issue of disinformation, in light of new developments, including polarization and lies / conspiracies about COVID-19 and to present efforts to counter falsehoods and promote scientific and data based solutions. In this virtual discussion, the Director of the International Fact-Checking Network Baybars Orsek will provide a global perspective, leading to identifying relevant trends.

Amid the ongoing race to dominate the COVID-19 vaccine uptake, Russia and China have been actively promoting their respective vaccines abroad through state-funded outlets and diplomatic accounts. It has been found that there is an ongoing effort to put forward negative narratives about Western vaccines in an attempt to undermine trust, (Russia) and or positive image of the Chinese vaccines as well as its role as a benevolent leader combatting COVID-19 internationally. We will organise a round table-presentation of the results of Fake News Hunters work and DFR Lab Atlantic Council regarding the topic.

Statistics measuring the overall presence of female digital leaders and tech entrepreneurs can be discouraging. Women are dramatically under-represented in the digital sector. Studies highlight the need for both men and women, working in the industry, to encourage and inspire women to launch and develop careers in the digital space. It is a demanding and dynamic field requiring humility, adaptability, vision, and constant engagement, where women can make a difference.

“Combating Disinformation: Training Refugees to become Fact-checkers” is a project granted by “Together, Moving Forward – Students and Refugees uniting for inclusion in society and education”, which is part of the European Students’ Union (ESU). 

Freedom of the press has been one of the first principles attacked in Belarus last year, as the turbulences increased and the protests multiplied. Now, many journalists from Belarus are reported to be imprisoned.

Please join us on Thursday, March 18, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Washington DC time for a webinar focusing on women sports journalists, from all over the world, and the progress being made in women sports participation.

The importance of social networks as agents of change cannot be ignored. Because of its popularity, social media plays an active role in democracy and in democratization, where it can have a positive impact on society but can also contribute to the polarization of society.

Cisco Greece and the International Centre of Digital Trasformation and Digital Skills in collaboration with the International Peace Journalism Laboratory- Faculty of Journalism & Mass Communication of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and DCN Global-, are organizing the series of monthly dialogues “Digital Talks @ DT&S” of technological, economic and enterprising interest.

The Kondrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Foundation is organizing the discussion “Catalyst or Destabiliser?: COVID-19 and its impact on the Media Landscape Worldwide”, focusing on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected on a global level, the sector of mass media, amongst others.

Are you young and between the ages of 18 to 30? Do you want to react to threats, to bullying and to hate speech on the Internet? Are you interested in the action against racism and the promotion of human rights? Then, take part in the ActionAid and DCN Global organized workshop, on Thursday the 25th, at 16:30.