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Media Enabling Democracy, Inclusion and Accountability in Moldova (MEDIA-M) SEMI-ANNUAL NARRATIVE REPORT October 2017 – March 2018 Media Enabling Democracy, Inclusion and Accountability in Moldova (MEDIA-M) SEMI-ANNUAL NARRATIVE REPORT October 2017 – March 2018 Cooperative Agreement No. AID-117-A-17-00001 Activity Start Date and End Date: April 3, 2017 to April 2, 2022 Implemented by: Internews Network Partners: Freedom House, Independent Journalism Center 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................ 3 II. HIGHLIGHTS (OCTOBER 2017 – MARCH 2018) ....................................... 4 III. BACKGROUND/CONTEXT .......................................................................... 5 IV. PROJECT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 7 OBJECTIVE 1 7 ACTIVITY 1.1. TARGETED GRANT SUPPORT FOR CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ........................................................................................... 7 ACTIVITY 1.2. NEEDS-BASED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ............................................... 14 OBJECTIVE 2 17 ACTIVITY 2.1: CONDUCT PUBLIC SURVEYS TO MEASURE AUDIENCE MEDIA PREFERENCES, PERCEPTIONS, AND HABITS ....................................... 17 ACTIVITY 2.2: DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN PUBLIC MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE CITIZENS’ ABILITY TO SEEK, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, AND PRODUCE NEWS CONTENT. ................................. 17 ACTIVITY 2.3: IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF MEDIA WATCHDOGS TO EFFECTIVELY MONITOR MEDIA FOR MISINFORMATION, BIAS, CENSORSHIP, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ...................................................................... 22 ACTIVITY 2.4: SUPPORT RIGOROUS AND CREATIVE ELECTION COVERAGE MONITORING 28 OBJECTIVE 3 28 ACTIVITY 3.1. MONITORING, ANALYSIS, AND OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS .............. 28 ACTIVITY 3.2. ADVOCACY ACTIONS AND COALITION-BUILDING .......................... 35 ACTIVITY 3.3. EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS: ..................................... 38 OBJECTIVE 4 40 ACTIVITY 4.1 ASSESS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY ................................................... 40 ACTIVITY 4.2 PRIORITIZE, PLAN, AND BUILD ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY ........ 42 V. PLANNED HIGHLIGHTS (FOR APRIL 2018 – SEPTEMBER 2018) ........ 42 VI. CHALLENGES ............................................................................................... 44 VII. MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING PLAN INDICATORS……45 VIII. LIST OF ATTACHMENTS ........................................................................... 50 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Media Enabling Democracy, Inclusion and Accountability in Moldova (MEDIA-M) is a five-year activity (MEDIA-M or Activity hereafter) that aims to promote the development of an independent, professional media that gives citizens access to a variety of perspectives, and to create a media sector that is more resilient to political and financial pressures. By focusing on the supply of and demand for objective information, this Activity will strengthen the ability of independent media to fulfill its role as a watchdog over the government and serve as a space for citizens to engage in public policy dialogue. Moreover, the Activity’s focus on the legal enabling environment will reinforce existing protections for freedom of speech, facilitate better implementation of laws, and advocate for media sector regulation in accordance with international norms. MEDIA-M will focus on three programmatic and one crosscutting objective to be achieved with the Implementing Partners Independent Journalism Center (IJC) and Freedom House (FH): O1. Support independent media and production and dissemination of alternative content through grants and needs-based technical assistance O2. Build consumer understanding of and demand for independent, reliable, and high quality news and information through targeted media literacy activities O3. Improve the enabling legal and regulatory environment for independent media by strengthening the capacity of media support organizations O4. Nurture organizational capacity of local media institutions for transition to direct local award (Cross-cutting objective) 3 II. HIGHLIGHTS (OCTOBER 2017 – MARCH 2018) Objective 1 • A team of international experts finalized the Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA) of Key Partners (KPs) in November 2017. • The grant agreement contracts with all six KPs were signed February-March 2018 and KP activities were launched. • IJC awarded six Emerging Opportunities Grants. • Internews established the Capacity Development Assistance Plan and calendar schedule for all six KPs for 2018. • IJC conducted two open group trainings: one on data mining and fact-checking and one on data visualization. Objective 2 • IJC developed the high school media literacy curriculum. • Production of youth-oriented media literacy education tools: IJC’s consumer-education portal Mediacritica.md published seven digital literacy tutorials and eight Media ABC videos. IJC also produced two online masterclasses on detecting false pictures and fake news, and launched the Media Literacy online platform WWW.EDUCATIA.MEDIACRITICA.MD. • IJC awarded one Media Misinformation Campaign Grant. • Media watchdogs Media-Azi.md and Mediacritica.md published a new series of media monitoring case studies as well as two media monitoring reports. • Press Council launched a broad public outreach campaign • The updated Press Council website was launched. • 16 Novateca librarians led 120 media literacy trainings. Objective 3 • Internews, FH, IJC, and representatives participated in the Parliamentary Working Group to improve media legislation and in meetings of the eight thematic subgroups, continuing efforts to synchronize Moldova’s audiovisual legislation with European laws and norms. • The Working Group’s draft of the new “Audiovisual Media Services Code of the Republic of Moldova” was registered in the Parliament and is expected to be called to a vote during the next session. The document will also be submitted to the Council of Europe, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for review. • Four Moldovan authors produced high-quality policy briefs as part of the Media Forward series with technical assistance from FH. The briefs were published online, printed in trilingual format, and distributed during the Media Policy Forum. • FH and Black Sea Trust awarded three Media Freedom Matters small grants for advocacy initiatives to raise awareness of press freedom, freedom of expression, and independent media. The grantees are Newsmaker.md, NGO Prospect, and Sud-Est Junior Association. • Citizens, political parties, and others submitted 51 cases of ethical violations among media to the Press Council; all 51 were resolved in compliance with decisions determined by the Press Council. • FH developed a needs assessment of the Press Council based on interviews with the Association of Independent Press (API), the Press Council, and third parties that work with them. • Achieving its target, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) drafted and filed 15 applications for summons on selected cases of restricted access to information by public institutions. Each of these 4 applications will ultimately lead to court decisions that will set a precedent for how the judicial system handles cases on access to information. • FH’s Freedom of the Press team led a review of the Independent Journalism Center’s (IJC) methodology for the Moldovan Press Status Index Report and offered recommendations on how to professionalize the Report’s methodology. • API conducted media monitoring and led the conversation surrounding how journalists should report issues involving minors and victims of sexual assault after an irresponsible report on the topic was published in November. Objective 4 • Internews selected six media support CSOs to benefit from a long-term assistance program within MEDIA-M and held an introductory meeting for the group. • Internews trained 14 local organizational development consultants on the SATT/OSS Index administration. Three of the trainees have been contracted to perform these assessments for the six media CSO partners. III. BACKGROUND/CONTEXT Pressure on media in Moldova continued in this reporting period, and many non-profit media organizations issued declarations condemning the situation. In Fall 2017, photojournalist Constantin Grigorita was repeatedly denied access to events at the President’s office after posing critical questions to the President at a press conference. In February 2018, border authorities of Moldova refused entry to two journalists (one Ukrainian and one Russian); media NGOs responded, calling on the government to ensure free movement of journalists based on commitments Moldova undertook internationally. Also in February, charitable organizations investigated by Liuba Sevciuc of RISE Moldova threatened her on social networks. In March, a Jurnal TV crew was attacked while filming and the cameraman was hit with a shovel; NGOs reminded the country that impeding journalistic activity is a crime according to the Criminal Code of Moldova. And most recently, Moldova’s Popular European Party accused media outlets of improperly linking Prime Minister Leanca to bank fraud, and offered alternative background information that would portray him favorably. Media NGOs consider such “advice” to the media as pressure on the media outlets. In February, a group of 15 leading human rights NGOs issued a laundry list of
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