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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

"It is shocking how low the threshold has become for expressing personal hostility towards me and my team." A journalist in our new study on rising hostility against media workers in Germany. Read the full report below👇 www.ecpmf.eu/strapazierte...

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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Press freedom across Europe remained under pressure in 2025. Our new Monitoring Report documents 1,481 violations affecting 2,377 journalists and media entities across 36 countries, highlighting key threats of impunity, SLAPPs and “foreign agent” laws: www.ecpmf.eu/monitoring-report-2025

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Patrick Peltz @ppeltz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Vor dem Hintergrund der Einschätzung von @reporter-ohne-grenzen.de erlaube ich mir einmal auf die von @ypm.bsky.social und mir veröffentlichte Studie zum Lokaljournalismus in Sachsen und Thüringen verweisen. Sie ist frei abrufbar unter: shorturl.at/6lqVH @ecpmf.bsky.social @ikg-bie.bsky.social

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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Press freedom doesn’t only decline when the far right governs. This article by our Patrick Peltz shows how local journalists in Saxony and Thuringia face threats, intimidation, and subtle silencing amid far-right mobilisation even without national power. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JNCRF...

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Not Censored, But Silenced: Evidence from Local Journalists in German Far-Right Strongholds

Where the far right comes to power, press freedom typically declines. Yet threats to journalism also emerge in democratic systems where far-right actors are not nationally in government but exert g...

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Andreas Püttmann @puettmann.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Die @GKPde-Informationen per Interview mit Patrick Peltz zum Thema Lokaljournalismus in Zeiten von erstarkten Rechtspopulisten: "ein breites Klima der Einschüchterung gegenüber Zivilgesellschaft und Wissenschaft", AfD-Funktionsträger agitierten "regelmäßig gezielt gegen einzelne Journalisten".

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