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The trial which opens today of the editor of the extreme right-wing online magazine MV-lehti is the first time that a fake news outlet is being prosecuted in the Finnish courts. MV-lehti, which started in 2014, specialises in anti-immigrant fake news and targets journalists who attempt to present unbiased reporting on refugees and immigration. UntilRead More
“If Finland didn’t have a national news agency we’d be an anomaly among enlightened countries” says UJF president Hanne Aho. News is just in that the government has proposed giving STT the Finnish News Agency a one-off boost of €1,5 million to “safeguard news operations at a time of transformation”. The 130-year-old news outlet hasRead More
Mediakunta, the UJF’s freelance cooperative launched at the beginning of 2017 has done well in its first year. At the close of its initial financial year it was €972 in the black. The cooperative gained 172 members in 2017, about a hundred more than anticipated. By this May membership was at 183. Its billing trendRead More
The UJF newsroom branch at the Kaleva media concern has expressed its concern over prospects for maintaining the quality journalism of Kaleva newspapers. Redundancy talks have concluded with cuts to expenses and employees. The cuts will mainly impact on editorial operations. The talks ended with a decision to cut operations by 11 person years. NineRead More