Pirms četriem gadiem Eiropas Savienībā (ES) izcēlās skandāls, ka pārtikas ražotāji Centrālās un Austrumeiropas valstīs ar to pašu zīmolu tirgo sliktāku produktu nekā Rietumos. Tagad 15 valstu žurnālisti devās iepirkties un secināja, ka identisks ir tikai Heinz kečups un Nutella riekstu krēms. Taču atšķirīgajiem produktiem nav izteikta Rietumu-Austrumu dalījuma. Baltijā Latvijā un Lietuvā nopērkamie produkti ir pārsvarā identiski, bet Igaunijā daži atšķiras.

The Centre for Media Studies at SSE Riga invites you to attend the fourth Summer School on Investigative Reporting, run by professionals with globally recognised reputations.

Award-winning journalist Inga Springe is the founder of Re:Baltica – The Baltic Centre for Investigative Journalism, based in Riga, Latvia. We worked with Inga when Re:Baltica was sued for defamation in 2012. Here she describes what drives her and how she hopes to bring socially-responsible journalism back to Latvia.

After a few relatively stable years, the media market in the Baltics seems to be headed for interesting times. The latest Baltic Media Health Check report shows that more than half of the most popular media saw their audiences shrink in 2017. It is becoming harder for media owners to grow sales, and the size of the Baltic advertising market is still below its 2008 level.

What are important labour issues in other countries in the region? What can we learn from each other’s experiences? What are the alternatives? Some answers will be provided in conference taking place on May 22 in Stockholm School of Economics in Riga were from 16.00 to 18.00 experts and journalists from Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Poland will generate discussion on this topic. The conference is free of charge and anyone can participate.