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The fight for
independent media
HOW A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE IS TRYING TO IMPROVE THE MEDIA SCENE IN BULGARIA
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A different reality
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A different reality
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Bulgaria ranked 106
last from all european union countries
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the bulgarian media drama
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key protagonist
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The bulgarian media drama
the media mogul his mother a failed banker the Prime minister
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45% Government funds
control of editorial
policy
Bank funds media
journalists ] public
s
government!
political comfort
pressure
Q
bank $
media monopolies
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shady ownership
financial dependency
corporate pressure
no laws
no demand
for quality
harassment &
self censorship
THE (BULGARIAN) MEDIA DRAMA
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people think that’s it
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100 lines of code
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mass protests in Bulgaria
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a simple chrome extension
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built in less than a day
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had a lot of flaws
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about 50 installs
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they changed their sites!
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we fixed it... of course
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and the next morning...
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a corporate hacker attack
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on jithube
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the result?
5000+
installs
20+
volunteers
3
new extensions
p P 8
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what can 100 lines of code change?
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everything
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the corporate hackers of the republic
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talk vs do
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talk vs do
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Bulgaria lacks media pluralism but has IT talent
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transparency
support for
independent
media
!
new media
reality
A well informed
society is key to the
development of every
state. Bulgarians
deserve to know who
owns and controls the
public message.
Ownership needs to
be more transparent.
History needs to be
remembered
High school media
education needs to
happen asap in order to
change the demand for
quality content and
encourage critical
thinking among yourng
people. We need to
help build the next
generation of
journalists.
Financial and moral
support for media outlets
that try to stay
independent and self
sufficient. Support for
investigative journalism,
financial and economic
topics and reporters
struggling to do their job
well
The goals
Enable
critical
thinking
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bulgaria media
timeline
microdonations
for independent
media
!
new media
reality
A well informed
society is key to the
development of every
state. Bulgarians
deserve to know who
owns and controls the
public message.
Ownership needs to
be more transparent.
History needs to be
remembered
High school media
education needs to
happen asap in order to
change the demand for
quality content and
encourage critical
thinking among yourng
people. We need to
help build the next
generation of
journalists.
Financial and moral
support for media outlets
that try to stay
independent and self
sufficient. Support for
investigative journalism,
financial and economic
topics and reporters
struggling to do their job
well
The projects
the high school
media project
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visibility
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The bulgarian media timeline
timeline.js wordpress crowdsouce
+ +
A crowdsourced information platform on everything big that happened in bulgarian
media since 1898
https://github.com/openmediabg/timeline
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http://timeline.openmedia.bg
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alternative funding
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Micro donations for independent media
OSS platform for voting up quality content where every “vote” is a micro donation to
the author of the article
https://github.com/openmediabg/microdonations
monthly
donation
donation
button
matching
donations
+ + reward
quality
> reward
authors
+
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$
s
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quality content
financial independence
quality content gets awarded
matching donations
Start!
Micro donations: Long term goals
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media education
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The high school media project: the platform
wordpress
news/
magazine
theme
custom
dashboard
+ microcopy
+ buddy
press
+
Educate, Empower, Enable, Prepare, Connect.
help children learn to question. Help children lear to think.
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The high school media project
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The fight
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burst the bubble
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we must choose between what is right, and what is easy
Albus Dumbuldore
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If you have an idea nowadays,
with FOSS and the internet
out there, you must never
walk alone again
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FOSS contributors around the world - We are an army
Find something you care about.
Fork a project. Implement your own solution.
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thank you
@petyeah openmedia.bg