<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear FoMe list members, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">you are cordially invited to join us tomorrow <span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Tuesday, 30 November 2021</b>,</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap"> 3.30 to 4.30 pm CET </span>for n-ost's <span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>online Roundtable</b> </span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">"Truth or Trust: The Media's Role in Countering Disinformation"</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At what point do “alternative facts” become targeted disinformation? And how can we strike a balance between liberal enthusiasm for diversity on the one hand - and the call for clamping down on views that run contrary to our perspectives on the other?  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Does it really make sense to contain disinformation by spreading your own version of the “truth”? What other measures might be</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> more effective?  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What do we reply when being accused of disseminating “propaganda” as well? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">And what can we do to strengthen audiences' trust in our reporting?</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We want to discuss these (and more) questions with </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Jakub Kalenský</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, journalist; until 2018 team lead on disinformation of the EU´s East StratCom Task Force; currently disinformation lead of the Eurasia Center’s Ukrainian Election Task Force; senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Prague. </span></p></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Oksana Romaniuk,</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> journalist; executive director of the Kyiv-based Institute of Mass Information (IMI) since 2013; former correspondent of the UNIAN news agency; longstanding representative of Reporters Without Borders in Ukraine</span></p></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The debate will be held in English, interpretation into Russian will be provided.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please register here: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://bit.ly/3r6PR8T?fbclid=IwAR2WbjjIq7xnzMB_WzwOzolFKKieIpoasU1NRe8ptpEjJDnkNbtsM0LZDc0" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3r6PR8T</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would love to see some of you at our Online Roundtable tomorrow!</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">B</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">est regards</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Hannah for n-ost</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="border-right:1px solid rgb(241,147,3);width:125px;padding-right:10px" width="125"><a href="https://www.n-ost.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cms3.n-ost.org/files/uploads/n-ost_logo_RGB_mitClaim.png" alt="https://www.n-ost.org" width="200       "></a><br></td><td style="padding-left:10px"><table><tbody><tr style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(241,147,3)"><td><span style="font-weight:700">Hannah</span><br><span>Communications<br></span></td></tr><tr style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><td><span style="font-weight:700">e:<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:mail@n-ost.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">mail@n-ost.org </a>|<span> </span><span style="font-weight:700">p:<span> </span></span><span>+49 (0)30-2593283-0</span><br><span style="font-weight:700">a:<span> </span></span><span>n-ost | Alexandrinenstraße 2-3 | D-10969 Berlin</span><br><span style="font-weight:700">w:<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.n-ost.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">www.n-ost.org</a></td><td><br></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:5px"><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nost.online" style="display:inline-block;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(241,147,3)" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/53/tools/email-signature-generator/icons/facebook-icon-2x.png" alt="facebook" color="#f19303" style="background-color:rgb(241,147,3);max-width:135px;display:block" height="24"></a><span> </span></span><span><a href="https://twitter.com/n_ost" style="display:inline-block;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(241,147,3)" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/53/tools/email-signature-generator/icons/twitter-icon-2x.png" alt="twitter" color="#f19303" style="background-color:rgb(241,147,3);max-width:135px;display:block" height="24"></a><span> </span></span><span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nost_org/" style="display:inline-block;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(241,147,3)" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/53/tools/email-signature-generator/icons/instagram-icon-2x.png" alt="instagram" color="#f19303" style="background-color:rgb(241,147,3);max-width:135px;display:block" height="24"></a></span><span></span><span></span><span><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>