May 17, 2013 •
Press Freedom •
by Ido Liven
On a rather ordinary June day in 2010 a news item appeared on Ynet, Israel’s most popular news website. The headline read “Who Are You, Mister X? ‘The Prisoner With No Name And Identity’.” Quoting an unnamed...
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March 4, 2013 •
Press Freedom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
In a recent post we discussed the merits and limits of press freedom rankings. One of the rather sad facts is that newsrooms rarely ask how such rankings are created. Researchers seem to be more interested in this essential methodological...
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February 11, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Philip Di Salvo
Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan are countries where silent and almost unknown war activities are conducted. There are no humans on the ground and no traditional piloting of aircrafts or tanks. Instead U.S. Army drones, or remote-controlled...
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February 8, 2013 •
Press Freedom •
by Bianca Soldani
Deep skepticism surrounds the new media freedom reforms passed earlier this year in Turkmenistan. The first such law ever to be passed by the nation, it promises freedom of expression and a ban on all media censorship, but is generally...
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February 1, 2013 •
Press Freedom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
“Reporters Without Borders“ has once again published its annual Press Freedom Index. According to the ranking, Finland remains the global “front runner,” followed by the Netherlands, Norway, and Luxembourg. In the European Union,...
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October 19, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Michael Wise
Third-annual report brings news of progress despite the prevalence of new and sophisticated threats to Internet freedom. Freedom House’s newest report, “Freedom on the net 2012: A global assessment of Internet and digital media,”...
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October 11, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Jonila Godole
According to the newest Media Sustainability Index (MSI), Albania showed improvement in 2012, however the lack of independent outlets and unbiased journalists is cause for alarm. The newest International Research and Exchanges Board’s...
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October 4, 2012 •
Media and Politics •
by Hana Biriczova
Though contemporary Czech journalism has evolved, journalism students cling to the memories of the First Republic’s great writers, such as Karel Čapek, Karel Poláček, and Jaroslav Hašek. The Czech journalistic tradition is still...
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September 30, 2012 •
Press Freedom •
by Dariya Orlova and Victoria Sydorenko
Ukrainian journalists bemoan deteriorating media freedom as new challenges complicate the issue. As Ukraine’s hosting duties began for the 64th World Newspaper Congress (WNC) in early September, the country’s unstable media...
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