November 6, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Press Freedom •
by Eric Karstens
*Article courtesy of the European Journalism Centre Among many others, one of the challenges faced by post-revolutionary countries concerns journalism and the media. A free, pluralistic, and responsible media is a prerequisite for a...
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October 17, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Francesco Conte
Article Courtesy of European Journalism Centre There are about 100,000 journalists in Italy, but the number could be much higher if the journalistic profession were not regulated by a corporation, the Ordine dei Giornalisti (ODG). In Italy...
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September 15, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Press Freedom •
by Kate Nacy
How the news in Belarus remains…upbeat. A few weeks ago Sovetskaya Belarussia – the most widely circulated daily in Belarus – ran a lead story proclaiming the country’s GDP had risen a glorious 9.8 percent since January and...
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November 4, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality, Press Freedom •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
A reason for the Swiss to be proud. In the most recent ranking of Transparency International, Switzerland lands in a group of 10 nations perceived to be least endangered by corruption. Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands and Norway...
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October 25, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Kate Nacy
Paris-based NGO Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières) releases Press Freedom Index 2010. Last year was a particularly grim one for journalists, as the number of murdered reporters rose 26 percent, while violence against...
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August 16, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Kate Nacy
New research tracks coverage of gay marriage debate. Are you for “family values” or “human equality”? Not that you actually have to choose one over the other, despite the prevalent belief that the two are mutually...
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April 29, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Kate Nacy
Study finds restrictions on press freedoms tighten across the globe. Freedom of the Press 2010: A Global Survey of Media Independence, a study conducted by Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization, registered declines in press...
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April 22, 2010 •
Media and Politics, Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) meets in Istanbul, agrees to push Brussels. The annual EFJ meeting in Istanbul, drawing journalists from 24 countries, incited plans to encourage Brussels to respond to the European media crisis by...
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April 15, 2010 •
Media and Politics •
by Kate Nacy
EJO research on German project Peace Counts In her contribution to Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution, a compilation of essays on the subject of peace journalism by Richard Keeble, Florian Zollmann, and John Tulloch, Marlis...
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