On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Centre for the Protection of Afghan Women Journalists (CPAWJ) sound the alarm about the plight of the media and the future for journalism in Afghanistan. The press freedom situation is disastrous in Afghanistan 14 months after the Taliban and […]
2021-04-30. The GAMI Briefing #1 looked at how news publishers and journalists are using AI-powered solutions to work more efficiently, what kinds of issues arise when these tools are introduced in the newsroom, and what solutions exist to deal with such challenges. The virtual GAMI Briefings are an opportunity for the media innovation community to
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities in Madagascar not to suppress media coverage of a second wave of coronavirus cases after they suspended nine radio and TV programmes last week and made several broadcasters give a written undertaking not to cause trouble in order to get their programmes back on the air. The
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) and the Pathfinder Foundation jointly hosted a webinar on Right to Information (RTI) titled “Right to Information: Gains of the Present and Priorities for the Future: to coincide with the World Press Freedom Day, emphasizing the importance of access to information as a public good. The eminent panel of
Viability, diversity, stability and safety are essential ingredients of any healthy information eco-system. How many media worldwide can say yes to all four? How far are individual professionals, news organisations, and the industry as a whole from achieving these? And at this time of global anxiety, economic turmoil, and future uncertainty, is it crazy to
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Thirty years ago today, journalists, editors and publishers from across Africa gathered to draft a call for press freedom, the “Declaration of Windhoek on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press”. This landmark Declaration aimed to make the free flow of information a public good – a goal which still resonates today.Since 1991, the information
The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) marks the World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May 2021 in concurrence with UNESCO’s commemoration of 30 years of the Windhoek Declaration under the theme “Information as a Public Good”. The completion of 30 years of the landmark Windhoek Declaration for the development of free independent and pluralistic press
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Algerian authorities to free Rabah Karèche, the newspaper Liberté’s correspondent in Tamanrasset, 900 km south of Algiers, who has been held since 19 April after covering protests by the Ahaggar region’s Tuareg population against new territorial divisions. A Tamanrasset criminal court today denied a request for Karèche’s release
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In the wake of a crime reporter’s execution-style murder in Athens on 9 April and last weekend’s report of death threats against another journalist, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Greek police to take concrete steps to improve the safety of journalists and show them that they can rely on the police to protect
Hong Kong Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has been hosting a daily talk show on public broadcaster RTHK since 28th April. This parody of journalism enables her to promote unpopular policies without exposing herself to questions from journalists. We are our own best advocates. On 28th April, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sprung a surprise
