27 February 2015 / By RTT News Staff Writer An appeals court in Kazakhstan has upheld an order to close a media outlet known for its critical articles. ADAM bol (“Be A Person”), an independent weekly, is the latest media outlet to be shuttered in Kazakhstan since late 2012, when authorities began a concerted crackdown…
26 February 2015 / By Mizzima News How can journalists reconcile the need to share information with the danger that the news they report could potentially incite violence or spread panic? Pakistani media professional Ms Puruesh Chaudhary and others will address that question at the International Press Institute’s 2015 World Congress and General Assembly from…
25 February 2015 / By la Nacion.cl La plana ejecutiva de la organización acompaña a los ganadores del Emmy con el programa “¿Con qué sueñas?”, de la realizadora Paula Gómez. La comitiva realizó diversas gestiones con representantes de la OEA y la NBC. Acompañando a los realizadores chilenos ganadores de su segundo Emmy Internacional por…
19 February 2015 / By Silvia Chocarro There is no question media pluralism and diversity are crucial for strong democracies. The pressing question is how to guarantee it. According to a group of Latin American experts that met in Washington, DC, the media environment in the region needs some regulation–but without undermining media independence. The…
19 February 2015 / By Ioanna Zikakou Greece ranked 91st in the annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index 2015, which is a step up compared to last year when the country was ranked in 99th place. The World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that…
13 February 2015 / By Jigger J. Jerusalem THE continuing impunity and the unabated media killings in the country are still the main reasons the Philippines has ranked low in a worldwide survey on press freedom, a media group leader said Friday. Although its ranking among the 180 countries has moved a few notches higher, the…
13 February 2015 / By Staff Correspondant The Daily Star Bangladesh’s position remained unchanged at 146 among 180 countries in this year’s World Press Freedom Index. Finland topped the list for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Norway and Denmark while Eritrea hit the bottom. The yearly index by Reporters Without Borders evaluates countries on…
12 February 2015 / By Martinoticia.com Se situó en el lugar 169 entre 180 países en el escalafón confeccionado anualmente por Reporteros Sin Fronteras. Venezuela fue el número 137 Cuba subió un peldaño en el Indice Mundial de Libertad de Prensa 2015 publicado este jueves por la organización Reporteros Sin Fronteras, pero continuó en el…
8 February 2015 / By In Serbia Networks American Fund “KKR investment”, headed by former CIA chief General David Petraeus, from October 2013 until this day, in less than a year and a half, has put under its control a significant part of Serbian media, internet portal “Vaseljenska” reported. Americans first bought SBB, the largest cable…
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