23 July, 2018 / By Fanny Meneses, Kaosenlared En estos días han sido noticia las amenazas hechas contra algunos periodistas que trabajan o publican en grandes medios colombianos, como María Jimena Duzán. Grave llamado de atención que tuvo mucha más exposición que los asesinatos, por ejemplo, de los comunicadores indígenas Eider Arley Campo Hurtado (marzo de 2018)…
22 July, 2018 / By Jorge Carrasco Araizaga / Agencia Proceso De acuerdo con organizaciones de periodistas, no basta que la administración federal decida reducir el gasto en la publicidad oficial que se destina a los medios de comunicación. Lo ideal, dicen, sería que el próximo gobierno aclare cómo se va a distribuir la pauta…
22 July, 2018 / By El Diario CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (proceso).- El anuncio de Andrés Manuel López Obrador de que su gobierno reducirá a la mitad los recursos en publicidad oficial fue bien recibido por quienes durante años han peleado por transparentarlos. Pero entre ellos hay un temor: que la centralización del gasto y de…
16 July, 2018 / By Liz Braun, torontosun.com The Finnish people are the coolest. To welcome Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and help them acclimate during meetings in Helsinki, the largest newspaper in all the Nordic countries has paved the route from the airport to the summit with special billboards — reminding both leaders they…
12 July, 2018 / By Diarioregistrado El titular del Sistema de Medios Públicos, Hernán Lombardi, y el presidente de Télam, Rodolfo Pousám, se presentaron este miércoles en la Cámara de Diputados para ser interrogado a raíz de los despidos masivos en la agencia estatal. Según publica Diario Popular, el funcionario ingresó a la sala del anexo de la Cámara…
10 July, 2018 / By Ebu The EBU welcomed today’s European Parliament vote that will update existing must-carry rules and provide for a wider choice of free-to-air radio content while on the move. The vote in the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) formally endorsed a political deal in trilogue on a…
9 July, 2018 / By OSCE.ORG The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed his concern regarding the law decree issued in Turkey on 8 July, which closed down three newspapers and one TV station, in a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. “I call on…
2 july, 2018 / By Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, frontpageafricaonline.com Monrovia – One Media Incorporated appears to be seeking mitigation into the Liberian government’s recent decision to suspend all new operating licenses issued to media outlets beginning this year. The firm, which has been planning to launch two media subsidiaries – Punch FM and television – this…
27 June, 2018 / By RT The irony is glaring: Kiev government banning journalists from attending a conference on freedom of speech. If the Ukrainians don’t see the problem, they need more than a conference to appreciate what press freedom is all about. I write this sitting in the departure lounge of Boryspil airport in…
26 June, 2018 / By Kiv Post Measures to counter disinformation and “fake news” in order to ensure national security which is carried out by governments should not lead to restriction of media rights, Senior Adviser at the OSCE Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media Andrei Richter has said. “The right policy…
26 June, 2018 / By Christophe Deloire, Project Syndicate Russia today has more reporters behind bars than at any time since the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. With Russia under the spotlight as the host of soccer’s quadrennial global tournament, the international community has a rare opportunity to push President Vladimir Putin to end his…
26 June, 2018 / By TASS Russia’s envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Alexander Lukashevich has condemned Ukraine’s entry ban for Russian reporter Yevgeny Primakov and RT’s correspondent Paula Slier. “We strongly condemn the deportation of reporters working for Russian mass media outlets, Primakov (VGTRK) and RT (Slier), who flew to…
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