9 March 2015 / By The Hindu The South Asia Network for Community Media (SANCOM), the idea for which was mooted last year at a Roundtable on ‘Towards a South Asia Network for Community Media’ at the University of Hyderabad was formally inaugurated at the World Radio Day event in New Delhi, organised jointly by…
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…
28 January 2015 / By European Federation of Journalists Senior representatives from broadcasting, network infrastructure, trade unions and professional organisations call on EU decision-makers to shape an ambitious industrial strategy for Europe’s creative and cultural industries. Europe’s unique radio and audiovisual model is a huge asset for Europe’s competitive position in the digital world, cultural…
25 January 2015 / By European Federation of Journalist Europe needs more media pluralism. The application of the “Media Pluralism Monitor 2014″, developped by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) at the Florence European University Institute, demonstrates that there are various risks for media pluralism across nine selected countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France,…
24 January 2015 / By Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom During 2014, the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) carried out a pilot-test implementation of an updated and streamlined version of the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) developed in 2009 by a consortium led by the University of Leuven. The implementation was conducted in nine EU Member…
20 January 2015 / By El Ciudadano, Chile Colegio de Periodistas junto a diversas personalidades públicas Con frases como “no más invisibles”, “voz para los que no tienen voz” y “más diversidad”, dirigentes de organizaciones sociales, parlamentarios y reconocidas figuras de la prensa y la televisión adhirieron mediante un video a la campaña que busca…
13th January, 2015/ By Ghana Web Nana Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has encouraged the media to intensify their reportage on corruption and expose officials to help the country reduce the canker to its barest minimum. According to Akufo-Addo, the media should support and collaborate with the party to wage…
09 January, 2014 / By http://www.teinteresa.es/, Madrid Bruselas no ve ninguna objeción al actual sistema de nombramiento del presidente de RTVE que introdujo el Gobierno de Mariano Rajoy al comienzo de esta legislatura y que acabó con la necesidad de un acuerdo entre PP y PSOE para la renovación parlamentaria por mayoría cualificada. El Ejecutivo comunitario…
19 December, 2014 / By Journal Turkish Weekely News Turkey was criticized by the European Union (EU) over arrestment of media representatives. The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, Federica Mogherini and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn released a joint statement and said that the raids and arrests are incompatible with the freedom…
16 December, 2014 / Today Zaman The European Parliament (EP) has announced that it will debate the freedom of expression in Turkey and a recent media crackdown on Wednesday, with a statement by foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini. It also said it will vote on a resolution on the freedom of expression in Turkey in…
16 December, 2014 / By Panorama.am “You all know why I am here in prison. Uncovering corruption is the real reason,” Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, arrested on December 5, writes in her New Year letter sent from jail to RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service. As the letter has it, the only way to prove oppressive regimes wrong…
15 December, 2014 / By European Parliament News Mr Schulz opened the December session with a reminder that freedom of the press and media pluralism are fundamental EU values. We take our negotiations with Turkey as a candidate country very seriously, he said, and must therefore point to problems as well as to progress. President…
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