20 September 2015 / By The Jakarta Post Wahid Institute director Yenny Wahid called on Indonesians to spread more peaceful messages during the opening of the International Peace Day at City Hall in Jakarta on Sunday. The pluralism activist said she was apprehensive about bullying and hateful messages, which were easy to spread via social…
4 Septiembre 2015 / By José Miguel de Pujadas Luego del golpe de Estado de 1973, una de las medidas inmediatas adoptadas por la dictadura impuesta en nuestro país tuvo que ver con la intervención directa sobre los medios de comunicación existentes, clausurando la gran mayoría de ellos. En efecto, el Bando N° 1 de…
2 September / By El Periódico El pleno del Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya (CAC) ha aprobado este miércoles, por primera vez en su historia, la inclusión en su informe de pluralismo para la campaña electoral del 27-S los informativos de mediodía de TVE-1, Tele 5 y Antena 3. El acuerdo se ha tomado con tres…
24 August / By Georgia Online Acting Ambassador of the United States to Georgia Nicholas Berliner has responded to the critical statements made against him. As Nicholas Berliner told Rustavi 2 TV, the statement made by him a few days ago reflected the position of the U.S. government and the embassy. “I think the statement…
14 August 2010 / By Pieter-Jan Ombelet In his previous post, Pieter-Jan Ombelet of the KU Leuven Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI-CIR) analysed automated journalism (also referred to as robotic reporting) as a potential solution to combat the diminution of investigative journalism. Here, he focuses on the future possibilities of robotic reporting in…
13 August 2015 / By Zviad Adzinbaia, Georgia Today. Georgia’s largest TV Company and the country’s leading media organization Rustavi 2 is under attack. 100% of the company’s shares were sequestered on behalf of Georgian businessman Kibar Khalvashi- who filed a lawsuit to attempt to regain his share of the company on August 7. The…
14 August 2010 / By Pieter-Jan Ombelet Resources for investigative journalism are diminishing. In the digital age, this was a foreseeable evolution: publishers typically regard these pieces as time-consuming and expensive, and the results of the research are often unpredictable and potentially disappointing. In this first of two posts, Pieter-Jan Ombelet of the KU Leuven…
12 August 2015 / By Gerorgia Today The sequestration of 100 percent of Rustavi 2’s shares has attracted international attention. The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović assesses that excessive court measures against the Georgian television channel Rustavi 2 based on an ownership dispute may pose a threat to free media and…
11 August 2016 / By Civil Georgia, http://www.civil.ge OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said on August 11 that “disproportionate and excessive” court order to freeze Tbilisi-based Rustavi 2 TV’s assets in a dispute over the broadcaster’s ownership may pose a threat to free media and media pluralism. “The court injunction may…
22 July 2015 / By Natasha Lomas. techcrunch.com Every city, every town, every little geeky topic, every area of the news could potentially have an audience. Former Economist journalist Daniel Tudor is one half of the founding team behind London-based crowdfunded journalism startup Byline, along with CEO Seung-yoon Lee. “Journalism is clearly in big trouble.…
Date: 29 Sept 2015, 18:00 hrs Address: European Parliament Brussels, Belgium What is the “Digital platforms: helping or hurting media pluralism?” session about? In general, the media have a significant role to play in supporting and shaping cultural diversity and values and thus ensuring the effective functioning of democratic societies. For more than a hundred of years…
1 July 2015 / By Israel Fried Last year, journalist Kalman Libeskind conducted an interview on Galey Yisrael with attorney Dov Weisglass, who, as an adviser to the late Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, was one of the leading figures in the formulation of the Gaza disengagement plan. “We estimated the Palestinian Authority wouldn’t have difficulty…
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