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EJN among international press freedom groups awarded by Turkish journalists
| The Journalists Association of Turkey (TGC) on 18 August gave a 2016 Press Freedom Award to a coalition of international organisations, including the Ethical Journalism Network,to recognise the efforts of that have been working together to defend independent journalism against the erosion of press freedom Turkey.
The International Press Institute, first organised the coalition’s press freedom mission to Turkey in October 2015 in the run-up to parliamentary elections last year. As pressure on independent journalists increased the coalition showed solidarity with Turkish colleagues by raising awareness of the deteriorating press freedom situation internationally.
Along with representatives from other organisations, including Kadri Gürsel the chair of IPI’s Turkey National Committee, Erol Önderoğlu accepted the award on behalf of the Ethical Journalism Network. Gürsel, who is also an IPI Executive Board Member, noted that collective action will continue to be essential as pressure on independent media increases with the emergency measures put in place following the failed coup attempt in July.
Read the full article here. (EJN) |
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Syrians Alarmed by Bulgarian Media’s Anti-Refugee Rhetoric
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How Syrian refugees are finding their voice through mobile journalism
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Refugee Journalism Project: Putting Displaced Voices on the Front Page
| Refugees often lose professions as well as homelands. The Refugee Journalism Project in London is helping new arrivals to find work, rebuild careers and revive their skills in a new environment.
Read the full article here. (News Deeply) |
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Freedom of the press: Palestine’s journalists call for action
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How the horror of war gets lost in the media’s short compassion cycle
| Few images have captured the peculiar horrors of the war in Syria more powerfully than the photograph and short video that emerged recently showing five-year-old Omran Daqneesh sitting in an ambulance after being rescued from the aftermath of an airstrike in Aleppo.
Within minutes of the video (reportedly filmed on August 17 by photojournalist Mustafa al-Sarout) being uploaded by the Aleppo Media Centre the images were being shared on social media and gaining the attention of Western newsrooms. As the Financial Times reported, 24 hours after the original YouTube report was posted, it had had 350,000 views and been shared thousands of times.
Read the full article here. (The Conversation) |
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Controversial government exam for journalists leaked in Nepal
| As part of the government’s laudable efforts to help the media industry become more self-reliant, self-important, self-righteous and self-censored, the Ministry of Misinformation and Newspeak has decided to require all those desirous of pursuing a journalism career to first get a license by passing a test to be conducted by the Nepal Press Counsellors. It is a tough exam, but once through we can confidently tell everyone: “Forgive us our press passes.” As a service to Nepali media and to help aspiring journalists, we reproduce below the leaked question paper in which examinees can answer objective questions subjectively.
Read the full (tongue-in-cheek) article here. (Nepali Times) |
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Burundi journalist wins 2016 Peter Mackler award
| A reporter from Burundi representing a collective of mostly anonymous journalists reporting from their violence-wracked country has won the 2016 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism, organisers said Monday.
Read the full article here. (AricaNews.com) |
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Police-TV ‘partnership’ in Boulder manhunt raises ethics questions
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Fear of migrants intensifying throughout Bulgarian social media
| The hostility of Bulgarian Social Media users towards refugees is intensifying, according to a new study by Media Analysis provider Perceptica. It covers over 170,000 mentions in Mainstream and Social Media sources from January – June 2016 and builds upon a previous study from the second half of 2015. The volume of conversation increased by 55% in the first half of 2016 compared to the second half of 2015, while the share of negative mentions increased by 13 percentage points, going from 47% to 60%.
Read the full article here. (SeeNews) |
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