Full coverage: Media

30.11.2004 More than $1.6 billion has been spent on television advertisements in this yearÂ’s presidential election campaign in the United States. The Alliance for Better Campaigns, which released this figure, has reported that this amount is more than double the $771 million spent in 2000.

29.11.2004 Skupština Hrvatskoga novinarskog društva (HND) poduprla je prijedlog predsjednika Dragutina Lučića da se vlast ispriča novinarki Heleni Puljiz, a ako to ne učini do srijede, 1. prosinca, HND će zatražiti očitovanje Središnjeg odbora Europske novinarske federacije i mjerodavnih tijela Europske unije.

26.11.2004 A forgotten corner of the developing world, the turbulent island of Mindanao in the Philippines is gaining notoriety as one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists.

25.11.2004 As UK mainstream media continues to downplay environmental issues, the Guardian has deservedly gained recognition in the British Environment and Media Awards announced yesterday

25.11.2004 A Marrakesch, in Marocco, si è svolta una sessione preparatoria al vertice dell’Onu sulla società dell’informazione (Wsis) che si terrà nel 2005 in Tunisia. Secondo i rappresentati della Federazione internazionale dei giornalisti ha richiamato il governo tunisino ma ha confermato che non boicotterà il vertice per denunciare le pratiche di censura che esistono nel paese. Presente anche la campagna CRIS che sta facendo pressioni sull’Unesco in merito alle modifiche spinte verso gli interessi delle multinazionali della Convenzione per i Diritti sulla diversità culturale. Intanto in Italia, in difesa della libertà d’informazione nasce Mediacoop.

24.11.2004 Robert Mugabe loves cricket but loathes the media, even to extent of excluding English sports journalists covering the tour of Zimbabwe which starts today.

23.11.2004 In September, novelist André Alexis withdrew from jury duty for the Governor General’s Award for fiction, after signing a declaration of conflict of interest. Catherine Bush—with whom Alexis is “involved,” had a novel eligible for the award. Though the situation was not handled as well as it might have been, clearly, there was a cut-and-dried conflict of interest. The question is, would the Canada Council have done anything about the situation had Alexis not volunteered to step down?

23.11.2004 In the next month, the Youth Information Agency plans to open the first youth information desk fully compliant with the European standards. The first desk will be opened in Zenica, to be followed by seven more desks in other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Youth Info Desks will be opened in cooperation with the local governments of the eight cities.

23.11.2004 Chobi Mela III, the Festival of Photography in Asia, is being organized by Drik Picture Library Ltd. in association with a number of organisations worldwide where fine artists, documentary photographers and photographers will display their works.

23.11.2004 China will launch a satellite exclusively for broadcasting services in the first half of 2006 heralding a major policy change, which will allow people to receive satellite television signals in their homes for the first time.

22.11.2004 A public radio station in North Carolina is refusing to air the words "reproductive rights" in an announcement paid for by the international non-profit organization Ipas. The group warned that the station's "extraordinary caution ... serves to perpetuate self-censorship" and is a result of the narrow ideology that is dominating the political climate in the U.S.

22.11.2004 OSCE Misija u Bosni i Hercegovini će biti domaćin serije regionalnih konferencija o Zakonu o slobodnom pristupu informacijama (FOIA), koja će početi danas u Mostaru.

19.11.2004 Journalists from Belarus, Burma, Burundi, and the United States are being honored, one of them posthumously, with the 2004 International Press Freedom Awards presented by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

18.11.2004 The U.S.-instituted Iraqi media commission sent out an order recently asking news organizations to "stick to the government line on the U.S.-led offensive in Fallujah or face legal action." The warning, which is just one of many restrictions and intimidations faced by journalists in the country, was sent on the letterhead of interim prime minister Ayad Allawi.

18.11.2004 Reporter senza frontiere (Rsf) si dichiara estremamente delusa dal rapporto d’inchiesta dell’esercito americano sull’attacco contro l’hotel Palestine. In questi giorni Rsf ha chiesto alle forze americane la liberazione immediata di Abdel Kader Al-Saadi, corrispondente della rete televisiva Al-Arabiya, rimasto a Falluja per garantire la copertura giornalistica. E da una voce della Croce Rossa si apprende che i morti civili a Falluja sono almeno 800. Almeno 50.000 residenti sono rimasti intrappolati nella città e stanno aspettando i soccorsi ancora negati dagli americani.

17.11.2004 Andhra Pradesh is in the midst of an agrarian emergency. The tragic farmersÂ’ suicides are, finally, an extreme symptom of a much deeper rural distress. The result of a decade-long onslaught on the livelihoods of millions. The crisis now goes way beyond the families ravaged by the suicides. And beyond the farming community itself. There is an urgent need to end the suicides. But doing so without addressing the larger distress is to try and mop the floor dry with the taps open.

16.11.2004

Journalism trainees © Internews Network, Inc.

Internews, a non-profit media training organization, has established and supported 24 independent community radio stations in Afghanistan and trained Afghan journalists in various aspects of reporting.

16.11.2004 Yhdysvalloissa sijaitseva lehdistönvapautta valvova elin (CPJ) on huolissaan Irakin väliaikaishallituksen mediakomission laatimista ohjeista, joissa kehotetaan Irakissa toimivaa mediaa heijastamaan hallituksen linjaa raportoidessaan taisteluista. Ohjetta rikkovia uhataan oikeustoimin. CPJ:n mukaan uhkaus vahingoittaa hallituksen uskottavuutta demokraattisen yhteiskunnan luojana.

16.11.2004 Treći deo kursa Osnove radio-novinarstva za novinare romskih medija u Srbiji kao i za novinare programa na srpskom iz Preševa i programa na albanskom iz Medveđe, pod pokroviteljstvom OSCE, održan je u organizaciji Medija centra iz Niša od 7. do 11.novembra 2004.

15.11.2004 A leading U.S.-based press watchdog says it is “deeply disturbed” by a directive issued last week by the Iraqi interim government’s new media commission that warned the press operating in Iraq to reflect the government’s position in fighting by U.S., coalition, and Iraqi forces against insurgents.