Full coverage: Media

30.04.2004 Panos is offering media fellowships to Sri Lankan journalists who wish to engage in producing quality feature articles/programmes on conflict issues in Sinhala, Tamil or English.

29.04.2004 ''Sem espaço para a criação individualizada da arte não há mídia democrática''. Abrindo a sessão plenária Identidade e Diversidade Cultural, na 4ª Cúpula Mundial de Mídia para Crianças e Adolescentes, a escritora Ana Maria Machado fez uma forte crítica à censura que a mídia produz ao não se pluralizar e acaba obrigando o público a assistir um único padrão.

28.04.2004 Zambia's high court judge, Philip Musonda, has quashed Post columnist, Roy Clarke's deportation order because it was unlawful and excessive.

28.04.2004 Locally produced film capturing the horrors of war in Sri Lanka will now be shown worldwide through public exhibitions. This will not only provide a learning platform for other filmmakers but also help promote peace.

27.04.2004 During the first Iraq war, Howard Zinn wrote that George Bush Sr. did talk about oil. "Then he got the notion that this is embarrassing. People will not die for oil. They will die for words: democracy, liberation, freedom..." A Canadian interviews one of America's most influential intellectuals.

27.04.2004 Belgrade – Yesterday, the “Klio” Publishing Company presented the first issue of the “Limes Plus” magazine, the Serbian edition of the Italian geopolitical periodical.

27.04.2004 Tiedotusvälineet esittävät muslimit primitiivisinä ja uskonnon ohjaamina, vastakohtana omalle modernille erinomaisuudellemme, totesi journalisti Jolin Boldt "Islamin ja arabimaailman kuvat mediassa" –seminaarissa maanantaina. Boldt analysoi mm. Fadimen kuoleman nostattamaa keskustelua: ”Pääministeri Göran Persson vaati, että koko kurdiyhteisön on kannettava vastuu teosta. Vaatiiko joku, että kaikkien tukholmalaisten tulee kantaa vastuu, kun Tukholmassa tapetaan ihminen?”

26.04.2004 India's telecom regulatory body, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has invited comments on its consultation paper on possible reforms in the existing FM broadcasting license policy and related issues. The consultation paper looks at issues such as provisions for rural radio and creating a fund for it. May 7 is the last date for submitting the comments.

23.04.2004 These days, everybody has one. Your friends have them, profs have them, journalists have them. Even Noam Chomsky has one. Moby does too. So it should come as no surprise that many politicians - among them, Paul Martin, and George W. Bush - are also jumping on the latest Internet trend and becoming bloggers.

23.04.2004 Amb el lema Okupem les ones!, l'Assemblea per la Comunicació Social, formada per una vuitentena d’associacions catalanes, impulsa la creació d'una televisió local i una ràdio alternatives a Barcelona, de caràcter comunitari i associatiu, que contribueixin al pluralime informatiu i al canvi social.

23.04.2004 The problems of the Indian rural poor are given a short shrift in the mainstream media, which is being rectified by a rural newspaper - Janavani - in the east Indian state of Orissa.

22.04.2004 On March 28, a Canadian contractor was killed in Mosul, Iraq. Two days later, four American contractors were killed in Fallujah, their corpses dragged through the streets. And according to Doug Nesbitt, many more international "contractors" are dying than you would deduce from isolated media reports. What you also may not know: Most of these civilians are in fact armed mercenaries - part of a non-official "occupying force" of some 15,000 contractors.

22.04.2004 VIENNA, 22 April 2004 - The recent violence in Kosovo that led to the deaths of at least 19 people might have been avoided without the "reckless and sensationalist reporting" by local media, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today.

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21.04.2004 Despite many challenges - mainly insecurity in the troubled south - Azad Afghan Radio (Afghan Independent Radio) is one 14 independent local radio stations in the country working to promote freedom of expression and providing a voice to the voiceless.

21.04.2004 A 4a Cúpula Mundial de Mídia para Crianças e Adolescentes reúne a representantes de empresas privadas, organizações não governamentais, governos, produtores independentes, e crianças e adolescentes de todo o mundo. Nesta 4a Cúpula Mundial, eles participam pela primeira vez de forma ativa. Por este motivo realizam diariamente este programa radial que conta com o auspício de Save the Children Suécia e a colaboração de Jaku´éke.

20.04.2004 Il Movimento Difesa del Cittadino afferma che sono gonfiate le stime fornite da Rai e Mediaset sia per quanto riguarda le vendite dei decoder digitali, sia per la copertura del territorio. Sta inoltre crescendo la delusione dei consumatori che hanno acquistato il decoder: i programmi via digitale sono simili a quelli della tv analogica e l'interattività comporta costi aggiuntivi alla bolletta telefonica.

20.04.2004 Since the beginning of the war in Iraq just over a year ago, 38 journalists, camera operators, photographers and translators have been killed. Many more have been injured. And international journalists' organizations are accusing the U.S. military of failing to fully investigate the incidents.

19.04.2004 On April 21-23, the Centre for Professional Media from Belgrade (website under construction), organizes specialized seminar for media professionals – press photojournalists – titled “Ethics in Press Photography.” The seminar will discuss the possibilities for manipulation with press photographs, the issue of protection of privacy and human rights, as well as the problems of copyright...

19.04.2004 About thirty participants from across the globe will deliberate on the emerging scenarios in public participation in broadcasting at a regional workshop on Promoting Citizens’ Participation in Broadcasting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 18 April. UNESCO is one of the organisers of the event.

16.04.2004 "I have always been amazed by Svend Robinson's ability to maintain his politics and his principles in the middle of that goopy swamp on Parliament Hill. In a world where principle is a rare commodity and ambition too often trumps honesty and integrity, Svend is a shining light ... Let's wish all the strength and courage he has brought to his public life to be with him in this private struggle." Judy Rebick on Robinson's emotional press conference yesterday.