Full coverage: Media

29.05.2004 Milorad M. Mirovic, penzionisani radnik spuskog KP doma i Jovanovicev tjelohranitelj, nije povrijedjen. On je rekao TVCG da se vozilo zatamnjenih stakala kretalo velikom brzinom iz pravca Male pijace, da bi naglo usporilo pored Jovanovicevog "pezoa". Mirovic je dodao da je jedan metak prosao kroz sofersajbnu njegovog "golfa" i da je pravo cudo da on nije pogodjen. On je kazao da to sto su napadaci znali za njegovu poziciju ukazuje da je ubistvo planirano i da su ubice "telefonski navodjene".

29.05.2004 Cijeneci da je to opsti interes, MUP poziva gradjane koji posjeduju korisne informacije da pomognu u rasvjetljavanju ovog zlocina. Za svaku tacnu informaciju o identitetu direktnog izvrsioca ili narucioca ubistva Duska Jovanovica, Ministarstvo ce isplatiti novcanu nagradu u visini od milion eura - saopsteno je sinoc iz MUP-a

28.05.2004 Nesto prije ponoci, zlocinci, kriminalci, ili ljudi sa potjernica, pucali su u glavnog urednika DAN-a Duska Jovanovica. Nije to bio samo pucanj u jednog hrabrog covjeka koji je kao direktor Uprave prihoda Crne Gore gonio kriminalce, pa potom, kao poslanik u Skupstini, uvijek otvoreno iznosio nezakonitosti koje su, na zalost, pritisle nasu Republiku. Bio je to pucanj u slobodnu rijec, u crnogorsko slobodno novinarstvo narocito, u demokratiju i, konacno, u slobodu cijela naroda.

28.05.2004 Oliver Balch notes how the new climate-change disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow has inspired environmental activists.

28.05.2004 Last night, at about midnight, Dusko Jovanovic, the General Manager and Editor-in-chief of DAN Daily was ambushed and killed by unknown assailants. Jovanovic received multiple gunshot wounds and was immediately taken to the Podgorica Hospital and Clinics, where he received urgent medical treatment. He died early this morning because of the massive loss of blood caused by the wounds.

28.05.2004 A ANDI é a vencedora na categoria ''Agência'' do Prêmio Dom Hélder Câmara de Imprensa, oferecido pela Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB) a pessoas ou instituições do setor de comunicação comprometidas com a promoção da cidadania e da paz.

28.05.2004 Why are our national papers so scared of NDP ideas? If you're looking for the resurgent party's big platform announcement in today's Globe and Mail, you'll find it. Eventually. It's just buried on page A4 - ten paragraphs into a below-the-fold article. Maisonneuve's MediaScout scans today's papers.

27.05.2004 Anybody who has watched an X-wing fighter explode in a luminous fireball in the vacuum of space knows that Hollywood is fast and loose with science. But if Hollywood has an iconic specialty, it's aiming the spotlight. And if the climate-change disaster film, The Day After Tomorrow, makes more people think about and act upon the real dangers of global warming, we'll give it two thumbs up.

27.05.2004 The ICT Focus Magazine of Ethiopia has invited entries for its Best Website competition. May 30 is the last date of sending entries for this competition to be held during the INFOCOM 2004.

27.05.2004 "What I fear most are checkpoints," says Miki Kratsman, a photographer with the Israeli daily Haaretz. "It doesn't matter if it is an Israeli checkpoint or a Palestinian checkpoint. I just really get nervous." Kratzman spoke in Ottawa recently on the perils of the job and about enduring threats to press freedom.

26.05.2004 Paul Martin has one campaign plank in this Canadian federal election: He isn't Stephen Harper. Martin says he is the peace candidate, while the Tory leader is the war candidate. He says Harper is a threat to public health care, while Martin's Liberals are medicare's saviour. More remarkably still, he is saying this with a straight face.

25.05.2004 Gazetarë të disa mediave në Tiranë, u mblodhën mesditën e së Hënës përpara Kryeministrisë për të protestuar për atë që e cilësuan përplasje për vlerat e fjalës së lirë. Tubimi nisi në orën 12.00 duke u përqendruar në afërsi të selisë së Këshillit të Ministrave. Gazetarë dhe redaktorë të mediave të shkruara dhe vizive, ishin në këtë protestë së bashku me disa përfaqësues të Lëvizjes "Mjaft".

25.05.2004 Qendra Rajonale e Mjedisit për Evropën Qendrore e Lindore - REC, ka trajnuar për tre ditë me radhë, nga data 13 deri më 15 maj rreth 30 gazetarë shkodranë dhe malazezë në qytetin e Shkodrës. I zhvilluar në ambientet e Fshatit të Paqes pranë brigjeve të Lumit Buna, aktiviteti në fjalë ishte mirëorganizuar nga Zyra Rajonale e REC-it në Shkodër. Nga gazetarët malazezë si dhe ata shqiptarë të Malit të Zi ishin të pranishëm mjaft përfaqësues të mediave mjaft të ndjekura, si Jovan Maric (Vijesti), Bojana Stanisic (Dan), Marina Sofranac (Radio Cetinje), Mitra Jakic dhe Ognjen Radulovic (RTV Mali i Zi), Ibrahim Berisha dhe Fikret Hajdinaga
(TV Teuta), etj.

24.05.2004 In John Duffy's indispensable history of Canadian elections, a "great" election is defined by three traits: (a) it could swing either way between strong competitors; (b) it should resolve some "nation-shaking" question; and (c) it should represent an evolution in our electoral process toward greater democracy. Will Election 2004 fit Duffy's bill for a great one?

24.05.2004 L'Assemblea degli Stati Generali dell'informazione e la cultura, riunita nei giorni scorsi a Gubbio in un seminario nazionale, ha approvato all'unanimità la "Carta di Gubbio" e un appello a tutti i candidati al Parlamento europeo ad affermare i principi della libertà dell'informazione e della comunicazione. Intanto si è svolta sabato a Firenze l'assegnazione del Premio giornalistico Mostafà Souhir per la multiculturalità nei media, promosso dall'ong COSPE e da altre realtà, che è stato conferito a Faustin Akafack e Raymon Dessi, autori della trasmissione Asterisco.

21.05.2004 Canadian election law controls the cost of running for office by constraining candidates and parties to spending limits. But these limits become meaningless when election messages can simply be delivered through third parties - sponsored by corporations, unions or other groups. Tuesday's Supreme Court decision upholding Canada's third-party advertising limits will help stop the wealthiest special interests from dominating political debate.

21.05.2004 A study on Media and Volunteering in India concluded that media has a balancing role to play between that of a watchdog and an activist. While most participants agreed that media can be crucial in giving a fillip to volunteer action, diverse and conflicting views emerged when it comes to the actual nature of facilitating such work.

21.05.2004 Channel 4 has pulled the "Asian paedophile" programme after criticism by anti-racist campaigners and police warnings of racial tensions and disorder. The film portrays Muslim Asian men as child abusers targeting white girls as young as 11.

21.05.2004 Le accuse rivolte ai media da alcuni organismi internazionali di aver favorito le violenze del marzo scorso hanno alimentato il livello di censura e di autocensura in Kossovo - nota Alma Lama, giornalista della RTK e corrispondente dell'Osservatorio sui Balcani. E un altro corrispondente dell'Osservatorio roveretano, Gordana Icevska, approfondisce la questione di come gli eventi balcanici vengono riportati dai media internazionali.

21.05.2004 Media is a powerful tool for stimulating volunteer activities in any of its varied forms, from traditional mass media to alternative and new media. Worldwide, experience suggests that innovative and judicious use of these media have enhanced both the image and the spirit of volunteering.