Information & media

30.05.2007 Cambia il direttore di Nigrizia, il mensile dei missionari comboniani dedicato all'Africa: con il 1° giugno padre Carmine Curci conclude il suo mandato alla direzione di Nigrizia che ha diretto dal gennaio del 2003. Direttore responsabile di Nigrizia resta Renato Kizito Sesana, mentre il coordinamento delle redazioni è affidato per il momento a padre Franco Moretti. "Dopo quattro anni e mezzo vissuti con passione ed entusiasmo, è tempo per me di ritornare in Africa" - scrive padre Curci ringraziando i lettori di Nigrizia per il loro sostegno e per la loro simpatia. La redazione di Unimondo, che ha spesso collaborato con Nigrizia e con p. Curci in questi anni, lo ringrazia per l'impegno profuso e gli augura di continuare con coraggio e passione la sua missione in Africa.

30.05.2007 Kehityskysymykset eivät kiinnosta valtamediaa. Kehitysapu on taakka. Se suuntautuu vain kaukomaihin, eikä sellainen kosketa tavallisia suomalaisia, tiivistää aihetta tutkinut Jenni Karjalainen. Hänen mukaansa kehitysapukustelua vaivaa ammattitauti.

30.05.2007 Më qëllim të ngritjes të aftësisë profesionale të gazetarëve kosovarë, të martën në Prishtinë është inauguruar Instituti i Medias së Kosovës.

24.05.2007 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is organising a workshop on river pollution and cleaning on June 14-15, 2007 in New Delhi, India

24.05.2007 Indian NGO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is organising a two-day media briefing workshop for journalists and media professionals on river pollution and cleaning strategies at India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India on June 14-15, 2007. The workshop will focus on Yamuna, a severely polluted river that cuts across the city.

24.05.2007 Nicaraguan hallituksen vastikään hyväksymä laki rajoittaa julkista tiedonsaantia, muttei vaadi kansanedustajia kertomaan muun muassa vaalirahoituksestaan. Uusi laki vaikeuttaa myös toimittajien työtä.

24.05.2007 Kebakaran di Jalan Kesehatan, Senapelan, menghanguskan sejumlah kantor. Salah satunya kantor Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS Daerah (KPAD) Riau. Akibatnya, seluruh arsip dan data lengkap para penderita AIDS Riau lenyap dalam sekejap.

18.05.2007 OneWorld South Asia and CIVICUS are jointly holding a workshop on Accountability of the Media on May 24 at the CIVICUS World Assembly being held at Glasgow from May 23-28.

17.05.2007 The Creative Commons Australia and the Open Channel Screen Resource Centre present the Open Channel Video Slam, a collaborative film project CCau took part in over last weekend (May 13-14).

12.05.2007 Me rastin e Ditës së Evropës, më 9 maj, gazeta Java, është shpërblyer me çmimit prestigjioz - Press Freedom Award - Signal for Europe 2006", që tradicionalisht e ndajnë Reporterët pa Kufij të Austrisë.

11.05.2007 Indian NGO Center for Environment Education (CEE) is working to promote awareness and understanding of environmental issues in the country. It has recently introduced a website for children - www.kidsrgreen.org – that allows children to explore and discover environment-related issues.

09.05.2007 WASHINGTON, May 9 (IPS) - In the run-up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon planned to create a 'Rapid Reaction Media Team' (RRMT) designed to ensure control over major Iraqi media while providing an Iraqi 'face' for its efforts, according to a 'White Paper' obtained by the independent National Security Archive (NSA) which released it Tuesday.

09.05.2007 Somalian viimeaikaiset väkivaltaisuudet ovat tuhonneet radio- ja tv-keskuksia ja toimittajat tekevät töitä henkensä uhalla. Maassa on surmattu ainakin 15 toimittajaa sen jälkeen, kun Mohamed Siad Barren diktatuuri kukistui 1991 ja maa ajautui sekasortoon.

09.05.2007 La Fundación Puntos, con el apoyo de PASMO Nicaragua y diez emisoras integrantes de la Red Radial de SSRadio, realiza en Managua (Nicaragua), el primero Encuentro de Jóvenes Comunicadores Radialistas de Centroamérica, México y Panamá.

07.05.2007 With a humane and empathetic farmer-sensitive approach, eighty Kisan Call Centres (KCC) across the country are addressing issues raised by farmers from fungus on brinjals to kisan credit cards and prices of insecticides. Neeta Lal from the Women's Feature Service, reports on the working of these centres, their problems and potential.

07.05.2007 Ranjith Thankappan, Lecturer at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India, cites cases such as those of Jessica Lal to problematise the socially responsible face of the media, and to expose media/judicial activisms with respect to 'upper' caste/class India and the lack of it with respect to Dalit/Subaltern India.

03.05.2007 Me tryezën “Liria e shtypit gjatë procesit të përcaktimit të statusit”, të organizuar nga Asociacioni i Gazetarëve Profesionistë të Kosovës (AGPK), është shënuar në Kosovë, Dita Botërore të Lirisë së Shtypit.

02.05.2007 Sanan- ja lehdistönvapaus on huonontunut viiden viime vuoden aikana erityisesti Etiopiassa, Gambiassa ja Kongon demokraattisessa tasavallassa, Committee to Protect Journalists -järjestö ilmoitti kansainvälisenä lehdistön päivänä.