Full coverage: Media

30.12.2005 Charkha Development Communication Network has announced that it will award the best articles that bring to light community efforts to rebuild lives following the 8th October earthquake in Kashmir. This initiative is under the Sanjoy Ghose Humanitarian Award for Story Writing 2005-06 and is only applicable to residents from the state.

26.12.2005 The citizens of Macedonia donÂ’t trust the media, shows the latest Early Warning Report prepared by the UNDP Office to Macedonia. According to the EWR, two thirds of the polled citizens donÂ’t trust the media or the contents they publish.

26.12.2005 Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Centre (Doha, Qatar) is currently conducting a UNESCO-supported two-week training programme on TV Journalism and TV Reporting for twelve Palestinian women journalists.

25.12.2005 Nalaka Gunawardene argues that governments in disaster-prone areas need stronger partnerships with the media to ensure that information gets rapidly where it is needed during emergencies.

22.12.2005 Trembëdhjetë persona romë, përfaqësues të shoqatave rome nga e gjithë Bosnja, morrën pjesë në workshopin e aftësive të Komunikimit të organizuar në Sarajevë (2-4 Dhjetor) nga Instituti i Medias nga Londra dhe Instituti i Planit të Medias.

21.12.2005 Thirteen Roma persons, representatives of Roma NGOs and associations from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, took part in the communication skills workshop organized in Sarajevo (December 2-4) by the Media Diversity Institute from London and the Media Plan Institute.

21.12.2005 Medjunarodna organizacija rada, Ministarstvo za rad, zaposljavanje i socijalnu politiku Republike Srbije, Ministarstvo finansija Republike Srbije i Nezavisno udruzenje novinara Srbije raspisuju konkurs za najbolje novinarske radove iz oblasti samozapošljavanja i mikrofinansiranja.

21.12.2005 Sipas një njoftimi të AGPK-së, 22 gazetarë dhe xhirues kanë qenë të detyruar ta lëshojnë punën. Situata është drastike në TV Men të Gjilanit dhe në gazetën e përditshme "Kosova sot", ku presionet politike, gjegjësisht shpërfillja e kërkesave për kushte për punë profesionale kanë rezultuar me lëshime masovike të punës...

17.12.2005 Gjatë debatit të Raportit Vjetor në Radio Televizionin Kroat dhe Këshillit të Programeve të tij Parlameti Kroat, përfaqësues të Bashkimit Demokrat Kroat (BDK) dhe Qendrës Demokratike (QD), por dhe nga opozicioni i Partisë Drejtë Kroate (PDK), u kritikua me force programet e televizionit kroat.

16.12.2005 During the debate on the Annual Report of Operations of Croatian Radio-Television and its Programming Council in the Croatian Sabor, the representatives of the governing Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Democratic Centre (DC), but also the opposition Croatian Rights Party (HSP), strogly criticized the operations and programmes of Croatian TV.

15.12.2005 U raspravi o izvještajima o poslovanju Hrvatske radiotelevizije i radu njenog Programskog vijeća u 2004. godini koja se u Hrvatskom saboru odvijala u utorak i srijedu, zastupnici vladajuće Hrvatske demokratske zajednice (HDZ) i Demokratskog centra (DC), ali i opozicijske Hrvatske stranke prava (HSP), uputili su vrlo oštre kritike na njezin rad i program.

15.12.2005 A leading journalist and publisher, whose passport has been confiscated by the intelligence services, claims Mugabe no longer holds the reins of power.

13.12.2005 Al Gore's new TV venture seeks to redefine mainstream news and entertainment for the 18-34 demographic. Launched in August, the commercial enterprise relies on young and emerging media makers for 30% of its content and, while initial response has been positive, some are worried the for-profit, socially aware outlet could undermine public access and narrow diversity.

09.12.2005 Danas (9.12.) počinje treći Festival filma o ljudskim pravima (HRFF) koji će svečano otvoriti dokumentarni film Michaela Glawoggera "Smrt radnika". Festival će trajati do 14. prosinca, a prostori održavanja su net.kulturni klub m.a.m.a., klub Močvara te prostori Studentskog centra.

08.12.2005 The Guardian newspaper highlights life in pictures from coastal Sri Lanka and India one year after the tsunami. The pictures were taken by photographer Tim Hetherington and will be displayed at an exhibition - Every Time I See the Sea: Life After the Tsunami - all over the UK begining December 9, 2005.

07.12.2005 Media association Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about the fate of Hayatullah Khan, a reporter for the Urdu-language daily Ausaf and photographer for the European Press Photo Agency (EPA), who was kidnapped by gunmen in Mir Ali in the Tribal Zones of Pakistan, adjoining Afghanistan. His disappearance came a day after a journalist was killed in Darra Adamkhel, in another part of the tribal region.

07.12.2005 The Centre for Policy Alternatives of Sri Lanka and the International Media Support of Denmark have together published a report on the Sri Lankan media, excluding the North and East, in order to identify capacity and constraints faced by Sri Lankan mainstream and regional media, in the creation and consolidation of democratic laws and practices, and a culture of tolerance and diversity. Read the full report in pdf.

06.12.2005 U petak, 2.12. održano je se predstavljanje međunarodnog izvještaja EUMAP-a (EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program) “Televizija u Europi: zakonodavstvo, javne politike i nezavisnost“. Riječ je o rezultatima dvogodišnjeg monitoringa stanja nezavisnosti televizije i razvoja javnih politika u tom području u Evropi, s posebnim naglaskom na ulogu javnih televizija. Monitoring se odvijao u 21 europskoj zemlji, uključujući Hrvatsku, a rezultati su objavljeni u knjizi koja uključuje izvještaj za svaku zemlju, te preporuke.

02.12.2005 With Indian language computing becoming simpler and the Internet gaining popularity throughout the country, groups dedicated to community participation in the development process are emerging. One such group is Chhattisgarh-Net, working in the Central Indian tribal-dominated state of Chhattisgarh. One of the founder members of Chhattisgarh-Net Shubhranshu Choudhary, a journalist, spoke to BhashaIndia about his experiences at using Hindi on their website. OneWorld South Asia helped Chhattisgarh-Net develop the local language website.

01.12.2005 El pasado 4 y 5 de noviembre se llevo a cabo en la ciudad de San Salvador el encuentro “Evaluación y reflexión sobre la defensa de periodistas y de la libertad de expresión". Al encuentro asistieron representantes de la Asociación democrática para la defensa de los derechos humanos (ASDEH) de Colombia, Centro de Reportes informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA) de Guatemala, El comité por la libre expresión C-Libre de Honduras, El Centro nacional de comunicación social (CENCOS) México, Trust por the Americas, Fundación Raíces de El Salvador y Probidad.