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Global Pulse: The Fall and Rise of Zuma
Posted by MediaChannel on 19 May 2009 | Tagged as: News, Africa, VIDEO, Politics, Media Analysis
Media disdain one day, a new respect the next. Jacob Zuma’s election as President of South Africa capped a remarkable political comeback. His savvy and charisma helped reverse a political downfall fueled by charges of corruption and fraud. Global media seemed willing to forgive and forget.
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Congo Ignored, Not Forgotten
Posted by FAIR on 07 May 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, Africa, Commentary, Iraq War, Darfur, Media Analysis, Agenda Cutting
World Press Freedom Day 2009: Focus On Media, Dialogue And Mutual Understanding
Posted by IFEX on 01 May 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Commentary, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Latin America, Australia
Journalists from around the world will converge in Doha, Qatar on May 3rd to celebrate UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day, whose theme this year is the potential of the media to foster dialogue, mutual understanding and reconciliation.
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Advertisements Draw Attention to Journalists in Danger
Posted by World Association of Newspapers on 23 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Action, Media Freedom, Middle East, World Press, Activism, Latin America, Australia
| By WAN An advertisement, along with a package of other materials, is being offered by the World Association of Newspapers for publication world-wide on May 3, World Press Freedom Day. |
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MediaChannel Celebrates 10 Years Online
Posted by MediaChannel on 23 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Commentary, Politics, Action, Media Freedom, Journalism, New Media, Middle East, Iraq War, Activism, Latin America, Australia, Media Analysis, Economy, Agenda Setting, Agenda Cutting
Happy 10th Birthday MediaChannel.org! It’s MediaChannel’s 10th year online serving as your media watchdog!
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UN Launches World Digital Library
Posted by Financial Times on 21 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, New Media, Middle East, Latin America, Australia
| By Esther Bintliff, Financial Times The world’s most ambitious online library of primary sources has been launched by Unesco, giving unlimited public access to some of the rarest and most protected cultural texts in existence. |
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The Media Is Lying to You About Pirates
Posted by MediaChannel on 21 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, Africa, VIDEO, Iraq War, Agenda Cutting
The IFC Media Project’s “News Junkie” de-constructs the mainstream media’s half-baked coverage of Somali Pirates.
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Listening Post: The Biggest Democratic Exercise
Posted by MediaChannel on 20 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Asia, VIDEO, Politics, Media Freedom, Media Analysis
The Listening Post’s Meenakshi Ravi travelled to New Delhi to cover the parties, the TV channels, the papers and the corporations trying to tap into the hearts, minds and pocketbooks of Indian youth. In part two, The Listening Post travelled to Sierra Leone to report on the stations considered too dangerous for the airwaves, and to assess whether the country can rebuild itself without compromising its free press.
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Global Recession: The World Is Talking. Are We Listening?
Posted by Global Voices on 20 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Commentary, Middle East, Latin America, Australia, Economy
This global roundup of blogs gathers stories of people around the world who are struggling to survive the economic downturn.
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World’s Press Rallies to Journalists in Danger on Press Freedom Day
Posted by World Association of Newspapers on 14 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, World Press, Australia
| By World Association of Newspapers The World Association of Newspapers is urging publications world-wide to show their support on World Press Freedom Day, May 3rd, for journalists who put their lives in danger to get the news. |
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Rwanda: Fifteen Years After the Genocide
Posted by Global Voices on 14 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Commentary, Human Rights
Rwandan bloggers mark the 15th anniversary of a genocide that killed 800,000 people.
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‘Pirates’ Strike a U.S. Ship Owned by a Pentagon Contractor, But Is the Media Telling the Whole Story?
Posted by AlterNet on 09 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, North America, Africa, Agenda Cutting
| By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet There’s more to the story of rising “pirate” attacks… |
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Getting Away With Murder 2009
Posted by Committee to Protect Journalists on 24 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Media Freedom, Middle East, Latin America, Australia
| By CPJ CPJ’s Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and killers go free. |
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Global Pulse: Global Meltdown, Human Fallout
Posted by MediaChannel on 23 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, VIDEO, Middle East, Australia, Economy
As the waves of the financial meltdown pound banks and governments, the human cost is easily lost in the background. From layoffs to shattered dreams, the global crisis becomes a personal crisis. Do we really see how deeply it reaches into the global community?
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Global Pulse - Sudan and The I.C.C.: Justice or Hypocrisy?
Posted by MediaChannel on 16 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, VIDEO, Middle East, Iraq War, Media Analysis
The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President al-Bashir. He is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity for the crisis in Darfur. Most western media outlets immediately vilified al-Bashir, while Arab, African and Chinese media support the president and ask the question: if al-Bashir can be accused of these crimes, why not the leaders of Israel or the U.S?
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