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BBC journalists to strike for two days
Posted by The Guardian on 17 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, BBC
| By Oliver Luft, Guardian Thousands of BBC journalists across the nation will hold two days of strike action next month over the threats of compulsory redundancy at the corporation. |
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Listening Post: Gaza and the media
Posted by MediaChannel on 09 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: News, Europe, VIDEO, Middle East, Iraq War, BBC, Israel/Palestine
On The Listening Post this week, the BBC’s decision not to air a Gaza appeal and the role the media should play in times of man-made disasters.
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BBC Arabic journalists vote to strike
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 04 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Europe, Middle East, BBC
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By Leigh Holmwood, Guardian Staff on the BBC World Service’s new London-based Arabic television channel have voted to take strike action after the National Union of Journalists claimed the corporation was trying to run the service “on the cheap”. |
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BBC roof memorial to mark journalist casualties
Posted by Financial Times on 16 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, BBC
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By Ben Fenton, Financial Times Rarely the first casualties of war, but among its least revered, journalists who have died in conflicts across the world will be commemorated in a memorial unveiled tonight at the BBC’s London headquarters. |
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Attenborough Delivers Warning To BBC
Posted by The Guardian on 01 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, BBC
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By Owen Gibson, The Guardian Broadcasting grandee Sir David Attenborough warned the BBC against squeezing out public service television by flooding the schedules with lifestyle shows and celebrity chefs. |
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BBC Arabic TV news station to start competing with Al-Jazeera next week
Posted by The Canadian Press on 05 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Television, BBC, Al-Jazeera
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By The Canadian Press The British Broadcasting Corp. will launch an Arabic-language television news channel next week in a bid to challenge Al-Jazeera. |
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Sarkozy Media Strategy Under Scrutiny
Posted by BBC News on 17 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, FR, Journalism, Television, Newspapers, BBC
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By Emma Jane Kirby, BBC News Is Nicolas Sarkozy’s media domination a good thing for France? |
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Bhutto News Draws YouTube Crowds To TV Coverage
Posted by MediaPost Publications on 02 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, CNN, Journalism, New Media, YouTube, BBC
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By Erik Sass, MediaPost Publications Dozens of postings attracted between 40,000 and 80,000 views. |
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World ‘Divided’ On Press Freedom
Posted by BBC News on 11 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Journalism, BBC
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By Torin Douglas, BBC World opinion is divided on the importance of having a free press, according to a poll conducted for the BBC World Service. |
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‘I Wasn’t Brave Enough’
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 19 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Journalism, BBC
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By Guardian Unlimited In the first newspaper interview since his release, Alan Johnston tells Decca Aitkenhead about his kidnapping. |
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Media Showers
Posted by Wall Street Journal on 30 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, CNN, Bush, Obama, Journalism, New Media, Television, Wall Street Journal, Pop Culture, BBC, US Congress
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By Daniel Henniger, WSJ Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is it healthy for society? |
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Threats To Journalism Are Also Threats To Society
Posted by San Jose Mercury News on 27 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Television, BBC, Israel/Palestine, Terror
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By Steve Centanni, San Jose Mercury News At least 81 journalists were killed in 2006 in 21 countries, and at least 56 journalists were kidnapped…”I was one of them.” |
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Journalism’s New Economics
Posted by The Denver Post on 16 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Free Speech, Economics, New York Times, Media Freedom, Journalism, New Media, PBS, Rupert Murdoch, Newspapers, Wall Street Journal, BBC, MSNBC
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By Julian Friedland, Denver Post The NY Times reduced the width of its pages by an inch and a half - joining a trend that has reduced both the space devoted to news and commentary and the staff sizes of many newspapers. |
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Al Jazeera Struggles To Be Seen
Posted by LA Times on 13 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, AOLTimeWarner, CNN, Television, YouTube, Cable, BBC, ABC, Al-Jazeera
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By Edward Luce, LA Times Few U.S. cable services are willing to carry the Arabic channel’s English-language offspring. But it’s popular online at YouTube. |
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For News Media, Transparency Is A Matter Of Trust
Posted by Chicago Tribune on 23 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, CNN, Time Magazine, Journalism, Newspapers, BBC, Al-Jazeera
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By Alicia C. Shepard, Chicago Tribune Poll after poll, year after year, the message is the same: Journalists are ranked down with used-car salesmen and snake-oil peddlers when it comes to credibility. |
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