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Media, Our Best Hope On World Press Freedom Day

Pressures on journalists and media organisations are designed to reduce transparency and accountability in society. Usually it means powerful interests have something to hide from public view. Ultimately, media need to do more to convince public opinion that such targeting is an attack on common values and will not be tolerated.

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Andrew Heslop

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2017-05-02 14:48

Overcoming mistrust in a populist age

In this time of populism and identity politics, there is an ongoing erosion of the confidence placed in essential democratic institutions. Formerly cemented conceptions about democracy and the role of journalism as its watchdog are today being contested. Can democracy and ethical journalism survive in a post-truth era?

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2017-04-03 16:18

Election of reflection: Roles of journalism and social media under the microscope

Since Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States, media professionals remain in shock over how that could have happened when so many polls predicted otherwise. Discussions have sprung up about the role of news reports (real and fake) that circulated before the election and the social platforms on which they’ve been shared. The World Editors Forum reached out to Claire Wardle, Research Director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, to help make sense of everything and figure out how to move forward.

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2016-11-18 15:04

Escribir la paz: cobertura de conflictos y todo lo que vienes después de ellos.

Estas son algunas de las principales reflexiones que surgieron de esta mesa redonda en la que participaron Ricardo Corredor, director ejecutivo de la FNPI; el periodista Álvaro Sierra; Sergei Sokolov, editor jefe de Novaya Gazeta; Verashni Pillay, editora jefe del Mail & Guardian; Gabriela Minjares, periodista de El Diario de Juárez; Stephen Rae, editor jefe del Grupo Independent News and Media y Phil Chetwind, Editor Global de AFP.

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WAN-IFRA

Date

2016-06-13 02:32

Writing the Peace: Covering Conflict and What Comes Next – WAN-IFRA’s Annual Press Freedom Roundtable

Examining how media cover conflict, translition and the process that leads society back to peace again, the session was moderated by journalist and university professor Alvaro Sierra and featured an international line-up of journalists who shared their own experiences.

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Andrew Heslop

Date

2016-06-13 01:47

Partnerships can improve your migration coverage

Has the media has been living up to ethical standards in their migration coverage? This was the question posed for the Thematic Debate on Media and Migration organised by the International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC) at UNESCO in Paris on Friday.

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Chia Lun Huang

Date

2016-03-21 16:22

In the realm of verification, context is king

Context is what turns a social post or a piece of UGC into a story; it also helps you to work through a verification process quickly. That is what Fergus Bell, UGC and digital newsgathering expert, writes in this piece originally published for First Draft on Medium.

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Dean Roper

Date

2015-11-20 17:13

International delegation calls on Indonesian President to address media freedom concerns

WAN-IFRA was part of an international delegation of media and freedom of expression organisations that met with the Indonesian government to discuss the state of media in the country. It highlighted concerns regarding journalist safety and an environment that poses significant threats to freedom of expression after a week-long visit to meet with journalists, civil society and government representatives.

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Andrew Heslop

Date

2015-11-13 12:02

Christiane Amanpour: Editors must make more noise about impunity

Editors from all corners of the world need to 'make a big stink' when journalists' freedoms and rights are impinged upon, says the international broadcast journalist and freedom of expression champion, in Paris to mark The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.

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Cherilyn Ireton

Date

2015-11-02 19:04

#EndImpunity for Crimes Against Journalists

Today is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, a day that draws together efforts to denounce threats to journalists and media freedom worldwide. Join us in denouncing attacks on journalists #endimpunity

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Andrew Heslop

Date

2015-11-02 11:51

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