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This blog is based on the chapter Would be Repressors Brandish “Ethics” as Justification by Jean-Paul Marthoz in a book “Attacks on the Press”, published by Committee to Protect Journalists in 2014. …
Press Freedom Vice Versa Sense of Responsibility Read MoreBy: Windsor Smith Reviewed by: Priscilla Quiah “A critical, independent, and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference.”-Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela …
Attacks On the Press: Mandela’s Legacy of Media Freedom Stands Its Ground Read MoreBy Brooke Stobbe Reviewed by Lila Ojha Upon the inception of the internet and online expression, the free-flow of journalistic information was revolutionized: free and safe. However, this freedom has …
Internet censorship closes threatened journalists final outlet for free speech Read MoreBy Lila Ojha Dhakal Reviewed by Tabu Butagira The rising number of bloggers in Vietnam has in recent years challenged the country’s Communist Party’s monopoly over the media. …
Vietnamese bloggers living in fear Read More“Social media is a menace to society” these are the words of Recep Tayip Erdogan (now the president of Turkey) who was the Prime Minister of Turkey when the events …
“Social media is a menace to society” Read MoreI read “Violence and Judicial Censorship Mar Brazil’s Horizon,” a chapter about the rise of violence and wrongful lawsuits against journalists in Brazil. Brazil has the largest population of the …
Brazilian journalists are too afraid to do their job Read MoreBy Evaldas Labanauskas, Edited by Tamara Kraus “Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World’s Front Lines” devoted one of the sections to the conflict in Syria and tragic conditions …
Syria Conflict: the Most Dangerous Place for a Journalist Read MoreCPJ‘s 2014 annual report, Attacks on the Press, discusses the issues of preserving journalism around the world. I read the chapter “Gunmen Rule Neza and the Press in Outskirts of Mexico City“, …
Citizens, journalists silenced in Neza Read MoreIt’s no secret advertising is essential for the survival of newspapers. It provides the financial backbone when circulation doesn’t bring in money. But many times the real story is toned …
Tainting the news: Moneymaking vs. Newsmaking Read MoreBy Tabu Butagira Reviewed by Brooke Stobbe This Associated Press photo of mock coffins that Filipino journalists and activists piled in Manila during a demonstration over the 2009 killing of …
’32 Journalists killed, buried with backhoe’ Read More