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Journalism and sexual harrassment

Surely if the responsible authorities do not intervene in the high numbers of sexual harassment cases which have just been reported by young female journalists aspiring to penetrate into the mainstream media industry, very few of them wil [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

College students can save print journalism

The word on the street is that print media is meeting a slow, painful death. With major newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post laying off hundreds of workers at various instances, one may wonder what the fu [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Citizen journalism keeps Syria uprising alive

Defying a state-imposed media blackout, Syria’s citizen journalists are keeping protest coverage alive, in a country that until only a few months ago barred access to social media networks. “With the efficiency of the networks [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Glasgow University launches student newspaper archive

Former Labour leader John Smith and novelist William Boyd are some of the well-known names to have contributed to the Glasgow University Guardian. High resolution scans from the student newspaper can now be viewed online. The Glasgow [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Why Journalism Isn't A Poor Man's Career Anymore

They say that good writers are born. The talented ones have what it takes in their genes and their burning passion for writing is a form of art. One reason why only a handful of writers thrive is because only a few get to have rewarding c [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Remedy for health journalism

Health journalism in South Africa is both flourishing and failing. It is flourishing because a few motivated and brave journalists have toiled to do it well. But it is also failing, because there is so little coverage of important health [...]

Posted On : May, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Journalist Parvaz feared beating in Syrian detention

Canadian journalist Dorothy Parvaz feared she would be beaten and tortured while in detention in Syria, she tells CBC News in an exclusive interview. Parvaz, 39, was taken into custody almost immediately after flying into Damascus April 2 [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Eight win Arab Journalism Award

Dubai: Eight distinguished journalists were Wednesday awarded the prestigious Arab Journalism Award 2011 in the 10th edition of the Arab Media Forum. The winners were selected from 3,800 submissions in eight categories from across the reg [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

How to hate journalists

Even in writing this review I’ve been intimidated by Annalena McAfee’s background: literary journalist for The Guardian and Financial Times, judge of numerous high-profile literary awards, and marriage-level access to Ian McEw [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Lady Gaga saves journalism, becomes guest editor-in-chief of...

By all accounts, human society is slowly but surely evolving towards the cultural moment when “News Media” will just be the coastal elitist term for the Twitter feed that will stream infinite happenstance straight into your fr [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Chit Estella: Journalism with Integrity

Through the years, I’ve watched with awe from abroad as friends blazed the trail in Philippine journalism. One of them was Chit Estella. She represented the best. And her death was a major blow to the profession, to reporters, edito [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

On the Media: The price of 'free' journalism

It's been more than a quarter-century since futurist Stewart Brand said, "Information wants to be free." In about half that time, the founders of Google have accumulated fabulous riches by putting free information a mouse cl [...]

Posted On : May, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

From journalism to politics: A journey of vision

Veteran politician M S Gurupadaswamy who died in Bangalore on Tuesday had the distinction of being closely associated with most prime ministers right from Jawaharalal Nehru to Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Born in an agricultural family in T N [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

A journalist should be a rebel: Kuldip Nayar

Bemoaning the falling standards of journalism in the country, veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar Tuesday said journalists today were merely writing what the establishment dished out to them as press notes while the real challenge was to &quo [...]