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Journalists’ campaign-trail secrets revealed

I’ve long suspected that if editors knew how little journalism occurs on the campaign trail, they would never pay our expenses. Forget door-knocking. In reality, it’s more trainspotting. Reporters hang out at candidate appeara [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Journalists and their social responsibilities

Wangethi Mwangi The Dar es Salaam Declaration on Editorial Freedom, Independence and Responsibility (DEFIR) was adopted by the Media Council of Tanzania on 18th February 2011 and officially launched in March 2011. It is now open for signa [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

School over, their journalistic mission is on

It was their day. They had toiled hard for months for this day to happen. And they were well dressed for the new beginning. The 23 lucky students of Times School of Journalism (2010-11 batch) put on black robes and tasselled caps to recei [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Journalists on trial in Turkey mock conspiracy case

Prominent Turkish journalists on trial for links to an underground anti-government network called the charges against them politically motivated and "a massacre of justice" in a case that has raised concerns over media freedom i [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Let Israeli journalists enter politics when they please

The decision by Knesset members from Likud and Kadima to once again debate a bill proposing a cooling-off period for journalists, which would force them to take six months off from that profession before going into politics, is foolish an [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Fabricating journalist fights to become lawyer

Stephen Glass faked all or parts of more than 40 articles for national magazines from 1996 to 1998. In 2003, he acknowledged that his violation of journalistic standards was so severe that he would "never be welcomed within journalis [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Journalism at the Crossroads

Journalism is the first draft of history. On the printed page, on radio and TV airwaves are seized then frozen in time, indelible images of the human drama. Delivered “as is,” facts discourage revisionists from tampering with [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Stroudsburg High newspaper earns journalism Silver Award

The Pennsylvania School Press Association has awarded the 2010-11 Mountaineer, Stroudsburg High School's newspaper, a Silver Award for the overall quality of the paper. PSPA applauded the Mountaineer on its innovative feature storie [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Online journalists fair & accurate?

Like many others, Mr Shahril Mohamad was taken aback when he thought Member of Parliament (MP) Seng Han Thong had made a racist remark on national television. The 35-year-old technician said he learnt of the incident last Tuesday, while s [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Journalism and sensationalism

But this should lead to the question as to why journalism in Pakistan is sensationalist. I believe that’s because people are more receptive to sensational news than facts-based reporting. Just go to the website of this newspaper and [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Adventures in journalism

Back in 1982, Steven Spielberg tapped into the mindset of childhood so perfectly with his film “E.T. the Extraterrestrial,” that the film became what was then the biggest box-office success of all time. And through the rest of [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Discussing some domestic and international issues

Domestic Issues: - The News flow on Domestic front is quite strong & many corporates have been hit by these non economic news flow & all for wrong reasons, But these news flow will indirectly create more stringent norms for corporat [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Afghan journalists free to report under new law

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan journalists of Laghman province attended the first ever Media Law training at the province’s Information, Cultural and Youth Department, Dec. 13-15. The class was free and open to jour [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Occupy Journalism: The cultural shift in citizen broadcastin...

Could Generation Y end up trusting citizen journalism more than official press releases as its popularity increases? Tim Pool, a 25-year-old protester turned independent broadcaster, has been using his Samsung Galaxy S II to stream the [...]