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The Press at the Forefront of Democracy in Liber...
By Dave Peterson The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) has fought for press freedom in Africa as long or longer than just about any other civil society organization on the continent. Founded in 1964, it claims a membership of more than 500 journalists. Abdullai Kamara, the PUL’s president for the past ... |
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Facebook’s Video Mismeasurement Has Real Impli...
By Dean Jackson Late last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook has “vastly overestimated” the time users spend viewing video on the site, perhaps by 60-80 percent. While the metric used applies mostly to advertising, the Journal notes that “Media companies and publishers are a... |
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Southeast Asia: An action plan to improve the me...
By: Jan Lublinski Editor’s Note: This post was first published on Deutsche Welle Akademie’s website and is republished here with permission. The media in Southeast Asia face a host of issues, foremost of which are government censorship, the concentration of ownership, the lack of political suppo... |
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State of Emergency in Ethiopia curtails Media Fr...
By Simegnish Yekoye A year after the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), together with its allies, claimed a 100 percent of the seats in the May 2015 parliamentary elections, the country declared a state of emergency for the first time in 25 years. The government that Presid... |
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Latin American Network Adds Pressure for Media R...
For much of the past two years, CIMA, in collaboration with Deutsche Welle Akademie, has been fostering a global series of regional consultations that bring together civil society and media watchdog NGOs, broadcast regulators, academics, media industry representatives, government officials, and oth... |
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The International Community in Ethiopia is Wrong...
There is a common perception in the international diplomatic community in Addis Ababa that putting public pressure on the Ethiopian government to improve human rights and other basic democratic freedoms is likely to backfire. Ethiopia’s current government—which has been strongly influenced by Et... |
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A Marriage of Convenience – Looking at the...
By Anya Schiffrin The influence that advertisers and owners have on the editorial line has been well documented, but what happens when the funder is a well-meaning foundation that is on a mission to change the world? Indeed, in recent years we’ve seen an uptick in alternative funding scenarios for... |