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How artificial intelligence can facilitate inves...
By Luiz Fernando Toledo A few years ago, I worked on a project for a large Brazilian television channel whose objective was to analyze the profiles of more than 250 guardianship counselors in the city of São Paulo. These elected professionals have the mission of protecting the rights of children an... |
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Caribbean Freedom of Information
Aylair Livingstone is an attorney and creator of the Caribbean Freedom of Information group. you can find her full presentation for the World Bank, “Freedom of Information in the Caribbean: 20 Years and Beyond,” here: WORLD BANK_PPT_FOI_FEB_2015The Caribbean has caught up with the gl... |
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National Press Club Examines the Crackdown on Pr...
Given the political tumult in Turkey and the dramatic crackdown on independent media, which reached new heights in December, the National Press Club organized a panel session to discuss this and other challenges for the sector. The Panelists included: Tolga Tanis, Washington correspondent for Hurri... |
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The Self-Defeating Censorship of Xi Jinping
When Xi Jinping emerged as the likely successor to the Chairmanship of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2008, there was hope among Western leaders that he would usher in a more open and politically pragmatic era for China. After all, Xi’s generation is largely removed from the revolutionary st... |
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Myopia and Misallocation in Media Development
Guest post by Richard Winfield of the International Senior Lawyers Project Two years ago, my friends at CIMA revealed that of all federal foreign aid dollars, only 4/10s of one percent is aimed at assisting the development of free and independent media. The CIMA study reported that only $222 million... |
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World Press Freedom Day
Declining Media Freedom and the post-2015 Agenda Freedom House released their annual Freedom of the Press survey today stating that “global press freedom fell to its lowest level in over a decade in 2013” citing four major reasons for the decline: attacking the messenger, targeting foreign medi... |
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Wrap Up: Cuba Event
Information Denied: Cuban Media and the Defense of Press Freedom We were all thrilled to welcome Normando Hernandez, a former Reagan Fascell fellow, back to the NED to view his new documentary, Freedom Denied: Cuba’s Black Spring. Luis Botello served as a commentator to the video, and discussed ... |