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Lack of Press Independence in Iraqi Kurdistan Un...
By Nawaf Haskan Throughout Iraqi Kurdistan, journalists currently face violence for reporting on sensitive issues, such as endemic corruption, leaving many reporters with a difficult choice to either flee the country or seek patronage and protection from specific political parties. This dynamic forc... |
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Analyzing the Panama Papers in Baghdad: An Inter...
The unprecedented collaboration of over 400 investigative journalists in more than 80 countries to analyze the 11.5 million files leaked from the database of the fourth-largest offshore law firm in the world, Mossack Fonseca, has been one of the biggest global media stories of the year. Some have ar... |
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Wrap Up: Media in Fragile States
Including media in fragile states’ development Despite a snowy week in Washington, CIMA held a discussion cosponsored with BBC Media Action about challenges and opportunities that media in fragile states present to policymakers around the world. The conversation focused on the successes in c... |
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Event: Media Environments in Fragile States
Fragile states are among the most vulnerable media environments around the world. BBC Media Action’s latest report concludes that media increasingly matters in these states. Changes in media and communications are “having increasing and sometimes profound political and developmental effects,” ... |
