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‘My Job is for Humanity’: Afghan Journalists...
For years, independent Afghan newspaper Etilaatroz has published hard-hitting investigations into corruption, discrimination, and nepotism. In 2017, the Afghan parliament stopped the sale of government land due to an investigation by the paper, which showed that then-President Ashraf Ghani sold ... |
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Toward an inclusive approach to supporting media...
By Martin Scott, Mel Bunce, and Mary Myers In the past five years, the number of intergovernmental initiatives supporting media freedom has increased significantly. Major examples include the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC), the International Partnership for Information and Democracy and most recently... |
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Balancing Act: Newsworthiness, Privacy, and the ...
Among the many controversies roiling our digital information spaces these days, content restrictions are undoubtedly the most hotly debated. Equally important, however, are decisions about the extent to which content is searchable once it is there. After all, in our digital age, if you can’t find ... |
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Declining public support for media freedom in Af...
By Jeff Conroy-Krutz & Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny Media liberalization and the emergence of independent media outlets in many African countries over the past few decades has played a central role in democratization. Take, for example, the case of Senegal. Just thirty years ago, there was ju... |
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Mission Creep: The Expanding Scope of the “Rig...
Two recent judicial rulings in Spain and Brazil have significantly expanded the scope of the Right to be Forgotten in ways that directly impinge on the news media’s ability to report stories and serve as what many have called the “first rough draft of history.” By mandating that news organizat... |
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There is no Open Government without a Free Press
By Dietlind Lerner The statistics are frightening: According to the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer, trust in media stands at 43% – an all time low in 17 countries. Gallup reported in September that Americans’ trust and confidence in the mass media “to report the news fully, accuratel... |
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Media Development in the Digital Age
By Corinne Cath This post originally appeared on March 14th on the website of Article 19. Watch out for the upcoming report and RSVP here for our discussion on the topic in DC on March 23rd. A breaking headline in a tweet, a presidential inauguration streamed live on social media, and the latest dev... |
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The Path to Transparency: International Initiati...
By Beth Kwon At a time when media outlets face intense financial pressures, international donors are stepping in to support media outlets. However, reliance on donor support can create new issues in terms of newsroom independence. This is particularly true when donor organizations are funding specif... |
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3 Reasons Why Messaging Apps are Key to Media Fr...
Governments around the world are targeting encrypted messaging apps, like WhatsApp and Telegram, which can be used to spread news and information quickly and securely. This is one of the key findings from Freedom House’s 2016 Freedom on the Net report, which was released earlier this week. In fact... |
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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... |