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Sri Lanka: News Outlets Must Show Reports on Natl Security, Police to Govt before Publishing
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Sri Lanka: News Outlets Must Show Reports on Natl Security, Police to Govt before Publishing
By: Sydney Smith
March 19, 2012 05:00 AM EST
The government of Sri Lanka announced that the nation's news outlets must "get prior approval before sending mobile phone alerts about the military or police," Reuters reported, noting that it also received the...
Ecuador Prez Pardons Newspapers, Journalists in Libel Lawsuit
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Ecuador Prez Pardons Newspapers, Journalists in Libel Lawsuit
By: Sydney Smith
March 02, 2012 05:00 AM EST
Since July, we have been following Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa's libel lawsuit against Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo and four of its journalists.  In July 2011, El Universo's reporters were sentenced...
New Media Law Proposed in Myanmar to end All Prior Censorship, but Keep Post-Publication Review
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New Media Law Proposed in Myanmar to end All Prior Censorship, but Keep Post-Publication Review
By: Sydney Smith
February 14, 2012 05:00 AM EST
According to the AFP, a proposed media law in Myanmar will allow media outlets to publish stories and photos about Aung San Suu Kyi, the "leader of Myanmar's National League for Democracy," among other...
New Zealand Student Newspaper Gets Advisory Board as 'Critical Friend'
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New Zealand Student Newspaper Gets Advisory Board as 'Critical Friend'
By: Sydney Smith
February 12, 2012 04:25 PM EST
New Zealand's University of Otago established a "student media advisory board" for its student magazine Critic and radio channel Radio One, according to the Otago Daily Times....
NYT Criticizes Reporters without Borders Annual Press Freedom Ranking of US below Hungary for Occupy Wall Street Arrests
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NYT Criticizes Reporters without Borders Annual Press Freedom Ranking of US below Hungary for Occupy Wall Street Arrests
By: Sydney Smith
February 03, 2012 04:05 PM EST
Nonprofit advocacy group Reporters without Borders released its latest Press Freedom Index on Jan. 25. This is the "10th annual" report in full.  According to Reporters without Borders, "crackdown...
El Universo's Appeal of July Libel Verdict Delayed
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El Universo's Appeal of July Libel Verdict Delayed
By: Sydney Smith
February 02, 2012 05:00 AM EST
PressTV Loses its OfCom License
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PressTV Loses its OfCom License
By: Sydney Smith
January 24, 2012 04:55 AM EST
The UK broadcast regulator OfCom "revoked the UK license of Iranian state broadcaster Press TV," Journalism.co.uk reported. According to Journalism.co.uk, the station was warned three months ago about its...
Nigerian Newspaper Attacked, Says Attack was Retaliaton for Running Story Govt Didn't Like
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Nigerian Newspaper Attacked, Says Attack was Retaliaton for Running Story Govt Didn't Like
By: Sydney Smith
January 23, 2012 05:00 AM EST
Protest for Media Ethics in Egypt?
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Protest for Media Ethics in Egypt?
By: Sydney Smith
January 16, 2012 05:00 AM EST
According to Egypt Independent, "scores" of people participated in a January 15 demonstration in Egypt to call for media ethics. The "protestors carried coffins as a metaphor for the death of 'media...
Committee to Protect Journalists' Turkey Survey Questioned
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Committee to Protect Journalists' Turkey Survey Questioned
By: Sydney Smith
January 07, 2012 05:45 PM EST
The Daily Beast questioned if "the New York–based Committee to Protect Journalists failed to stand up for dozens of imprisoned journalists in Turkey" by understating the number of journalists imprisoned in...
NJ Township's School Board Drops Plan to Block Unethical Reporters
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NJ Township's School Board Drops Plan to Block Unethical Reporters
By: Sydney Smith
December 28, 2011 05:30 AM EST
A New Jersey township's Board of Education dropped its plan to ban access to certain reporters, the Asbury Park Press reported. Under the now-dismissed plan, the Jackson school board would essentially be able to...
Media Not Allowed to report on Venezualan Murder?
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Media Not Allowed to report on Venezualan Murder?
By: Sydney Smith
December 14, 2011 03:00 PM EST
Venezuelan media outlets were banned from reporting on a recent murder, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas reported. According to the Knight Center, the ban was made by the Council for the Protection of...
Irish College Won't Sell Irish Daily Mail in Campus Stores after Fake Story about Missing Teen
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Irish College Won't Sell Irish Daily Mail in Campus Stores after Fake Story about Missing Teen
By: Sydney Smith
December 09, 2011 01:00 PM EST
Dublin, Ireland university Trinity College Dublin banned the sale of the Irish Daily Mail and its sister publication the Irish Mail on Sunday in its stores on campus because the newspaper published fake news  about a...
Sri Lanka To Register All News Websites, Sri Lanka Mirror Appeals Censorship
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Sri Lanka To Register All News Websites, Sri Lanka Mirror Appeals Censorship
By: Sydney Smith
December 07, 2011 09:10 AM EST
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Mass Media and Information has been given the OK to create a registry of all news websites in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka's Internet newspaper Colombo Page reported. Sri Lanka Mirror, a news...
BBC Defends TV Outlets Not Airing Climate Change Part of BBC/Discovery Channel Program
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BBC Defends TV Outlets Not Airing Climate Change Part of BBC/Discovery Channel Program
By: Sydney Smith
November 30, 2011 03:30 PM EST
The BBC and Discovery Channel partnered to broadcast Frozen Planet, a seven-part documentary on "the earth's polar regions," Talking Points Memo reported. As Talking Points Memo explained, "On...
Contempt of Court against Fiji Times?
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Contempt of Court against Fiji Times?
By: Sydney Smith
November 23, 2011 05:10 PM EST
The Republic of Fiji's interim government has charged the Fiji Times with contempt of court, Radio New Zealand International reported. According to Radio New Zealand International's report, the charges follow the...
Censorship in Sri Lanka?
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Censorship in Sri Lanka?
By: Sydney Smith
November 07, 2011 04:05 PM EST
All Sri Lankan news sites have been ordered to "register" with the government's Ministry of Mass Media and Information in response to accusations of defamation on Sri Lankan news sites, Sri Lankan...
Canadian Association of Journalists calls Proposal to License Quebec Journalists a 'Mistake'
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Canadian Association of Journalists calls Proposal to License Quebec Journalists a 'Mistake'
By: Sydney Smith
October 30, 2011 08:05 AM EST
Late last summer, Quebec culture minister Christine St-Pierre proposed that Quebec journalists be licensed. StinkyJournalism has been following the proposal and reaction to it since September.  See our story on St-Pierre's...
Wikipedia Protests Proposed Italian Law for Corrections, Libel
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Wikipedia Protests Proposed Italian Law for Corrections, Libel
By: Sydney Smith
October 12, 2011 08:55 AM EST
Part of an intended Italian wiretapping bill would have called for a mandatory time limit for bloggers to publish corrections on "information deemed to be defamatory," EditorsWeblog reported.   The bill would...
Chinese Journalist Detained after Breaking News Story
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Chinese Journalist Detained after Breaking News Story
By: Sydney Smith
September 30, 2011 05:45 PM EST
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