by Sydney Smith on Feb 14, 2012
New Media Law Proposed in Myanmar to end All Prior Censorship, but Keep Post-Publication Review
According to the AFP, a proposed media law in Myanmar will allow media outlets to publish stories and photos about...
Censorship
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2012
New Zealand Student Newspaper Gets Advisory Board as ‘Critical Friend’
New Zealand's University of Otago established a "student media advisory board" for its student magazine Critic and radio channel Radio One,...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 03, 2012
NYT Criticizes Reporters without Borders Annual Press Freedom Ranking of US below Hungary for Occupy Wall Street Arrests
Nonprofit advocacy group Reporters without Borders released its latest Press Freedom Index on Jan. 25. This is the "10th annual"...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 02, 2012
El Universo’s Appeal of July Libel Verdict Delayed
As we wrote in July 2011, Ecuador's president Rafael Correa successfully sued four journalists from El Universo over its February...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2012
PressTV Loses its OfCom License
The UK broadcast regulator OfCom "revoked the UK license of Iranian state broadcaster Press TV," Journalism.co.uk reported. According to Journalism.co.uk,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2012
Nigerian Newspaper Attacked, Says Attack was Retaliaton for Running Story Govt Didn’t Like
Nigeria's National Union of Journalists president Muhammed Garba weighed in on "recent attack on the Kano regional office of Media...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2012
Protest for Media Ethics in Egypt?
According to Egypt Independent, "scores" of people participated in a January 15 demonstration in Egypt to call for media ethics...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 07, 2012
Committee to Protect Journalists’ Turkey Survey Questioned
The Daily Beast questioned if "the New York–based Committee to Protect Journalists failed to stand up for dozens of imprisoned...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 28, 2011
NJ Township’s School Board Drops Plan to Block Unethical Reporters
A New Jersey township's Board of Education dropped its plan to ban access to certain reporters, the Asbury Park Press...