by Sydney Smith on Dec 26, 2013
Sept. 11 Plotter? Financial Times Mistakes Bahrain Foreign Minister in Photo
Whoops! The Financial Times wrongly used a photo of Bahrain's foreign minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al Khalifa, with a...
Bahrain
by Sydney Smith on Jun 08, 2012
Conduct Code for Bahrain’s Audio visual Media
Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority released a "Professional Code of Conduct for Audio-Visual Media," Bahrain News Agency reported. According to Bahrain...
by Sydney Smith on May 09, 2012
Bahrain’s King Calls for Fact Checking
Bahrain's King Hamad advocated for pre-publication fact-checking and journalism ethics, the Gulf Daily News reported. Hamad also "urged reporters to...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
Bahrain to Get Media Council
Bahrain will soon have an "independent high media council," Gulf News reported. Bahrain's Independent Commission of Inquiry advised the creation...
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 Jan 22, 2012
Bahrain Journalists Association Published Ethics Code Jan. 20
The Bahrain Journalists Association finalized its code of ethics and published it Jan. 20, according to Bahrain News Agency. We...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 05, 2012
Bahrain Journalists Association Creates Draft Ethics Code
The Bahrain Journalists Association is working on finalizing a draft code of ethics, Gulf News reported Jan. 4. The Bahrain...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 17, 2011
Bahrain to Sue the UK Independent Newspaper?
Bahrain has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Independent newspaper and specifically its reporter Robert Fisk, The Guardian reported. Bahrain began...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2011
Journalist Wonders “Where’s the Fair Foreign Media?”
Reem Antoon wrote for Bahraini news site Gulf Daily News criticizing foreign media for reporting on assumptions. Antoon claimed that...