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Tunisia: Old and New Problems
By Angela Martinez Read more: Tunisia: Old and New Problems About the author Angela Martinez studied journalism at the University of Salamanca, Spain, and International Relations at the University of Birmingham. She has professional experience in both Spain and the...
The Freedom to Report: A Message From Global News Media
To the UN Inter-Agency meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity in Vienna on 22-23 November 2012 This is a transcript of the video from the symposium “Media responses to matters of life and death” held in BBC new broadcasting house on 18 october...
Hamid Mir: “Reducing the dangers of journalism”
By Hamid Mir, Executive Editor of Geo News TV, Pakistan’s most popular private TV channel When I got my first death threat almost two decades ago, I did not take it too seriously. It was an exciting time to be a journalist. Since then, I have lost several jobs, mainly...
Peter Horrocks’ speech on 29 September 2012 to the Saudi Broadcasting Forum in Riyadh
On 29 September 2012, in a speech to the Saudi Broadcasting Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the BBC’s Head of Global News Peter Horrocks voiced his urgent concerns about the “unprecedented threat” to independent news from around the world which arose, he said, from...
The sacking of anti-austerity journalists is part of a worrying trend for press freedom in Spain
In recent months a number of high profile dismissals have been made at RTVE, the body which manages public TV and radio services in Spain. This follows criticism from the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) and other left-wing parties in the country over the...