News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 29
How Nigeria’s Police used Telecom Surveillance to Lure & Arrest Journalists
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 19 (IPS) - As reporters for Nigeria's Premium Times newspaper, Samuel Ogundipe and Azeezat Adedigba told CPJ they spoke often over the phone. They had no idea that their regular conversations about work and their personal lives were creating a record of their friendship.
Will Zimbabwe Allow Freedom of Airwaves and Freedom of Speech too?
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 18 (IPS) - Zimbabwe is making fresh commitments to open up its airwaves with government promising to issue licences to private television and community radio stations before the end of the year.
Slovak Journalist’s Trial a Fundamental Moment to Prove if Country can Punish Crimes Designed to Silence Journalists
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Jan 20 (IPS) - As four people appear in court in Slovakia over the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova, both 27, the trial is being seen by many as a historic moment for not just press freedom in the country but public faith in its justice system.
The Death of a Courageous Journalist Reveals Malta as a ”Mafia Island”
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Dec 19 (IPS) - Around 3 pm on 16 October 2017, Daphne Caruana Aruna Galizia was returning home when her Peugeot suddenly exploded 80 metres from her house outside of Bidnjia, a small town 15 km from Malta´s capital Valletta. Her son Matthew heard the violent blast and rushed out to find the smoldering wreck of the car on a field by the road: "I looked down and there were my mother's body parts all around me". Her scattered body had hit the ground 10 metres from the demolished vehicle.1
Five Lessons for Journalism in the Age of Rage — & Where Lies Travel Faster Than Truth
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Dec 03 (IPS) - The news-media industry has long lamented how the digital revolution has broken its business models. Today, a majority of digital advertising money goes to Facebook and Google, and media companies are struggling to reinvent themselves through digital subscriptions.
Net Closes on Daphne Caruana Galizia's Killers, Sending a Powerful Signal of No Impunity for Corruption
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Nov 29 (IPS) - Press freedom campaigners and journalists in Malta are hoping they could soon see justice for murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia – and that a powerful message will be sent across Europe that a free press can deny corrupt officials the power to act with impunity
Saudi UNESCO Win Riles Khashoggi Standard-Bearers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22 (IPS) - Human rights campaigners have reacted angrily to the election of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO's top board, highlighting the kingdom's ongoing crackdowns on political freedoms and critics.
Dangers and Questions of the Zuckerberg Era
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 15 (IPS) - This year the Worldwide Web is thirty years old. For the first time since 1435, a citizen from Brazil could exchange their views and information with another in Finland.
Campaign Targets UNESCO’s Tie-up with ‘Saudi Spies’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 (IPS) - The United Nations faces renewed criticism over its partnership with Saudi Arabia's Misk Foundation amid revelations that the charity is headed by the mastermind of a recent Twitter spying operation.
Online Trolls, Bots, Snoopers Imperil Democracy: Report
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 05 (IPS) - Using armies of online fans, trolls and, automated ‘bots', the world's authoritarians and populists are increasingly using the web to drown out opponents and swing public opinion and elections their way, a new study says.
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