News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 49
MALAYSIA: Let Information Flow, State Tells Federal Gov’t
- Inter Press Service
The freedom of information bill pending in opposition-ruled Selangor state may be just at the state level, but it throws a direct challenge to the federal government of Malaysia and its strict controls on the media.
CHINA: Youngsters Rebel Against ‘Authoritarian’ Parenting
- Inter Press Service
Fourteen years ago, Fang Xin declared war on her parents.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Youth Vulnerable to Violence
- Inter Press Service
James Banda, 27, is an unemployed youth although he occasionally is hired to act as a bus conductor at Lusaka’s Kulima Tower Bus Station. He may not have a permanent job, but it is easy to find him. Anyone looking for him just has to go to the bus station and ask. Everyone knows who he is. Banda, or ‘ba-Jay’ as people call him, is a young man who commands a lot of respect from his friends — he is a thug for hire.
RIGHTS-BAHRAIN: Women Don’t Need to Accept Polygamy - Activists
- Inter Press Service
In her 30s, Muza has been married for years but has managed to remain financially independent. In fact, she was even able to help build the home she has with her husband, using the money she earned as a teacher.
MEDIA-PHILIPPINES: Citizen Journalism Gets Public Involved
- Inter Press Service
Television news images of a phony policeman on a motorcycle escorting a sedan travelling against the flow of traffic — submitted by a passing motorist — is a sign of the changing face of journalism and public involvement in the Philippines.
BRAZIL: Football Paves the Way to Masculinity Without Violence
- Inter Press Service
It’s Friday night, and in a 'favela' (shanty town) in this Brazilian city, a group of men relax with a beer after a hard week, while a song can be heard above the rowdy chatter.
INDIA: Amid Renewed Violence, Kashmir Journalists Become the News
- Inter Press Service
Abdul Rehman stopped in his tracks when he did not see his usual newspapers strewn out on his lawn one morning this month. But little did he know that he would not see newspapers, whether out on the newsstands or delivered to subscribers like him, for three more days.
PAKISTAN: Swat Valley’s Festival Speaks Up for Peace
- Inter Press Service
The threats against officials and ordinary people alike have not stopped, with yet another suicide bomber sowing terror in the district’s main town just on Jul. 15.
CHINA: A Year After Xinjiang Riots, Ethnic Tensions Simmer
- Inter Press Service
More than a year after the riots in China’s remote Xinjiang autonomous region, the country’s bloodiest ethnic clash in decades, calm has returned to the capital Urumqi. But the underlying tensions remain — tensions that Beijing will be forced to address as it moves forward in its campaign to develop the country’s west.
MALAWI: Women Candidates Desperate to Finance Freebies for Voters
- Inter Press Service
Mable Malinda wants to contest the local government elections but the independent candidate who is using her life savings to fund her campaign only has 500 dollars left in her bank account. She has already spent three times as much buying handouts for voters — an unofficial requirement when contesting elections in Malawi.
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