The Chinese model of news control spreads across Asia
BY A REPORTERS SANS FRONTIERE| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |26/04/2018
The RSF Index 2018 shows China-type media control seeping into Vietnam and Cambodia, as also Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
Press freedom in China: A decade of decline
IN MEDIA FREEDOM |04/02/2018
Detention and imprisonment is a means to silence those working in the unregulated media sector.
Polarisation in the news media
BY RICHARD FLETCHER| IN RESEARCH STUDIES |27/10/2017
There is large variation across nations in the degree to which the audiences for the most popular news brands are polarised along the left–right spectrum,
Russian meddling and American desperation
BY SEEMA SIROHI| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |25/10/2017
Last week, three senators introduced “The Honest Ads Act” to regulate political advertising on the Internet and plug the gap in existing laws.
After 1,379 Days, NYT corrects bogus claim Iran ‘sponsored’ 9/11
BY ADAM JOHNSON| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/07/2017
With an Official Enemy, no amount of libel—no matter how egregious—merits a meaningful response from the paper of record.
Media bias in the British elections
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |12/06/2017
Owen Jones of the Guardian lambasted the “Tory press” in UK and said they had literally been baying for Corbyn’s blood.
Will she? Won’t she? And why won’t she?
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/04/2017
Why Theresa May will not agree to take part in a TV debate in the forthcoming elections, is hogging the limelight
Net neutrality acquires a powerful new foe
BY SEEMA SIROHI| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |02/03/2017
Trump’s FCC chair Ajit Pai proves his critics right by backing corporate interests and opposing net neutrality
Deaf electorate or media in a bubble?
BY SEEMA SIROHI| IN OPINION |12/11/2016
The demolition of Trump – an honorable enterprise for editorial writers -- occupied the media more than investigative reporting on the people.
BY SEEMA SIROHI| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |05/10/2016
Facebook live videos of the US presidential debate drew 55m viewers. And Donald Trump dominated the conversation on Twitter. Here's how social media is unlocking voter sentiment in this tight presidential race.
US Elections: Controversies trump policy issues
BY THOMAS E. PATTERSON|IN MEDIA MONITORING|03/10/2016
Three Harvard studies conclude that the US news media have paid scant attention to the policy platforms of the candidates in their coverage of the presidential election campaign.
Is Trump a victim of media bias?
BY SEEMA SIROHI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/08/2016
It is as if large sections of “objective” journalists have decided to come to the rescue of the country and save it from a possible Trump presidency.
The unsung hero of the Washington Post
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/04/2016
The staff researcher whose work contributed to four of the six Pulitzer prizes the Post won earlier this month is profiled
When a story is a vicious non-story
BY VIKRAM JOHRI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/07/2015
Celebrity website Gawker has apologized for its prurient story about top Conde Nast executive David Geithner.
BY sevanti ninan| IN OPINION |03/09/2014
"When you start to take risks you know that it is pure luck that you didn't get killed there. It's not worth these things. It's not worth your life."
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/08/2014
The UK media's coverage of the conflict has aroused charges of a pro-Israeli bias and re-ignited issues of objectivity.
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |17/06/2014
First GEO TV's top anchor suffered an assassination attempt, now Pakistan's leading private channel fights for its survival against the military establishment.
Media helps bring change in Afghanistan
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |08/04/2014
The free media covered the election in Afghanistan very well and did a wonderful job of awareness raising,
China's grand strategy for media
BY ANNE NELSON|IN MEDIA PRACTICE|28/10/2013
In an era when Voice of America and BBC World Service budgets are battered by funding cutbacks and partisan politics, China is playing the long game.
The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship
IN MEDIA FREEDOM|24/10/2013
PART I -- How the Communist Party's Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World - A special report of The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
UK media: to regulate or not to regulate
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |31/10/2013
All political parties in the UK are of the view that the press has failed to self regulate. The press, in turn, accuse the British politicians of wanting to curb press freedom through the new regulatory mechanism,
When Downing Street came to the Leveson Inquiry
BY NUPUR BASU| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/06/2012
Into its 23rd week, the inquiry has been unfolding like a gripping TV soap opera. The process of getting to the bottom of just how cosy British politicians had become with journalists has been path breaking.
BY Usha m Rodrigues| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |04/11/2008
A lack of resources and time are proving to be critical in the way the new generation of journalists are getting trained and mentored in the newsroom.
BY Dasu Krishnamoorty| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |08/08/2007
The sale of 125-year-old Dow Jones overshadowed a very interesting war of words between the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
The apology: TV captured it best
BY MAYA RANGANATHAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |15/02/2008
The two-week run up on television to the ‘Sorry Day’ was marked by discussions on whether the apology was indeed necessary.
BY Usha m Rodrigues| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |04/11/2008
A lack of resources and time are proving to be critical in the way the new generation of journalists are getting trained and mentored in the newsroom.
BY sonwalkar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/11/2006
Al Jazeera International is the nearest media equivalent to setting non-western cat among western pigeons.
Philippines: Watching the Watchdog
BY Charina Sanz Zarate| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/07/2006
The local media in Davao City in the Phillipines has formed a body to monitor reportage on violence against women.
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/10/2005
Gupta and his peers have had to negotiate a long and winding road to reach their current heights.
Media watchdog in the Philippines
BY Frederick Noronha| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |02/03/2005
The Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) is a non-profit independent media agency, specialising in investigative reporting.
IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/12/2004
Can CNN, BBC get away with this corpse show in ‘sensitive’ Manhattan?
American media on the abuse of Iraq prisoners
BY ninan| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/05/2004
Different takes from the fourth estate in the US: has the media been in denial over the abuse in Iraq?
BY Dasu Krishnamoorty| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/03/2004
Last fortnight a five-time Pulitzer Prize nominee made an ignominious exit from USA Today after it was confirmed that he had filed fictitious stories over two decades.
BY naqvi| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |27/03/2004
Why Arab and US viewers get contrasting pictures from Iraq
The BBC contemplates procedural changes
BY ninan| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/01/2004
Iraq: press freedom faces huge obstacles
BY IFEX| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |02/07/2003
The Coalition Provisional Authority has issued a nine-point list of prohibited activities for the media.
BY Dasu Krishnamoorty| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/06/2003
By publishing this one-source version, the Times put its stamp of legitimacy on stories that promoted the interests of the Bush administration.
Arab vs. American Media: command and control?
BY Muralidhar Reddy| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |14/04/2003
Events leading to the march of the coalition soldiers into Baghdad clearly proved that Pentagon was deliberately targeting Arab media.
BY dk| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |01/01/1900
A Times spokeswoman made it clear that Judith Miller would not be able to continue as a reporter of any kind, not just one covering national security.
