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By Michael Allen on January 26, 2010
Hugo Chavez’s latest assault on Venezuela’s independent media and propaganda and intimidation in the run-up to Sri Lanka’s presidential election feature in the latest media round-up from the Center for International Media Assistance.
CIMA, an initiative of the National Endowment for Democracy, also highlights stories detailing how nimble agencies (including NED grantees) smuggle news from North [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., Human rights, freedom of expression, media | Tagged Center for International Media Assistance, National Endowment for Democracy, north korea |
By Michael Allen on January 22, 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on Internet Freedom is prompting some interesting reactions, judging by this sample compiled by the Center for International Media Assistance, including: Being the Web’s First Global Diplomat; Index on Censorship’s experts’ analysis of the speech; Marc Lynch on the Internet Freedom Agenda; and Evgeny Morozov wonders if Hillary Clinton [read full story]
Posted in Blogs, Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., National Endowment for Democracy, Tools/technology, democracy promotion, media, promoting democracy |
By Michael Allen on January 15, 2010
Will Sunday’s election mark the latest stage in Ukraine’s Road from Democracy and signal the sad end to the Orange Revolution? If so, the results of what some anticipate as an anti-Orange election will be at least partly due to the influence of the country’s increasingly powerful oligarchs, not least Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man.
Akhmetov [read full story]
Posted in Elections, Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., National Endowment for Democracy, Ukraine, color revolutions, freedom of expression, media |
By Michael Allen on December 22, 2009
It is timely that the Center for International Media Assistance is releasing a new report, Under Attack: Practicing Journalism in a Dangerous World, which examines threats to journalists’ safety, particularly in hostile media environments.
2009 has been the bloodiest year for media professionals since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Worldwide, at least 68 [read full story]
Posted in Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., National Endowment for Democracy, freedom of expression, media |
By Michael Allen on December 17, 2009
It’s the ultimate denial of freedom of expression.
This year has been the bloodiest year for media professionals killed in the line of duty since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Worldwide, at least 68 journalists were killed in 2009, the highest annual figure documented by CPJ.
The high tally was largely due to the [read full story]
Posted in Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., freedom of expression, media |
By Michael Allen on December 8, 2009
Some media stories that have caught the eye of the Center for International Media Assistance this week:
Iranian regime’s offensive against new-generation media; how Iranian activists skirt Web crackdown; why Israel wants US to counter the Islamic Republic with Twitter; Russian Internet provider blocks sites ; guerrilla blogging inside Cuba; Mubarak’s virtual enemies; the global war [read full story]
Posted in Blogs, China, Cuba, Cuba, Democracy assistance, Egypt, Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., Human rights, Philippines, Russia, Tools/technology, freedom of expression, media |
By Michael Allen on November 20, 2009
Will multiple broadcast channels foster greater media diversity or prompt governments to constrain critical voices? The Center for International Media Assistance considers the issue in a new report:
Throwing the Switch: Challenges in the Conversion to Digital Broadcasting explores the consequences for democracy of the worldwide conversion from analog television broadcasting to digital. The report by [read full story]
Posted in Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., media |
By Michael Allen on November 12, 2009
Program Assistant for Middle East and North Africa- National Endowment for Democracy
The National Endowment for Democracy is searching for a Program Assistant for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to be based in Washington, D.C.
To Apply: Applicants should send a resume, cover letter and salary requirements to jobs@ned.org.
Please include Program Assistant MENA #9019 in the [read full story]
Posted in Center for International Private Enterprise, Democracy assistance, Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., International Republican Institute, NGOs/Civil society, National Democratic Institute, National Endowment for Democracy, democracy and development, democracy promotion, democracy support, democratization, emerging democracies | Tagged Freedom House |
By Michael Allen on October 28, 2009
The Obama administration had downplayed, but not downgraded democracy as a foreign policy objective, Anne-Marie Slaughter, the State Department’s head of policy planning, told Democracy Digest this week.
“Give us time,” was her response to critics who cite changes to Egyptian NGO funding and cuts to Iranian human rights groups to charge the administration with backtracking [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Egypt, Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., Iran, democracy promotion, democracy support, foreign policy, promoting democracy | Tagged Democratiya, obama administration |
By Michael Allen on October 22, 2009
If independent media are the life blood of democracy, today’s news suggests that a few veins are in danger of clogging.
Pakistan is reportedly suffering from an information Black Hole; Zimbabwean TV journalists were arrested and held during a cabinet meeting; and in Honduras, anti-coup media have resumed broadcasting, but are closely monitored. On the positive [read full story]
Posted in Hat tip: Center for International Media Assistance., National Endowment for Democracy, freedom of expression, media | Tagged Center for International Media Assistance |
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