Tag: media reform

• Gezi Park Protests Push Turkey’s Media into the Spotlight (Updated)

  By now, you’ll have heard – perhaps via international media, or on Twitter or Facebook – about the protests that started in defence of one of Istanbul’s last remaining green spaces, and have now, in response to heavy-handed policing and broader worries about democratic rights, spread across many cities in Turkey.  I’ve been following the torrent of…

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  01/06/2013

  Policy, Law & Regulation

  #gezipark, censorship, demokrasi, feature, featured, gazetecilik, iyi yönetişim, media policy, media reform, mediapolicy.org, medya politikası, Press freedom, protest, report, research, self-censorship, Turkey, turkiye, twitter, yayın

• On Wednesday 3 October 2012, the Press Council of South Africa announced sweeping reforms to press regulations at an event at Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg. Much stronger public participation in the Press Council of South Africa and its adjudication procedures is the most notable change. The reforms move the press from self-regulation to voluntary independent co-regulation.…

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  12/10/2012

  Clippings, News, Policy, Law & Regulation

  africa, law, media reform, press, Regulation, South Africa

• On Wednesday 3 October 2012, the Press Council of South Africa announced sweeping reforms to press regulations at an event at Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg. Much stronger public participation in the Press Council of South Africa and its adjudication procedures is the most notable change. The reforms move the press from self-regulation to voluntary independent co-regulation.…

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  12/10/2012

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  africa, law, media reform, press, Regulation, South Africa

• The program aims at contributing to knowledge gaining and capacity building in the areas of media policy and media reform in the region. […] A group of regional experts, in conjunction with local experts of the most valuable expertise resources in Egypt will deliver the program: Emad Mubarak, executive director, Association for Freedom of Thought…

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  27/09/2012

  Clippings, News, Policy, Law & Regulation

  egypt, law, media policy, media reform, middle east, training

• The program aims at contributing to knowledge gaining and capacity building in the areas of media policy and media reform in the region. […] A group of regional experts, in conjunction with local experts of the most valuable expertise resources in Egypt will deliver the program: Emad Mubarak, executive director, Association for Freedom of Thought…

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  27/09/2012

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  egypt, law, media policy, media reform, middle east, training