Articles about Media Freedom
The media self-regulation guidebook : all questions and answers
18 May 12
Regional relevance: Europe, International
This Guidebook of questions and answers aims to promote media self-regulation, boost the quality of journalism and help improve the overall situation of media freedom in the OSCE area. Versions available: English, Albanian, French, Hungarian, Russian, Turkish, Montenegrin [read more]
Africa: Time for new voices in the media
03 May 12 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Africa, Southern Africa (SADC)
Johannesburg, 3 May - This year World Press Freedom Day on 3 May marks 21 years of the Windhoek Declaration on Promoting Independent and Pluralistic Media. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the Windhoek Declaration in 1991.... [read more]
Gender and Media Diversity Journal Launched
26 April 12
Regional relevance: Namibia, Southern Africa (SADC), Zambia
The recently launched Gender and Media Diversity (GMDC) Journal on Gender, Popular Culture and Media will contribute immensely to the growing body of knowledge around gender and diversity, participants to the launch said. Gender Links (GL) launched the journal Wednesday evening at a parallel event during the just... [read more]
Media and elections in the SADC region: protocols and policies
23 April 12
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
This report identifies what international, African and regional instruments are currently in place relating to media freedom and elections. It also examines examples of best practice from around the world. It also looks at some of the self-regulatory mechanisms in place in countries in the region. [read more]
SA Protection of Information Bill gets the nod
13 December 11
On Tuesday 22 November 2011, the South Africa's (SA) African National Congress (ANC) party voted overwhelmingly for its Protection of Information Bill dubbed as Secrecy Bill by critics.
Despite numerous protests that compelled South African National Press Club (NPC) declaring 22 November "Black Tuesday", the ANC... [read more]
SADC countries back tracking on media freedom
16 November 11
While positive signals elsewhere in the continent show that governments are embracing principles of free access to information, Southern African Development Community (SADC) seem to be retrogressing. Namibia and South Africa, once beacons of media freedom in the region, are no longer conducive environments for the... [read more]
Diversity Exchange, Issue 20, September 2011
20 September 11
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
This month's edition has come out at a time when media practitioners including journalists, media educators and media activists are in Cape Town to attend the first Pan African Conference on Access to Information. The GMDC seminars have sought to give a voice to citizens on the draft Declaration on Access to... [read more]
Editor's note
16 September 11
by Saeanna Chingamuka
This month's edition has come out at a time when media practitioners including journalists, media educators and media activists are in Cape Town to attend the first Pan African Conference on Access to Information. The GMDC seminars have sought to give a voice to citizens on the... [read more]
This month's edition has come out at a time when media practitioners including journalists, media educators and media activists are in Cape Town to attend the first Pan African Conference on Access to Information. The GMDC seminars have sought to give a voice to citizens on the... [read more]
Gender contributions to the draft Declaration on Access to Information
16 September 11
In August, Gender Links and partners hosted three seminars in three different countries namely Namibia, Tanzania and South Africa. The seminar discussions were based on the question "What has gender got to do with media freedom and access to information?" [read more]
Sex sells, but does the public really buy that?
16 September 11
Several incidents in recent months have put the issue of the limits to freedom of expression under the spotlight. The phone hacking scandal in Britain showed that some media houses are ready to scrape the bottom of the barrel when it comes to getting information. What is the motivation: critical information of... [read more]
