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The vast majority of newspaper editors worldwide are optimistic about the future of their newspapers, but they don’t think of them as "print-only," having clearly accepted the multi-media revolution, according to a global survey that provides an insider’s view of newsroom attitudes and strategies. The second annual "Newsroom Barometer," conducted by Zogby International for the World Editors Forum

There is genuine press freedom within the European Union. No state has ordered the murder or imprisonment of a journalist and state censorship is a thing of the past. Media express a diversity of opinion and a pluralism of ideas is generally assured. But the situation is not perfect for all that. Thw word of caution comes from Reporters sans Frontières (RSF), which has for the first time

Democracies from Colombia to India and Russia to the Philippines are among the worst countries in the world at prosecuting journalists' killers, according to the Impunity Index, a list of countries where governments have consistently failed to solve journalists’ murders. The list has been compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The countries with the worst records for impunity—Iraq

Over the past few days, a major controversy has erupted over the terms and conditions set by the Indian Premier League (IPL), particularly with reference to the prohibition on use of photographs taken by media organizations at sporting events hosted by the IPL. Various media organizations such as the Editors’ Guild of India (EGI) the Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) and the Indian

Regular blog reading often becomes more habitual and less content oriented. Similar to email checking, blog reading can become ingrained into users’ online routines. Sometimes, even the usefulness of the blog content itself can be less vital than the activity of reading or skimming the blog to fulfill a person’s particular routine. The finding is from a study by University of California

From increased responsibilities to growing competition, the constantly evolving media landscape has created both challenges and opportunities for today's journalists in the US. Many journalists are having to expand their skill set and add "blogger" to their resumes. Moreover, reporters at newspapers across the country are finding that they have to fill an online news hole, as well as the

Five years after a series of US military strikes against news media outlets in Baghdad killed three journalists, there are calls on the US military to fully investigate the incidents and make its findings public. So far, impunity has ruled. On April 8, 2003, a US tank fired a single shell on the Palestine Hotel, the main base for dozens of international journalists covering the US-led invasion of

Attacks on journalists and media outlets have intensified in the Americas over the past six months. If court cases and judicial rulings against the media are anything to go by, apart increasing violence against journalists, the times are bad for journalists in the region. Journalists, in fact, continue to be killed in high numbers in the Americas and the vast majority of these murders go

The United Nations Human Rights Council is acting as a cover for Islamic and other countries aiming to restrict free speech. That's what free speech advocates have to say. The 47-nation council passed resolutions Friday imposing new instructions for its investigator on freedom of expression, free speech advocates say, bows too far to concerns about defamation of Islam, which have flared again with

In January this year, the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN released a comprehensive report on how criminal defamation legislation is being used in Africa to silence print journalists who report on corruption, mismanagement, and other abuses of power. It looked at cases of defamation-related persecution in the 17 months to November 2007. Now, three months into 2008, new