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28 October 2008
As meltdown continues, US newspapers report sharper declines in circulation figures

As meltdown continues, US newspapers report sharper declines in circulation figures

Circulation figures of daily newspapers in the US have dropped again. The country's Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), citing preliminary figures, said on Monday that the circulation for 507 daily newspapers fell 4.64 per cent in the six months ending September to 38.16 million copies from 40.02 million in the same period last year. The Associated Press gave some figures about specific newspapers...

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28 October 2008
Zimbabwean government spied on email of state-owned newspaper editors in August

Zimbabwean government spied on email of state-owned newspaper editors in August

The Zimbabwean government had asked officials to spy on the emails of editors employed by the state-owned Zimpapers group from August 3-15 this year to gauge their loyal to President Robert Mugabe, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. “As a result of this illegal decision, editor Bhekinkosi Ncube of the magazine Umthunywa has been suspended for nearly two months and could lose his job...

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24 October 2008
International Press Freedom Award for former Guantanamo detainee Sami al-Haj

International Press Freedom Award for former Guantanamo detainee Sami al-Haj

Sami al-Haj of Sudan and Shakeman Mugari of Zimbabwe have been awarded the 2008 International Press Freedom Awards for extraordinary courage and overcoming tremendous odds to report the news. The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), which gives away these awards, has also decided to acknowledge Jim Poling of Canada with the Vox Libera Award for his long-standing commitment to freedom...

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24 October 2008

Kurt Schork awards for Ghanaian undercover reporter, US freelancer deported from Pakistan

Ghanaian journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and US freelancer Nicholas Schmidle have been named the winners of the 7th annual Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism. Anas and Schmidle beat dozens of other reporters around the world with their entries selected by a panel of international judges which included Ben Brown BBC TV Special Correspondent, Christina Lamb of the Sunday Times, Roy...

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24 October 2008

Tunisia seizes weekly, summons editor to court

The Tunisian government has seized the latest issue of an opposition newspaper and to summon an independent editor to appear before a public prosecutor, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. The Interior Ministry seized the October 22 issue of Mouatinoun, the weekly newspaper of the Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties party, for “publishing unlawful allegations,” said...

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24 October 2008
Prominent Croatian journalist of political weekly killed in Zagreb car bomb attack

Prominent Croatian journalist of political weekly killed in Zagreb car bomb attack

A car bomb killed Ivo Pukanic, a prominent Croatian journalist, and a colleague in downtown Zagreb on Thursday. State-run Croatian TV showed footage of Pukanic's burned out Lexus and two covered bodies outside his NCL Media Group office in the capital. The police identified the victims as Pukanic and his group's marketing director, Niko Franjic. They published the Zagreb-based political weekly...

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23 October 2008

US-based online reporter held since arrival in Nigeria six days ago

Jonathan Elendu, publisher of online newspaper Elendu Reports (elendureports.com), has been detained in Nigeria since October 17, when he was arrested by the State Security Service (SSS) on arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport, in the capital Abuja, on a flight from the United States, where he lives. Denying that Elendu had been arrested, SSS spokesman Kenechuks Onyegogu said he had...

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23 October 2008

Delhi journalist approaches court alleging threat from Congess leader

An editor of a local daily has moved a court seeking action against a Congress leader for allegedly threatening to burn him alive for publishing reports about unauthorised constructions in west Delhi, says a Press Trust of India report. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate PK Jain, after hearing his plea on Saturday last, fixed November 19 as the next date for hearing when the journalist will...

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22 October 2008
Women's media foundation honours journalists for their work in dangerous situations

Women's media foundation honours journalists for their work in dangerous situations

Four newswomen from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Cyprus and the United States have been honoured by an international journalism group for their work in difficult and dangerous situations that sometimes include risking their lives to tell a story. Aye Aye Win, a correspondent for the Associated Press (AP) in Burma, was one of three women to receive Courage in Journalism Awards from the International Women...

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22 October 2008

New charges filed in 2005 Philippines murder of Marlene Garcia-Esperat

Murder charges have been filed in the 2005 slaying of investigative reporter Marlene Garcia-Esperat in the Philippines, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. Osmeña Montañer and Estrella Sabay were charged Monday as the alleged masterminds behind the murder. Montañer and Sabay were Mindano Department of Agriculture officials who Garcia-Esperat had accused of siphoning off money...

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