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New York, March 27, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by death threats against Colombian journalist Germán Hernández, who fled his hometown, and a murder plot against journalist Darío Arizmendi, who fled the country this month. “We are concerned by the death threats against our colleague Germán Hernández, as well as by allegations of a plot to kill Darío Arizmendi,” said CPJ...

The Times of India has been awarded the World Young Reader Newspaper of the Year prize by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The prize was given away at a ceremony Monday in Washington, DC. In addition to taking the top award, the Times of India was also awarded the World Young Reader Prize in the Newspapers in Education category, which honoured its effective use of the newspaper as a...

Singapore's media regulator said Monday it is looking to expand its jurisdiction from the traditional print and broadcast sector to include the emergence of new media markets. The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) said it was seeking public feedback to its Media Market Conduct Code, which is under review to better address competition issues that may arise under the new landscape. It...

The percentage of minority journalists working in US daily newsrooms declined slightly to 13.62 percent this year, according an annual newsroom census. According to the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), this year the associaiton counted full-time journalists working online for the first time to reflect the industry emphasis on expanding its Web presence. Including online-only...

Strategic training for journalists is helping news organisations build readership and drive online innovation, a new book has affirmed. News, Improved: How America’s Newsrooms Are Learning to Change, which reports findings of the first-of-its-kind $10 million training and research project by the John S and James L Knight Foundation, comes at a critical time as the digital revolution transforms the...

MOSCOW, March 26 (Itar-Tass) - The editorial office of the newspaper “Izvestia”, jointly with the publishing house, will arrange a festive reception here on Monday to mark the newspaper’s ninetieth anniversary. The reception will be held at Moscow’s “President Hotel’ and will be rounded off by the presentation of “Izvestnost” awards of honour. The newspaper’s editorial office instituted those...

COLOMBO, Mar 26 (IPS) - The unjustified four-month incarceration of female journalist Munusamy Parameshwari under anti-terrorist laws is being seen here as an example of the repressiveness that she was reporting on. Parameshwari, 23, was released last Wednesday, after the attorney general's department informed the country's Supreme Court that there was no evidence to press charges against her...

Time Inc has decided to shut down LIFE magazine, a publication it had resuscitated in late 2004 as a newspaper supplement. Time Inc said in a statement Monday that it would keep the LIFE brand going on the Internet, where it will launch a website with photos from its massive image collection, and by publishing books. The famous Life Magazine photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Time will make...

A non-profit organisation that trained women journalists in Afghanistan has folded up. The Canada-based Institute for Media Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS) has announced that it is filing for bankruptcy. The bankruptcy period officially began March 21 and a meeting of creditors is scheduled for April 11. 'Raw-e-Naw' (Dari)/'Newi Lara' (Pashtu) was launched in April, 2004 with the goal of...

One of the unique qualities of Internet discourse is its freewheeling, no-holds-barred nature, where passionate arguments are often accompanied by some choice expletives and a virtual finger in the eye. But what happens when the talk turns ugly, racist and violent? In recent weeks, some of those who post comments on the conservative blog Little Green Footballs have said they wished that Khalid...