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BAGHDAD, Iraq: An Iraqi journalist who was kidnapped last month was found dead nearly two weeks after his abduction, a Paris-based media advocacy group said in a statement released Thursday. Reporters Without Borders "condemned the murder of Iraqi freelance journalist" Abdul-Majid Ismail Khalil who was kidnapped on Oct. 18 in Baghdad's eastern Jamila neighborhood. Khalil, who worked for several...

afrol News, 2 November - Since Mozambique's 1991 press law came into force, Mozambique's reputation for press freedom has risen substantially and it is perhaps one of the most liberal in the world. Now, however, the government has announced a public debate on proposed amendments the law. But the sector warns about the changes and holds that most Mozambican journalists yet have to see the draft...

NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Employees at San Francisco Bay-Area newspapers owned by MediaNews Group Inc. should expect layoffs in the near future because of poor advertising and changes to their business, according to a publisher's memo. The papers, owned by Denver-based MediaNews Group Inc., include the Oakland Tribune, the Hayward Daily Review and the San Mateo County Times. MediaNews also owns...

The murders of three more media workers has brought the number of journalists and media assistants killed since the start of the war in March 2003 to 154, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has reported. IFJ and other press freedom organisations have condemned the new wave of violence and the fact that authorities have not so far conducted investigations that could put an end to the...

Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll today called on other news organizations, especially those that use AP services, to increase their attention on imprisoned AP photographer Bilal Hussein, who has been held by U.S. military officials in Iraq for more than six months without being charged. Saying Hussein “works on behalf of every news organization that receives news from the...

NEW YORK: Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll today called on other news organizations, especially those that use AP services, to increase their attention on imprisoned AP photographer Bilal Hussein, who has been held by U.S. military officials in Iraq for more than six months without being charged. Saying Hussein “works on behalf of every news organization that receives news from...

The Toronto-based Canadian Journalists for Free Expression usually presents two annual awards to support embattled journalists around the world. But when the press-freedom prizes are presented tonight in Toronto, a third is being added to honour Hayatullah Khan's memory. Mr. Khan was a 32-year-old Pakistani investigative reporter who was found dead in June, six months after being abducted in the...

New York, November 1, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges an immediate, high-level investigation into today’s murder of Mohammad Ismail, Islamabad bureau chief for Pakistan Press International (PPI). Ismail’s body was found this morning near his home in Islamabad with “his head completely smashed with some hard blunt object” according to Mazhar Abbas, secretary-general of the Pakistan...

If a book on the Indian media business prompts its author to rush into a revised edition within three years of its bestselling success, it means only one thing – the Indian media landscape is changing, and changing quite rapidly. THE BOOK FOR THE SEASON: When Vanita Kohli-Khandekar wrote The Indian Media Business in 2003, it went on to become a bestseller. For a number of reasons. For one, it was...

DOHA, Qatar - The Al-Jazeera International network has set a launch date of Nov. 15, although it's still not clear whether anybody in the United States will be able to see it. The English-language offshoot of the influential Arab network Al-Jazeera will begin operations at 7 a.m. ET out of its Doha, Qatar headquarters, the network announced on Tuesday. The network operates with four main offices...