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(IFJ/IFEX) - The International Federation of Journalists, joined by the Iraqi Syndicate of Journalists and the Kurdish Association of Journalists, today launched a global campaign to end the terrifying ordeal of journalists in Iraq where at least 128 media staff have been killed and hundreds more injured or disabled in what has become the deadliest media war in modern history. The General...

A research project, conducted by Ball State University's Center for Media Design, tracked the media use of 350 people every 15 seconds. The subjects represented each gender, about equally, across three age groups: 18 to 34, 35 to 49 and 50-plus. The people were monitored by another person for approximately 13 hours, or 80 percent of their waking day. "Someone actually came into their homes and...

Valuations of technology start-ups before investment have soared to their highest levels since the dotcom boom as venture capitalists seek to deploy large amounts of cash in search of the next big thing in the internet, telecommunications and healthcare sectors. A study released on Monday found that the median value of a pre-investment start-up hit $18.6m in the first quarter, up $3m from last...

(IFJ/IFEX) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned that the recent violence in East Timor has undermined the media's ability to cover the political and social crisis as two daily newspapers have had their publishing interrupted during the crisis. The IFJ has received several reports that journalists, like most workers, have not been going to work amid the ongoing fighting...

(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, June 2, 2006 - The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that courts in Brazil have issued gag orders on two newspapers for their critical reporting on politicians in the run-up to a general election in October. On May 8, the Civil Court in Campo Grande, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state, granted an injunction to likely gubernatorial candidate André Puccinelli...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - It seems that Editor & Publisher has a problem with the media. It's nothing less than deliciously ironic when a publication which has been reporting on the press for more than a century is displeased about the way that IT, in turn, is being covered. Specifically, E&P's editors are disappointed that their magazine isn't getting more attention. E&P Editor Greg Mitchell...

Ladies and gentlemen: In the presence of representatives from the world media gathered here, let me begin by thanking the World Association of Newspapers for giving me the Golden Pen Award. I am humbled by the honor. I think the prize should in fact go to all Iranian dissidents and freedom-fighters. And in this category, more than anyone the prize should go to those who fought for freedom and...

LONDON: Like other globetrotting executives, Tom Glocer travels with multiple cellphones, a laptop and a BlackBerry. But when he lands in Tokyo, he has an additional request - a phone running on the Japanese i-mode system, delivered in his chauffeured car, so he can check out the latest mobile services during the hour-and-a- half drive into town. "Unless you play with the technology of an era, you...

CAIRO, June 3 (KUNA) -- The Arab Journalists Union has classified Kuwait first in freedom of journalism followed by Jordan, Egypt and Qatar. The report was announced by the President of the union, Ibrahim Nafi', who said that the report has been issued after evaluation was done by foreign agencies over press freedoms in the Arab countries. Nafi' said that this report is only a start, expressing...

WASHINGTON - Wen Ho Lee, the former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of being a spy, settled his privacy lawsuit Friday and will receive $1.6 million from the government and five news organizations in a case that turned into a fight over reporters' confidential sources. Lee will receive $895,000 from the government for legal fees and associated taxes in the 6 1/2-year-old lawsuit in which...