The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is seeking nominations from around the world for its 2007 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award. The Courage in Journalism Awards honor women working in the news media who have demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in pursuing their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances. These women show a commitment...
A Sana’a primary court convicted Wednesday two local journalists of insulting the Islamic religion and ridiculing prophet Mohammed (PBUH) by republishing some of the Danish cartoons back in February. Judge Mohammed Rubaid of the South East Sana’a delivered guilty verdicts against Akram Sabra, managing editor of Al-Hurriyah weekly and his assistant Yehya al-Abed. The two journalists received...
New York, December 6, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the conviction and fine handed down to a Yemeni editor today for reprinting Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. A court in the capital Sana’a convicted Mohammed al-Asaadi, editor-in-chief of the English-language weekly Yemen Observer, of insulting Islam and fined him 500,000 rials (U.S. $2,500). “We’re relieved that...
PARIS: The rush of job recruiting ads on MonsterIndia.com tells the story of the latest class of workers to watch their trade start migrating to another continent. "Urgent requirement for business writers," reads one ad looking for journalists to locate in Mumbai. "Should be willing to work in night shifts (UK shift)." Another casts for English-speaking journalists in Bangalore with "experience in...
NEW DELHI, NOV 17 (PTI): An expose of the Bihar flood scam which led to the jailing of an IAS officer and reporting into the missing tigers from the Indian wildlife sanctuaries have won the Indian Express the prestigious IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism. The India chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI) today announced the award, which carries a cash prize of Rs two lakh, a...
WEB 2.0 SITES MAKE UP the fastest-growing category on the Web--doubling their traffic over the last year, according to data presented Monday by Nielsen//NetRatings at an industry conference in New York. At an ad:tech session titled "Web 2.0: Predictions and Pithy Analysis," Nielsen//NetRatings Senior Vice President of Industry Solutions Charles Buchwalter and Roy de Souza, CEO of ad serving...
The Prophet Muhammed cartoon crisis between the West and the Muslim world has now also created a row between the head of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Danish Education and Religious Affairs minister during a conference held to boost dialogue and solidarity among civilizations. Speaking about the cartoon crisis OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, who is also a Turkish...
Copenhagen - A Danish newspaper published Friday some of the controversial cartoons recently exhibited in Iran that satirized the Holocaust, saying the move was necessary since the exhibition had its roots in Denmark. The exhibition in Tehran was organized in the wake of massive protests in the Muslim world earlier this year sparked by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's decision to publish...
There is an Arabic TV channel dying to keep alive the debate on “mughamaraat” (adventures). Since the crippled cease-fire in Lebanon, there is a concerted attempt (otherwise, why are the viewers strangled with monotony?) to discredit the resistance fighters. So the “experts” are logging in many many-hours to prove to the Muslim public (which is no more for sale) that it was the unwarranted risk...
Managing Director of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Ahmad Khademolmelleh here Wednesday said that besides fighting in the military front, Lebanon was involved in a media war directed by the US. He made the remark at the inaugural ceremony of a photo exhibition, called 'Lebanon, Epic of Victory' at the School of Media Studies, which was attended by Lebanese Ambassador to Tehran Adnan...
