Media and Issues

Daughters of sex workers, who live in the dingy lanes and bylanes that criss-cross the red-light districts of Bihar, have been bringing out a monthly handwritten magazine, Jugnu, since 2004, says a Times of India report. Nikhat, a 22-year-old matriculate, now a regular student of Intermediate at Niteshwar College (Muzaffarpur), edits the magazine. She has been doing the job since 2004 when she was...

The problem of global warming has emerged as an issue of concern for the world’s newspapers, with calls at the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by media industries. “It is probably the biggest challenge that mankind has ever faced,” said Tomas Brunegard, CEO of the Stampen Group in Sweden and Chairman of the Swedish Newspaper...

A BBC reporter in the UK was pinned to the ground by six policemen and searched under the Terrorism Act after his radio transmitter was mistaken for bomb equipment, says a report in the Telegraph. Max Khan, a correspondent for BBC Radio Stoke, was made to kneel down with his face to the floor in the centre of Hanley, Staffs. Police moved in on Khan after several shoppers raised concerns about an...

A person interested in climate change could consistently read a newspaper for information about the phenomenon, but would not be fully informed, says a new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin. Advertising assistant professor LeeAnn Kahlor and advertising graduate student Sonny Rosenthal found that one would need to rely on a variety of media sources—television, newspapers...

MELBOURNE: Hedley Thomas, the journalist who wrote a series of stories about the Australian government’s handling of Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef’s arrest on suspected terror charge, has won the country’s most coveted journalism award. Thomas, who is associated with The Australian newspaper, won the “Gold Walkley” award for covering and highlighting the mistakes made by the government in the...

The major broadcast networks have made big strides in the portrayal of Latinos in primetime, but still lag behind when it comes to images of Asian Americans and American Indians. That's the latest findings from the Multi-Ethnic Media Coalition, which released its seventh annual diversity report card Tuesday. The alliance - made up of the National Latino Media Council, Asian Pacific American Media...

A look at Israeli television channels and one can have a fair idea how far Israel lags behind in representing minorities. A regular TV viewer in Israel may never come across an Arab doctor advising on a flu virus, or an Arab lawyer giving tips on labour laws. Thanks to the almost no Arab presence on TV and radio. A recent study by the Israeli Centre for Strategic Communication has revealed some

Investigating journalism in United States is expected get a much-needed boost with a new venture steered by former Wall Street Journal Chief Editor Paul Steiger. The veteran editor will launch non-profit media organisation ProPublica in January 2008 which would be dedicated to investigative reporting. The newsroom team of 24 fulltime journalists plans to carry its news for free online and will

The Internet has not yet become an effective tool for human rights in the Arab world, says a recent study by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo). The 215-page study, 'Electronic Media and Human Rights', is the first in Arabic to discuss human rights in the discourse of electronic Arabic media outlets. It also surveyed use of the Internet by human rights organisations. Although

It's just the kind of thing you don't want at an event dedicated to improving communication between scientists and the rest of the world - a row about the way a particular piece of science is reported. But that's what the British Association for the Advancement of Science has had to contend with on the opening day of its annual Science Festival in York. Last Thursday, the Association held a press...