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FTM in Amsterdam --- Philip M. Stone November 14, 2005 News Xchange is holding its annual television meeting in Amsterdam Nov.10-11 and FTM is covering all the sessions. There’s enough going on for those interested in business trends, new technology, and journalistic developments. |
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US Broadcasting Agencies Under Investigation --- Michael Hedges November 7, 2005 After meeting for three days at an undisclosed location the US Corporation for Public Broadcasting board accepted the resignation of former chairman and current board member Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Thursday night. This week Tomlinson will appear before a Congressional subcommittee investigating Arabic television channel Al-Hurra. Tomlinson currently chairs the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees all US government overseas media programs, including Voice of America and Al-Hurra television. |
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Guardian Reporter Kidnapped in Iraq --- Michael Hedges - October 20, 2005 Several sources tie the kidnapping to yesterday’s other main event in Iraq, the start of Saddam Hussein’s trial. Armed men seized the 33 year old Irishman, along with his two drivers and a translator Carroll had been watching the trial’s start on television at the home of an interview subject. |
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I Want My Al-Jazeera --- Michael Hedges October 17, 2005 The Al-Jazerra television network moves further into the mainstream, asking Sir David Frost to present a program on its soon-to-be launched English-language service. Al-Jazeera International will be previewed, along with other offerings, at the Media and Marketing Show in Dubai. |
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Reporting Sports in Africa --- Michael Hedges June 27, 2005 Journalism training is a serious part of the régime for regions marked for development. Dozens of organizations sponsor and conduct workshops and seminars on everything from newspaper design to documentary production. Considerable attention is given to journalism in conflict zones, post-conflict zones, and transitional and developing regions. And there are specialists in every area. |
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Not What He Said, But Rather How You Found Out --- Philip Stone February 15, 2005 Eason Jordan, CNN’s longtime senior global news executive, has resigned because of comments he made at the World Economic Forum (WEF) that US troops targeted journalists in Iraq, something he retracted almost immediately. But it wasn’t the US media that demanded his scalp for maligning the US military – in fact the US media didn’t even report the story until it was almost over. So how did the pressure become so great that CNN decided to cut its losses and let him walk the plank? Because the bloggers had Jordan by the short hairs and they were not letting go. |
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Without Context It's Only An Ugly Noise --- Michael Hedges September 27, 2012 - Follow on Twitter That words and images have the power to provoke, whether a video uploaded to the internet, a radio or television talk show or a cartoon published in a newspaper, has been amply demonstrated, once again. Demonstrations against words and images offensive to some and delivered both by new and old media moved beyond legitimate protest to violence, destruction and death. Defense of media freedom has been swift and compelling. |
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