CLIMATE CHANGE HANDBOOK FOR JOURNALISTS COMING
Aug 16 - Caribbean journalists and climate change experts are working together to produce a handbook for coverage of climate change issues in the media.

2005 Panos / GKP Awards
Panos and the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) are inviting submissions for the 2005 Reporting on the Information Society awards.

Panos Institute Caribbean resumes feature article distribution
The Panos Institute Caribbean is a 19 year-old regional development NGO that works closely with journalists and the media to increase coverage of development issues that are often overlooked or misunderstood, in particular those whose impact transcends national boundaries.

Announcing...the 3rd Annual International Photoshare
Photo Contest sponsored
Do you have photos of programs in action and the people you serve? Pictures illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries? Snapshots from your personal travels, volunteer service, or work experience?

Originally - Haïti : La police nie une agression contre une
station de télévision
--- Duckens Orius, a cameraman from the private TV station, Canal 11, was beaten up by police oficers in the violent area of Solino on 6 August, according
to news reported by the private radio station, Mélodie FM.

Haiti Support Group concerned about proposals that
threaten to limit media freedom The London-based solidarity organisation, the Haiti Support Group (HSG), is very concerned about the 20 July communique issued by the interim government council of ministers...

JAIL OVER CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression concerned about possible prison sentence for American journalist for refusing to reveal source

CHAVEZ MEDIA LAW TAKES EFFECT
Some Venezuelan television channels began altering their programs Thursday, citing fears of penalties under a new law restricting violence and sexual content over the airwaves.

IAPA AWARD HONOURS ARGENTINE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE
Santiago Cantsn, the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), has won the 2005 Chapultepec Grand Prize for defending press freedom.

NIEMAN FELLOWSHIPS AT HARVARD
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism is accepting applications for the 2005-2006 Fellowships, which allow accomplished mid-career journalists

GUYANA MEDIA/POLICE REACH AGREEMENT
Police, media reach broad consensus on relations; key areas unresolved..

Guyana government monopoly on radio to end next year
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The Guyana government's monopoly of radio broadcasting is to end next year, President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.

 

 

 

 

 

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