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New media and the future of broadcast news: Interview with Jacob Weisberg

Jacob Weisberg, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Slate Group, New York spoke to IPI’s Nayana Jayarajan about the ongoing transformation within the news industry. Click player to hear the interview. INTERVIEW: IPI: Is the growth of online media a challenge or an opportunity for broadcast news? Jacob Weisberg: I think it is a challenge economically, I think it’s an opportunity editorially, […]

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Gambian authorities urged to end legal harassment of editor Pap Saine

The International Press Institute today urged Gambian authorities to drop all charges against Pap Saine, managing editor of The Point daily newspaper who faces two separate court proceedings and is due back in court on Wednesday. On Monday, senior Magistrate Sainabou Wadda-Ceesay of Kanifing Magistrates Court adjourned the trial involving charges of publishing false information until 30 […]

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Six years after ‘black spring’, Cuba must free jailed journalists

Six years after Cuba’s notorious “Primavera Negra” (Black Spring) crackdown on journalists and other accused dissenters, the country continues to trample on free expression and remains a leading jailer of journalists, with more than 20 reporters and news managers behind bars. On the eve of the Primavera Negra anniversary, the International Press Institute’s Justice Denied Campaign urged […]

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SEEMO/IPI condemns physical assault on TV cameraman in Kosovo

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemns the recent physical assault on Bojan Kosanin, a cameraman of the TV production Glas Juga and KiM Radio, in Silovo/Shilovo, Kosovo. According to information before SEEMO, on 13 March, police stopped a press vehicle carrying Marijana Simic and Bojan Kosanin, a reporter and cameraman, respectively, for […]

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