With at least 31 journalists and citizen reporters killed in 2012, and another four killed so far this year, Syria has become the most dangerous country in the world for journalists. Few foreign correspondents are permitted to enter Syria legally, forcing them to slip into the country and operate covertly under perilous conditions.
How can the foreign media navigate the increasingly blurred line between activism and journalism? Who can they trust for accurate information? Is balanced coverage possible when all sides of the conflict have targeted the media, and ordinary citizens who communicate with foreign journalists are persecuted?
These are some of the questions that will be raised in a topical panel discussion titled, “Triangulating the Truth: How to Cover Syria and Who to Trust”, on Monday, May 20, 2013.
Supported by the Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF), the session will be moderated by CNN International’s Jim Clancy, who is joined by:
- Massoud Akko, member, Media Freedoms Committee, Syrian Journalists Association
- Richard Colebourn, senior Middle East producer, BBC News, Beirut
- Kadri Gürsel, columnist, Milliyet, Turkey
To register for the IPI World Congress today:
- Give us a call and we will take care of your registration for you! Phone: + 431 512 90 11
- Download the form (pdf file), fill it in and send it back to us.
Fax: + 431-512 90 14 Email: cklint(at)freemedia.at - Or simply click here and register online!
Questions?
Tel: +43 1 512 90 11 Fax: + 43 1 512 90 14
Web: www.ipiworldcongress.com & www.freemedia.at
E: mmiletic(at)freemedia.at & cklint(at)freemedia.at
- If you cannot read the text in this email, please click here.
- Follow us on Twitter / #ipiwoco2013
- IPI on Facebook.
- Visit IPI’s website to read our other top stories.
- Unsubscribe: If you no longer want to receive messages from us, simply reply to this email with the word “unsubscribe” in the subject line.