Journalist defined

March 12th, 2008

Journalist is the person who dedicates itself to the media, in anyone of its forms. Written press, radio , television or any media. The journalist dedicates itself basically to the search of information, tendencies, topics of public interest, personalities, and to his later diffusion. A journalist resorts to trustworthy and verifiable journalistic sources. Thus it elaborates its news articles, that can take several forms for their diffusion: oral, written, visual.

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Attacks against Mexican journalists

March 11th, 2008

MEXICO.- 30% of attacks against Mexican journalists in 2007 were work of the organized crime

Three of each ten aggressions against the freedom of expression in Mexico happened the last year were committed by the organized delinquency, today informed the Mexican organization of  Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET). The 52 attacks perpetrated against journalists and mass media workers during the last year, the CEPET assures that in fifteen of them data exist that involve the criminal organizations, in their majority related to the drug trafficking.

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Cuban journalists pledge to fight for human improvement

March 11th, 2008

Havana, March11,  the Cuban journalists ratified their commitment today to continue next to the cause of the men and women of the island and the world that fight every day by the human improvement.We are not aseptic journalists or deceptively impartial, Juana Carrasco expressed after receiving the National Prize of Journalism Jose Martí in the memorial of the same name in this capital.

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Principles of the Citizen Media

March 11th, 2008

The for Center Average Citizen led by Gives Gillmor has compiled the Principles of the Citizen Media like fruit of their work of investigation in this field. Each one of them is explained with great variety of didactic resources (interviews, presentations, videos, etc.).

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10 principles of journalism

March 11th, 2008

While the fight between printed and digital journalism continues, at least a newspaper, The Washington Post, have sent a memo to its staff that aims to clear any malentendido between both departments. The keys: convergence, collaboration and qualification to prepare to the journalists in the transition towards the digitalis. In order to deepen integration, in addition, they designated to publishers of the main sections of the form so that they collaborate with the Web site and the table of “noticias continuas” of the newspaper.

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Disappearance and murder

March 11th, 2008

The 11 of November of that year, Mario Bonino disappeared in the passage between its address to the seat of the Association of Workers of the State (IT TIES), where a seminary of the Utpba was made [ Union of Workers of Press of Buenos Aires ]. Four days later its corpse appeared floating in the Brook.

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Freedom of press

March 11th, 2008

The restoration of constitutional governments as of December of 1983 supposed for the journalistic activity a deeply positive change, that made possible the return of exiliados journalists, the liberation of the press workers who even remained jailed, the reapertura of means of press closed by the dictatorship and, in general, a greater freedom of expression. But in last the years there was an offensive against the press that is transformed in judicial complaints (most of the times initiated by civil employees), anonymous or opened aggressions to journalists (the majority on the part of security agents) and threats.

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