The Daily IIJ

A free and informative press is widely agreed to be crucial for the democratic process. The concept of the fourth estate that commonly refers to the news media perceives, journalism as a power for changes and a watch-dog as well. Therefore, the meeting between press and parliament, as an official forum, becomes necessary to maintain [...]

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The Elsa BrändströmHaus, one of luxury buildings in the elite neighborhood of Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany became a place of sweet memories of friendship and valuable knowledge for our professional life from IIJ Summer Academy 2011. IIJ (International Institute of Journalism) training “Freedom and Responsibility in the Media” program that was held from July 17th till [...]

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The citizen journalists of InsightShare or Rising Voices believe in the best of all possible worlds: a world in which the disenfranchised rise their voices.

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The Spanish blogger Judith Torrea writes about Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city on the US-border severely affected by drug trafficking and homicides. She was awarded the Reporters Without Borders BOB Award 2011 during the Global Media Conference. An interview about journalistic passion and fear.

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What is the most important thing that is sought by readers when they read a broadsheet newspaper or a tabloid? What is the key element that makes a tabloid successful? Is it the headlines, the text contents, or sensational pictures? Those questions crossed my mind when I visited the headquarters of German BILD newspaper, the [...]

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“Real men don’t buy girls,” proudly proclaims the tagline of the anti-sex trafficking campaigned run by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. Launched early this year, it was an attempt by the prolific Hollywood couple to turn the attention of the American public to the all-too-real problems of sex trafficking and child prostitution. Although the star-studded [...]

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The Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators (COPEAM) has released the results of the survey on journalism training needs among the South Mediterranean broadcasters, which was conducted within the framework of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).

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Under the leadership of President Yahya Jammeh, since 1994 to date, for more than a decade, Gambian journalists have battle for their liberty as guaranteed by the Gambian constitution in the face of threats against press freedom. The private media are actually at logger heads with the government. From 1994 to date, the Gambian media [...]

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Bangladesh Press Council, the newspaper watchdog in Bangladesh has recommended arranging an entrance examination for those willing to take up journalism as a profession. The council made the observation in the verdict of a case against a weekly Bangla newspaper Sheersha Kagoj, said a handout of the Press Information Department.

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On August 18, 2010, I gave a presentation at the IIJ’s Summer Academy (actually, the earliest After Dinner Lecture ever, at 2 p.m. ). It took a while to get the slides ready for publication, but here they are. The topic of the presentation is how social media can be used in conflict situations. Are [...]

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