Post by account_disabled on Mar 5, 2024 22:50:44 GMT -5
Today is 'celebrated' World Press Freedom Day (via Portal de la Comunicació). According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 19: Every individual has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; This right includes the right not to be disturbed because of one's opinions, to investigate and receive information and opinions, and to disseminate them, regardless of frontiers, through any means of expression. May 3 was chosen by the UN at the proposal of UNESCO in commemoration of the Windhoek Declaration, signed on May 3, 1991 by a group of African journalists during the regional seminar 'Promotion of independent and plural African media'. The event was sponsored by UNESCO and the declaration proclaimed that "the establishment, maintenance and promotion of an independent, pluralistic and free press is essential for the development and maintenance of democracy in a nation, and for economic development." In December 1993, as a result of the great significance acquired by the Windhoek Declaration, the UN General Assembly established May 3 as World Press Freedom Day.
This year the anniversary focuses on press freedom, the safety of journalists (24 reporters have already died this year according to RSF) and impunity. More journalists have already died in Iraq than in Vietnam (as published by Periodistas21 based on an RSF work in pdf). More information here and here. The main event will be held in Medellín. There, the 2007 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Prize for Press Freedom will be awarded, which Industry Email List was awarded posthumously to the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. (By the way, the image is part of a series of floor plaques located near the 5th Avenue Public Library in New York. Thanks NoirinP!)Francis Pisani (blog) wrote a report a few days ago in El País about "the relationship between content and conversation, the starting point for the reevaluation of the value and nature of news." As he stated in his text, the objective should be to “connect content and conversations,” that is, establish bidirectional communication channels between those who practice journalism and what citizens speak and express.
The way? Transform the media into a kind of hub (according to network theory, those nodes that integrate numerous links) in the manner of the aforementioned Cluetrain Manifesto. Pisani cites the book The tipping point (by Malcolm Gladwell) that describes those influential people (mavens) who connect and relate to many people. In an interview published by La Vanguardia with Jason Calacanis, he himself assured that this figure baptized by Gladwell had been inspired by him. The tipping point de Malcolm Gladwell Pisani continues with his report: Jeff Jarvis (buzzmachine.com) starts from the limitations of the concept of citizen journalism. He bases his opposition on three reasons: he implies that the actor (citizen) defines the act (journalism) while today anyone can do it; He divides those who practice journalism into two groups and makes it clear that journalists do not act as citizens. “Network journalism,” Jarvis writes, “takes into account the collaborative nature of today's journalism, where professionals and amateurs work together to publish the best information; They establish mutual links beyond the brands and limits of yesteryear, and share facts, questions, answers, ideas and perspectives.
This year the anniversary focuses on press freedom, the safety of journalists (24 reporters have already died this year according to RSF) and impunity. More journalists have already died in Iraq than in Vietnam (as published by Periodistas21 based on an RSF work in pdf). More information here and here. The main event will be held in Medellín. There, the 2007 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Prize for Press Freedom will be awarded, which Industry Email List was awarded posthumously to the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. (By the way, the image is part of a series of floor plaques located near the 5th Avenue Public Library in New York. Thanks NoirinP!)Francis Pisani (blog) wrote a report a few days ago in El País about "the relationship between content and conversation, the starting point for the reevaluation of the value and nature of news." As he stated in his text, the objective should be to “connect content and conversations,” that is, establish bidirectional communication channels between those who practice journalism and what citizens speak and express.
The way? Transform the media into a kind of hub (according to network theory, those nodes that integrate numerous links) in the manner of the aforementioned Cluetrain Manifesto. Pisani cites the book The tipping point (by Malcolm Gladwell) that describes those influential people (mavens) who connect and relate to many people. In an interview published by La Vanguardia with Jason Calacanis, he himself assured that this figure baptized by Gladwell had been inspired by him. The tipping point de Malcolm Gladwell Pisani continues with his report: Jeff Jarvis (buzzmachine.com) starts from the limitations of the concept of citizen journalism. He bases his opposition on three reasons: he implies that the actor (citizen) defines the act (journalism) while today anyone can do it; He divides those who practice journalism into two groups and makes it clear that journalists do not act as citizens. “Network journalism,” Jarvis writes, “takes into account the collaborative nature of today's journalism, where professionals and amateurs work together to publish the best information; They establish mutual links beyond the brands and limits of yesteryear, and share facts, questions, answers, ideas and perspectives.