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Published in: openDemocracyUKMedia Plurality debate: new research models proposed ownership limitsBased on his latest research that examined civil society proposals for media plurality measures and models their...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOne satirist exposes Egypt's lopsided media viewpoint
Nowadays it’s hard to find any national newspaper, TV channel, radio station, or even website that avowedly...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's most powerful man tries to tame the media
To reconcile two different media perspectives of him, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, commander of the armed forces,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaJailing of journalist exposes shortcomings of reforms in Morocco
If the goal of Moroccan officials is to silence Anouzla, their attempts have been fruitless thus far, as more and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSudan: journalists strike amid deadly demos
The most active journalists in Khartoum are either being summoned, arrested, told what to say or are resigning.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - October 2, 2013
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt shuts down more media channels
The vaunted reputation of the military-led government for neutrality is rather easily exposed, when we realise that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBroadcasting for ScotlandScotland's bid for autonomy is also a chance to build an independent media, one that is not based in London and puts...
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Published in: HomeA complicated relationship: Libya, Syria and the international press
The decision whether to intervene militarily in Syria should not be dictated by non-information, nor should the...
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Published in: HomeJournalism in Syria is fast becoming a one-way ticket to death
Journalists report the news - but who reports on their safety?
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Published in: oDRBelarusian Warsaw – ghetto or gilded cage?
For twenty years Alyaksandr Lukashenka, president of Belarus, has ruled with an iron hand, and ruined the economy;...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 28 August - 8 September
This Arab Awakening space for excerpts of articles, blogs and tweets is a weekly holding operation for those trying...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhere to stand in the Fourth EstateAttacks on the Guardian's supposed hypocrisy conflates public scrutiny with gossip and entertainment.
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Published in: HomeEgypt to its journalists: Turn a blind eye, or adopt our viewpoint!
The State Information Service objects to the fact that some media "are still falling short of describing the...
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Published in: HomeA militarized media in Egypt: a dirty war making many of us blindThe people will soon see the “true colours” of SCAF – or will they? It depends where they get their information from.
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Published in: oDRIn Ukraine, it grows on trees ...Ever since becoming Ukraine’s president in 2010, Viktor Yanukovych has been preparing for his next election in 2015...
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Published in: HomeOn Al-Jazeera's lopsided coverage of Egypt
Al-Jazeera has not only lost much of its credibility, but the credibility of its main backer and benefactor, Qatar.
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Published in: oDRKeeping calm and carrying onSt Petersburg's Regional Press Institute has defended Russian media rights for the last two decades. Like other...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDavid Kelly and the silence of British media - 10 years onAre concerns over the official narrative "conspiracy fodder", or have the media failed to adequately challenge the...
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Published in: HomeWhen we talk about the Internet, we are talking about the bone marrow of contemporary monopoly capitalismIn a wide-ranging interview, the author and media reform activist Robert W. McChesney discusses the political...
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