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关键词:in 2019 of journalists
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FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, AT LEAST 250 JOURNALISTS WERE IMPRISONED AROUND THE WORLD, THE GROUP SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THE FINDINGS. IT SAID PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA, PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN OF TURKEY, CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN OF SAUDI ARABIA AND PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI OF EGYPT HAD SHOWN “NO SIGN OF LETTING UP ON THE CRITICAL MEDIA.”
THE ONGOING DETENTIONS OF NIGERIAN PUBLISHER AGBA JALINGO AND ETHIOPIAN EDITOR FEKADU MAHTEMEWORK--THE ONLY JOURNALISTS BEHIND BARS FOR THEIR WORK IN THEIR COUNTRIES, ACCORDING TO CPJ’S LATEST PRISON CENSUS--DON’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS’ CRACKDOWNS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION....
THE ANNUAL AWARDS ARE HANDED OUT BY THE INDUSTRY MAGAZINE PRESS GAZETTE. THEY WERE LAUNCHED IN 2012 TO PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST REPORTING, AND ARE OPEN TO ALL JOURNALISTS WORKING ACROSS ALL TYPES OF MEDIA.
"AROUND 18 PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS ARE STILL HELD IN ISRAELI PRISONS," SHE SAID, ADDING THAT THE MEDIA OFFICE HAS DOCUMENTED 30 CASES OF TORTURING JOURNALISTS AND FORCING THEM TO PAY HEFTY FINES.
THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS SAID THAT 49 JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED SO FAR THIS YEAR, DOWN FROM 95 DEATHS LAST YEAR. THE GROUP SAID THAT EVEN IF JOURNALISTS ARE SHOWING MORE CAUTION, IT ALSO MEANS THE PUBLIC IS LESS INFORMED ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST DEADLY CONFLICTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. ANOTHER REASON FOR THE LOWER NUMBER OF DEATHS IS DECREASED FIGHTING IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.
“COVERING THE ONGOING PROTESTS IN IRAQ IS BECOMING A HIGHLY RISKY AFFAIR THAT IS COSTING LOCAL JOURNALISTS DEARLY,” SAID CPJ MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REPRESENTATIVE IGNACIO MIGUEL DELGADO. “IRAQI AUTHORITIES MUST STEP UP THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS; THEY SHOULD GET STARTED BY INVESTIGATING THE ABDUCTION OF ZAID MOHAMMED AL-KHAFAJI.”
FOR ASPIRING YOUNG JOURNALISTS TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE MEDIA INDUSTRY, BARRIERS TO ENTRY CAN BE IMPOSSIBLY HIGH. UNPAID INTERNSHIPS COMBINED WITH SKYROCKETING RENTS MEANS OFTEN ONLY THE WEALTHY CAN GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR AND THERE IS A HUGE LACK OF DIVERSITY – JOURNALISM IN BRITAIN IS 94% WHITE, 86% UNIVERSITY-EDUCATED AND 55% MALE.
BEIJING, DEC. 11 (XINHUA) -- "THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE ARE REALIZING THEIR DREAMS THROUGH COMMITMENT, HARD WORK AND EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP AND CHINA IS MAKING MIRACLES AND SHOWING THEM TO THE WORLD," MOHAMED OSMAN ABDI, A JOURNALIST FROM THE SOMALI NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY, SAID AT THE JOINT CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE CHINA AFRICA PRESS CENTER AND THE CHINA ASIA PACIFIC PRESS CENTER PROGRAM 2019 WEDNESDAY.
BOTH THESE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES MAKE IT ALL THE MORE DISHEARTENING THAT SO MANY IN THE CRYPTO-SPHERE HAVE SO LITTLE RESPECT FOR JOURNALISM, EITHER IN GENERAL, OR AS A PART OF THIS INDUSTRY. THIS DISDAIN MANIFESTS IN DISMISSALS OF REPORTED NEWS AS “FUD,” AND EVEN IN ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS PERSONALLY. THIS WAS ON PARTICULARLY CLEAR DISPLAY IN A RECENT FIGHT BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND BINANCE OVER REPORTING ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF AN OFFICE IN CHINA, WHEN ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT LEADERS IN THE SPACE JOINED HANDS WITH ONE OF ITS MOST BRAZEN HUCKSTERS TO FUND PUBLIC ATTACKS ON CRITICAL JOURNALISTS.
SINCE 1997, BEIJING HAS GRADUALLY TIGHTENED ITS GRIP ON HONG KONG’S SEMI-AUTONOMY. FOLLOWING THE UMBRELLA REVOLUTION IN 2014, THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) SWIFTLY ACCELERATED ITS ENCROACHMENT ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. JOURNALISTS HAVE BRAVELY CHALLENGED CHINA’S RISE TO GLOBAL POWER OFF THE BACK OF MILLIONS WHO ARE PERSECUTED AND OPPRESSED ON A DAILY BASIS.
CPJ NOTED THAT “IRAN, WHICH ALSO SAW SIGNIFICANT PROTESTS IN 2019, INCREASED THE NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS IN JAIL TO 11. PROMINENT ECONOMIC REPORTER MOHAMMAD MOSAED WAS ARRESTED AFTER TWEETING DURING AN INTERNET SHUTDOWN INTENDED TO SUPPRESS NEW PROTESTS AGAINST HIGH GAS PRICES, ‘HELLO FREE WORLD!’ AND THAT HE WAS USING ‘42 DIFFERENT PROXIES’ TO GET ONLINE.”
A SECOND EPOCHAL CHANGE COMPOUNDED THE GROWING NUMBER OF OUTLETS: SPEED. NO LONGER JUST THE PROVINCE OF CABLE AND LOCAL TV NEWS, LIVE AND LATE-BREAKING BECAME PART OF EVERYONE’S BUSINESS MODEL. AND THAT FURTHER SHIFTED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOURNALISTS AND SOURCES. REPORTERS, WORKING IN DIMINISHED NEWSROOMS, TRYING TO PRODUCE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS IN REAL TIME, HAD LESS TIME TO CAREFULLY DEVELOP SOURCES. TECHNOLOGY ALSO FED THAT, ENCOURAGING LESS FACE-TO-FACE TIME. JOURNALISTS COULD ASSEMBLE STORIES FROM OFFICIAL QUOTES THAT ARRIVED DIGITALLY INTO THEIR IN-BASKETS. EMAIL SOURCES QUESTIONS. FILE WITHOUT PICKING UP THE PHONE OR LEAVING THE OFFICE.
MARKETS DATA DELAYED BY AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. C THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2019. FT AND ‘FINANCIAL TIMES’ ARE TRADEMARKS OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD.
IN FACT, JOURNALISTS AND POLITICIANS ARE THE MAIN TARGETS OF SUCH INFORMATION OPERATIONS, WHETHER ORGANISED CENTRALLY OR NOT, AS TRUSTED BUT DUPED SOURCES ARE THE QUICKEST WAY TO AMPLIFY A MISLEADING STORY.

 

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