World Press Freedom Day
When: May 1-3, 2011
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Watch World Press Freedom Day 2011 Events Live Online via Mashable.
- LIVE STREAMING of the World Press Freedom Day 2011 conference will be available beginning on Monday, May 2 at 9:00AM EST. See the Agenda for where to watch.
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For additional video coverage of the WPFD conference visit: www.vimeo.com/WPFD2011
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Check out IJNet's Coverage of World Press Freedom Day 2011 in Seven Languages
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Georgetown Journalism Program Partners with World Press Freedom Day 2011
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What Does World Press Freedom Mean to You? - Submit your Video Testimonials
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World Press Freedom Day 2011 Steering Committee Announces Event Sponsors
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Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi to Receive 2011 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Celebrating Journalists
Tosca Santoso, who founded Indonesia's first independent radio news agency in 1999. He started with a team of seven, who produced 15 minutes of news for seven radio stations each day. KBR68H is now Indonesia's largest radio network. Every day it transmits eight hours of news over 720 radio stations to 22 million listeners. He is a 2010 Knight International journalism Award winner.
Celebrating Journalists
Just days after the Earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, Internews, with the support of OCHA and USAID, put in place a Haitian media support unit with a daily 15-20 minute radio program called Enfomasyon Nou Dwe Konnen (News You Can Use). ENDK is pre-recorded and then sent to radio stations from the metropolitan area
Celebrating Journalists
In this episode of Democracy Stories, Khin Maung Win, executive director of Democratic Voice of Burma, describes how his group works in exile in Thailand and Norway to broadcast free and independent news stories to 10 million viewers in Burma. DVB reporters also operate secretly inside Burma at great risk – with some of them now in prison for their efforts.
Spotlight on Previous Laureates
The late Sri Lankan journalist and editor of the Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was assassinated on 8 January 2009, has been named laureate of the 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize.
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