Tag Archives: Press Freedom

CNN’s Diana Magnay is latest reminder that Twitter can be a journalist’s worst enemy

By Paul Farhi July 24

Among its many virtues and drawbacks, social media may be one of the most effective tools ever invented to assist journalists in harming their careers. Continue reading

ChinaFile:Can Chinese Journalists Still Push Boundaries?

What new regulations might mean for China’s beleaguered reporters.

BY DAVID SCHLESINGER , ORVILLE SCHELL , ROGIER CREEMERS , WEN YUNCHAO JULY 22, 2014

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On June 30, China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television posted a statement on its website warning Chinese journalists not to share information with Continue reading

Wen Yunchao: Chinese Government Has Never Been Confused About It’s Own Stance On Media Controls

 

I don’t believe that the government has ever been confused about its own stance on media controls. The core principle of the CCP’s Leninist notion of the press is that the Party controls the media, and the media should be the mouthpiece of the Party and the people. From Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaoping, even up to Xi Jinping, this stance has never changed. Continue reading

A ChinaFile Conversation:How to Read China’s New Press Restrictions

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IFJ condemns Ming Pao senior manager for violating editorial independence

 

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July 3, 2014

IFJ condemns Ming Pao senior manager for violating editorial independence

 

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), and the Ming Pao Union in condemning a senior executive of Ming Pao newspaper for deleting, without consultation, key words from headlines about the July 1 rally for democracy.
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China’s New Journalism Rules ‘Put Shackles’ on Media

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Chinese journalists interview a relative (C) of passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight in Beijing on March 26, 2014. Continue reading

China Expands Crackdown on Free Expression

 

Protester holds mask of Chinese President Xi Jinping during demonstration for Chinese journalist Gao Yu, Hong Kong publisher Yao Wentian, Continue reading

Reading the June 18 media circular

By David Bandurski | Posted on 2014-06-20
There has been some degree of alarmism in the foreign press this week (1, 2, 3) over a (new?) set of restrictions issued by the Chinese government agency overseeing both print and broadcast media in the country. Continue reading