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Pakistan's Century Publications Ties Up with IHT
Pakistan's Century Publications Pvt Limited (CPPL), publisher of the country's leading Urdu-language newspaper 'Daily Express' distributed nationally from 11 cities, will publish an English-language newspaper focused on Pakistani news and business in cooperation with the International Herald Tribune.
Pakistan Journalists Demand Protection, Benefits
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has asked the government to make arrangements for the protection of media workers via a life insurance and a victim fund. It has also asked to provide job security, capacity building and an assurance of a conducive working environment for members of the media.
Asia Media Forum Condemns Threats to Bangladeshi Editor
Asia Media Forum (AMF) is deeply concerned that Nurul Kabir, editor of the Dhaka-based daily 'New Age', one of the most democratically oriented newspaper in South Asia, has received death thre

Sixth Mekong Book Off the Press

Whether it's a story about how rubber plantations are taking root at the China-Laos border, how Thai is having an impact on the Lao language, or the use of harmful fishing methods in Cambodia and Vietnam, all the features and photo essays in 'Changing Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong; follow the changes that have been taking place as countries in the Mekong Region deepen their cross-border links with one another.
'Asia Media Report 2009: Missing in the Media'

'Asia Media Report 2009: Missing in the Media', coordinated, produced and published by the Asia Media Forum with the assistance of Actionaid, focuses on how the media throughout Asia reports on marginalised people and communities in their respective societies, from the very poorest countries to the richest.
'Asia Media Report: A Crisis Within'

'Asia Media Report: A Crisis Within', a report on media trends in Asia, is produced and coordinated by IPS Asia-Pacific.

About Asia Media Forum

Asia Media Forum (AMF) is a network of journalists from across Asia to share insights on issues relating to media and their profession, as well as stories, information and opinions on democracy, development and human rights in the region. AMF was formed at an editors’ roundtable meeting at Koh Samui, Thailand on Oct 22-23, 2004.

In October 2006, the Core Group of AMF decided to make it a vibrant forum of Asian journalists. The AMF organised its first conference on “Media Mediation: Media, People and Governance” on Dec 17-19, 2006 in Bangkok. Over 100 senior journalists from Asia took part in the deliberations.

Actionaid has been providing strategic support to this initiative of journalists. IPS Asia- Pacific maintains the AMF website and Samarthan in Mumbai hosts AMF’s Networking and Outreach Fellow who coordinates activities of AMF.

Membership in the forum is open to journalists who are from Asia or who report on Asian issues.

AMF caters to the following needs of journalists in the region:

Greater exchange of news and information among journalists around Asia and sharing of commonalities and divergences in social, political and media experiences
Promotion of inclusive journalism that promotes justice; strives to meet the highest standards of accuracy, balance, fairness and accountability; and fights discrimination and exclusion based on gender, caste, religion, political beliefs and ethnicity
Strengthening of media that ensures the right to know of the people, right to access to information and freedom of expression by linking them with human dignity, human rights and equitable development and by breaking the silence that mars media discourse on development issues confronting the region
Raising voice for the journalists’ job, professional and personal security
Enhancing journalists’ professional competence by initiating a process of curriculum change to build their perspective on people’s issues and movements, by building their capacity and by focusing on the de-dumbing of the media content

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Disaster Coverage Guide Now Available Online
The International Center for Journalists has released its online guidebook designed to help journalists worldwide prepare for future disaster coverage. An excerpted version of the guide is available as an embedable interactive widget, as well as a PDF version, including an extended text and additional sections, can be downloaded in either English or Spanish from the ICFJ website.

'Newspapers Need to Experiment' — Google
It is widely recognized that the news industry is facing financial difficulties, but there is little agreement about the source of those difficulties or what can be done about them. The debate about the role of the web has been particularly heated: is it the source of the problem or the source of the solution?
Scandal Scoops up Readers in Changing Media Scene
By 'The Irrawaddy'

The door is opening ever wider on the private lives of Burmese celebrities, according to journalist's for the country's glossy magazines.
Man Tweets While Stuck in Burning Building
Kiran Jonnalagadda, a Twitter user from Bangalore, who was frustrated with the escalating fire crisis in the Carlton Towers in the city and the ineptitude of the firemen on Feb 23 began tweeting from where he was trapped.

Q&A: More Women Journalists Doesn’t Mean More Gender Awareness
Young Indian women are taking to journalism in droves, but Ammu Joseph, author of several authoritative books on women in media, believes that these numbers do not necessarily translate into gender awareness. IPS Asia-Pacific's Ranjit Devraj interviews Ammu Joseph, Indian journalist, author and media watcher.
RIGHTS: Sri Lanka’s Election Aftermath – Media Under Attack
Analysis by IPS Correspondents

COLOMBO, Feb 9, 2010 (IPS) - Sri Lankan journalists, for whom intimidation, threats, assault and killings seem to have become unavoidable professional hazards, are bracing themselves for a fresh confrontation with the government as curbs on reporting intensify.

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