Unlike most countries, where journalists are terrorised by politicians, journalists in Mexico are being harassed and killed by cartels.
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The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks said it will continue to publish more secret files from governments around the world despite U.S. demands to cancel plans to release classified military documents., reports the AFP.
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Journalists across Italy refused to work on 8 July to protest a wiretapping bill that bans reporting on judicial investigations, say the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Index on Censorship. Criticism of the law has also come from outside Italy’s borders.
The strike was the “final act” after months of campaigns, debates and appeals, [...]

Google is aiming for something like that with an upgrade to its Google News product.
The company announced on Wednesday that it was adding a new feature called “News for you” that will offer a stream of local, customized and socially edited content.
Google will let users choose which sources show up most prominently in [...]

Journalists in many countries face violence and persecution from public officials, criminals and terrorists, with attacks and harassment becoming a daily occurrence for many who challenge repressive governments, report on conflicts and investigate corruption and crime, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) said in its half-year review of global press freedom.
The report, [...]

Today is World Press Freedom Day and there is much to celebrate in a world where affordable and fast technologies enable journalists to break news and report from all the corners of the world in real time.
There is also much to be concerned about, as journalists, photographers, bloggers and other writers [...]

Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told a group of editors Sunday that he is confident that newspapers will find new ways to make money online by harnessing the vast reach of the Internet, reports Associated Press.
Media executives have accused Google of draining readers and advertising from newspapers’ Web sites. But in [...]

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Women’s presence in the media is on the rise worldwide but generally women remain significantly underrepresented in the media, claims a new report from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). According to its findings, women constitute 24% of the individuals interviewed, seen or heard about in mainstream and print journalism—an increase from 17% [...]

The U-S based New York Times  is one of three newspapers that have been awarded the World’s Best Designed Newspaper Award for 2009 by the Society for News Design.
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The U-S based New York Times, will from 2011 “charge frequent readers for access to its website, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take,” reports National Public Radio.
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