Full Coverage: Media

25.02.2008 The International Women’s Media Foundation is seeking nominations from around the world for this year’s Courage in Journalism Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award. The foundation recognises three women journalists every year for their extraordinary strength of character in pursuing their profession under difficult circumstances.

22.02.2008 The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that its military is holding Canadian Television journalist Jawed Ahmad, but refused to disclose any further information.
From Committee to Protect Journalists

22.02.2008

21.02.2008 Three firebrand Indian young reporters of Appan Samachar armed with mikes and handy cams, go around Bihar villages scouting for stories primarily on women’s lives and their concerns. These news capsules are then shown to a targeted audience once a month to create social awareness on gender and other issues.

18.02.2008 DENVER, Feb 18 (OneWorld) - Whatever today's election tallies show, the period of instability and government restrictions leading up to the vote in Pakistan ensure that the results will not reflect the will of the country's people, said human rights groups in the United States and Asia this weekend.

14.02.2008 The private newspaper industry in the country is about to collapse in the wake of high production costs worsened by an acute shortage of locally produced newsprint.