Friday, November 30, 2007

Globall survey on Value-Based Journalism

Secretary General
CIJA

Dear Sir,
Greetings.


Sub: Value-based Journalism: A Global Survey of the Perceptions of
Newspaper Journalists

As part of my international community services, I am conducting the
above globalsurvey. The objective of this survey is to examine the
perceptions ofnewspaper journalists on the issue of value-based
journalism intoday's globalization, i.e. which important values guide
them intheir reporting on news, views and analysis? The study
intends togenerate more public awareness and interest on the topic. The
topic ofthe survey is very current and newsworthy.

I have designed a questionnaire to collect data and opinions from the
journalists. The study is purely for academic purposes and the
information collected will be treated strictly confidential.

I seek your members kind co-operation in the completion of this study.
I am receiving some good response from various Journalists Association
and a few newpapers in this regard. May I request you to please forward
this email and questionnaire among your members for their active
particiaption.
Questionnaire can also be downloaded from the following :
www.acadjoshi.com (click left down of photo)

I am sorry for taking your precious time as you are a buzy person.
Nevertheless, your dropping two lines will greatly help me. I really
seek your kind cooperation in this regard. I want the completed
questionnaire before Dec 25, 2007.


Kind regards.


Dr P L Joshi, Professor,
University of Bahrain, Box 32038 Bahrain
Editor : IJAAPE, UK
Managing Editor: AAJFA, UK
Fellow (Academic) of AIA, UK
Box 32038, Bahrain
www.acadjoshi.com

Tel 00973 17 643701
Fax: 00973 17 449776
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PS: Recently, South Asia Journalists Association in its conference
calls for applying Value-based journalism. However, there is hardly
any empirical survey conducted in this area. This has motivated me to
undertake this survey.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Invitation to view avaiki's Picasa Web Album - nz herald posters

You are invited to view avaiki's photo album: nz herald posters
nz herald posters
newstand somewhere in auckland, around 2am -
12 Nov 2007
by avaiki
gagged - threats to your rights
Message from avaiki:
RELEASE PREVIEW: agency releases altered image of newspaper poster, monday 12th november 2007 edition of the new zealand herald, titled: gagged, your rights under threat. For free, open use under fair use conditions, including all artistic treatments. jason brown, editor, avaiki nius agency. thin-slice analysis to follow.
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Saturday, November 10, 2007

pacific islands radio - thumbs up

PRESS RELEASE
 
from: jason brown, editor, avaiki nius agency
 
pacific islands radio - thumbs up from ausaid
 
Australia looks like boosting aid spend on media in the pacific islands, starting where it probably should - public radio - as the region's oldest news media.
 
Short version?
 
"Public service broadcasting in the Pacific Islands has the thumbs up from Australia."
 
NOT SHY
 
Jason Brown, Editor of Avaiki Nius Agency is not shy claiming credit for this policy update.
 
"Well, not all of it," he says.
 
"Just a little bit."
 
QUOTE
 
His submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade in the Parliament of Australia "strongly suggests" placing the donor bull's eye on independent news media.

"This submission addresses these areas from information perspectives. It strongly suggests aid donor recognition of the centrality of news media especially public broadcasters within information contributions towards achieving sustained – and sustainable – progress ... "

Quote from Jason Brown, Editor, Avaiki News Agency, submission to Inquiry into Australia's aid program in the Pacific, June 2006, Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.
 
LEADING CONCERN  
 
Public radio stations have suffered decades of generally benign neglect since colonial days, leading to a softening of core emergency services, as an example of one leading concern.
 
Some remote atolls have state-of-the-art satellite links including FM - both highly vulnerable to exponential increases in extreme weather events.
 
"I was awestruck in Manihiki 2007 - probably ten years ago to this day - or so - when Cyclone Martin left a cylcone-proof Telecom building as nothing more than a clean concrete pad.
 
RIPPED OUT
 
"Even the reinforcing rods had been ripped out by sheer tonnage of wave surge."
 
Twenty people were killed or lost at sea as a massive surge from the cyclone swept through the atoll. Eyewitness estimates as high as 50 metres , slicing buildings in half so cleanly books were left on a shelf next to half a doorway.
 
"There was no parliamentary commission of inquiry, royal or otherwise."
 
FIGURES
 
From that extreme weather event, to the joint committee on foreign affairs.
 
Applied search across the entire report reveals a "huge gap" between radio and web access to policy input.
 
Figures as follows, with hits listed first.
 
HITS
 
5 Searching for "Radio" returns five references in the report.
 
5 Same for "telecommunications" - five hits.
 
1 "Television" returns one hit.
 
0 "Internet" none.
 
0 "Newspapers" none.
 
0 "Press" none.
 
0 "Public relations"
 
19 "Press release" + "press statements" + "media release" nineteen hits.
 
103 "Web" brings 103 links.
 
18 hits for "media" , not media releases.
 
PRIORITY
 
The agency supports AM signal as being priority number one for any donors wanting to bolster badly neglected resources for good governance information. AM signal should be strong enough for handheld radio across millions of square kilometres of Pacific ocean, radios that can be easily wrapped in watertight containers.
 
"All telecommunications, internet, television, FM radio, phone, fax, telex, and other links like air and sea are no good if the airport is covered in coconut trees, the atoll's satellite is floating in the lagoon, and the wharf is full of coral."
 
Strong AM signal increases opportunity for access by remote communities to emergency information when they most need it, more than any other media.
 
FURTHER INFORMATION
 
 
pdf for whole report (6.51 megabytes or maybe 20 minutes at atoll dialup speed)
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jfadt/pacificaid/report/fullreport.pdf
 
chapter links
 
news releases
Tuesday 6 February 2007
Australia's aid program in the Pacific (PDF 31KB)
 
MEDIA RESOURCES
 
 
VOTE HERE
 
Vote your own way. See feeds on front page. Or comment right at us:
 
Start digging. Vote for this story here:
 
Google direct. No comments, but anonymous:
 
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