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Daily Podcast – May 03, 2021
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Making headlines: Ramaphosa urges support for South African media, ANC national working committee to deliberate step-aside resolution and, the first batch of Pfizer vaccines arrives in SA
Journalism in bad shape
Ahammad Foyez | Published: 00:25, May 03,2021
Bangladesh observes World Press Freedom Day today with professionals and rights bodies noting that the room for independent journalism in the country has shrunk because of increasing harassment, persecution and prosecution of journalists under the Digital Security Act.
According to them, the domination of political and corporate power on journalism is gradually increasing while the Digital Security Act has become a serious barrier to practising journalism freely.
Editors’ Council president and The Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam told New Age that ensuring press freedom was a must for the authorities as the news media was a place for common people to express their views enabling the government to know what people were thinking about the government.
Nigerian journalist Tobore Ovuorie receives DW Freedom of Speech Award 2021
Ovuorie is the seventh laureate of the Freedom of Speech Award 2021. The award honors journalists outstanding commitment to human rights and particularly, freedom of expression in the media. I am so honored that my work has been recognized in this way by DW. It means so much to me that the work I am so committed to gives a voice to women without a voice and speaks to others as well. I hope that this recognition of my work can serve as an inspiration for girls and women to be more, especially to follow the path of research in journalism, said Ovuorie upon receiving the award.
Armenia acting PM s congratulatory message on occasion of World Press Freedom Day news.am - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news.am Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.