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The Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers, (BARJAM) is calling for “a speedy resolution” to the ongoing legal battle within the halls of leadership of the Barbados Advocate newspaper. This matter, which appears to have been ongoing for months, has affected the daily printing and digital editions of the “Old lady on Fontabelle”. But what is even of greater concern for BARJAM at this time, is the very severe …

Recent studies by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) indicate large-scale forced dismissals of journalists from Pakistani media houses and non-payment of media workers arrears is increasing in Pakistan. The IFJ and its Pakistan affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) call on the Pakistani government to take immediate steps to address the structural problems faced by media workers.

People take part in a protest in support of media freedom after a journalist was sentenced to prison for an article, in Skopje, North Macedonia, 20 January 2015, ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP via Getty Images Authorities will treat cases involving attacks on journalists in the same way as they treat assaults on police officers. There will also be new penalties for assaulting a journalist or a media worker, and online harassment will be criminalised. This statement was originally pu...

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Read more about UP govt announced Rs 10 lakh aid for kins of scribes who died due to Covid on Business Standard. In a bid to encourage and honour the tireless and unparalleled contribution of journalists, Yogi Adityanath announced Rs 10 lakh financial aid for family members of scribes who died due to Covid-19

Starcom parts ways with Goddard Article by May 20, 2021 The Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) is questioning a decision by Starcom Network Inc to part ways with its president, Keith Goddard.  Sources at the River Road, St Michael organisation revealed that during a recent meeting with top management, the senior journalist was informed that his services would no longer be required. Barbados TODAY understands that during a meeting in late April, ...

May 4, 2021 On this World Press Freedom Day 2021 and as we reflect on the theme Access to Information as a Public Good, I thought it instructive to share with the public – particularly media workers – insights into a 2008 draft Freedom of Information Bill, which after 13 years remains mere words on paper. That bill was introduced by the former Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Government of late Prime Minister David Thompson and when he died on October 23, 2010, the proposed legislati...

THE National Union of Journalists (NUJ) vowed to renew efforts to defend media workers on World Press Freedom Day today. The union warned that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on journalists globally — the Press Emblem Campaign has estimated that more than 1,000 media workers have died with the virus.  Assaults and death threats against journalists have also become increasingly common over the last year, the NUJ said.  The union condemned the Tory government’s new ...

April 30, 2021 In advance of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, U.S. Embassy Bridgetown partnered with Barbados journalists and the Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (CIJN) to celebrate the importance of a free press as an indispensable component of any free society.  To mark the occasion, the Embassy hosted a three-day virtual investigative journalism workshop for over fifty Caribbean journalists.  Recently-elected President of the Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers ...