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U.S. Embassy, Press Release 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 ...

Article by Social Share A recent training initiative of the United States Embassy in Barbados and members of the media has been labelled a success. In advance of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, United States 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 jo...

South Koreas Coupang faces accusations of deaths from overwork By (0) Coupang, South Koreas largest e-commerce company, has been accused of unsafe and demanding working conditions that led to the deaths of nine workers over the past year. File photo by Yonhap Critics of Coupang, include Park Mi-sook (R), the mother of a logistics center employee who died from overwork. She called at a press briefing in Seoul last week for the company to improve its working conditions. Photo by Thomas Maresca/...

Social Share The Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) has a new president. Senior Reporter at Starcom Network, Keith Goddard, emerged winner last Sunday during the virtual Annual General Meeting of the association. He succeeded veteran journalist Emmanuel Joseph who served the last two terms and Nation reporter Rachael Agard who was also running for that post. Goddard began his career in the late ’90s at the then Rediffusion, and worked at Barbados Advocate, Carib...

Dozens of people gathered on March 3 for the funerals of the three media workers

Islamic State takes responsibility for the murder of three female media workers in eastern Afghanistan, the latest in a spike in targeted killings coinciding with the signing of a peace deal between the United States and the Taliban.

February 27, 2021 Media houses in Barbados, like most parts of the world, have had their fair share of characters with big personalities. Some have been truly larger than life, commanding the admiration of others in the fraternity, while others were giants, but only in their minds. The profession of journalism requires people who are bold, resourceful, and willing to push the envelope. Journalists must be prepared to go further, dig deeper, face-off with the toughest, and sometimes th...

Maldives: Channel 13 media workers harassed during opposition-led protest 23 February 2021 Maldives: Channel 13 media workers harassed during opposition-led protest Maldives Police attacked a Channel 13 camera operator and harassed the channel’s chief operating officer and station deputy in two separate incidents during opposition-led protests in Male on February 19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) call on the Maldives police to respect press freedom and ensure journalists...

The violence, the mission said, resulted in contraction of the human rights and media space, with many professionals exercising self-censorship in their work, quitting their jobs, and leaving their homes, communities — and even the country — in hope it will improve their safety.

Enhancing transparency needed to strengthen good governance 452 RAJSHAHI, Feb 11, 2021 (BSS)- Speakers at an advocacy meeting today unequivocally called for enhancing transparency and accountability in all the service-delivery fields for strengthening good governance and rule of law for the greater interests of the public in general. They viewed that wide-ranging enforcement of the Right to Information (RTI) Law, National Integrity Strategy and Annual Performance Agreement can be the vital mean...