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Social Media Week in Jakarta offers a chance to hear from Buzzfeed, Twitter, Path and the city government

By Nadine Freischlad

Jakarta has just become the first Southeast Asian city to join the global Social Media Week (SMW) network. The conference with international and local speakers is taking place this week at Pacific Place Mall and other satellite venues in the Indonesian capital, and showcases the use and importance of social media for corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, media, and…

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Japanese media self-censorship grows in PM Abe's reign

Japanese media self-censorship grows in PM Abe’s reign

TOKYO: Worries are growing in Japan about a trend of media self-censorship as journalists and experts say news organisations are toning down criticism of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government for fear of sparking ire and losing access to sources.

No one is accusing Abe’s administration of overt meddling in specific news coverage, but media insiders and analysts say the government’s message is…

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China puts 82-year-old writer on trial amid political crackdown

By Tom Phillips

An 82-year-old writer is expected to stand trial in southwest China on Wednesday afternoon as Xi Jinping’s sustained offensive against critics of the Communist Party enters a third year and shows no sign of abating.

Huang Zerong, a Beijing-based writer better known by his pen name Tie Liu, is due to appear at the Qingyang District Court in the city of Chengdu, more than 1,100…

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Indian media assess 'controversial' land acquisition law

Indian media assess ‘controversial’ land acquisition law

From the BCC

Media in India debate the government’s decision to ease rules for acquiring land for infrastructure projects.

But the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing stiff competition from opposition parties.

Anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has also begun a protest demanding the removal of changed rules.

Mr Hazare and opposition parties believe that the new rules will be unfair…

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Why Bill O’Reilly can play hardball on his war zone story

By David Uberti

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly continued a boisterous defense this week against charges originally leveled by a Mother Jones report that accused him of exaggerating his experience in war zones. On The O’Reilly Factor on Monday night, he rehashed 1982 Buenos Aires protests in a 9-minute piece complete with archival footage from CBS News. “As you may know, some left-wing zealots have…

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Bill O’Reilly, Fox News Host, Fights Back at Claims of Exaggerated Stories

By EMILY STEEL

The Fox News host Bill O’Reilly has taken to the airwaves to fight back against accusations that he misled audiences with stories about his war reporting earlier in his career.

Last week, the magazine Mother Jones published an article, written by David Corn and Daniel Schulman, that said Mr. O’Reilly exaggerated stories about his war reporting covering the Falklands war in 1982 and…

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Media coverage could 'increase food fraud cases'

Media coverage could ‘increase food fraud cases’

From FarmingUK There is a growing number of food fraudsters infiltrating the UK supply chain, and experts within the food industry think increased media coverage might be to blame. With the Food Crime Unit recently put into action to deal with the growing threat of food fraud in the UK, discussions in the media could be counterproductive and actively encouraging criminals to target the food…

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Hugh Grant is wrong. Hacked Off didn’t save the press from police spying – UK editors led the way

From the Guardian

Hugh Grant has always had a weakness for hyperbole, but his claim that Hacked Off saved the press from police spying while editors did nothing is jaw-dropping (The hypocrisy of newspaper bosses and Tory ministers, 23 February). If he actually read the newspapers he’s so ready to criticise, he would know the review of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) by the…

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Visiting professor gives lecture on Charlie Hebdo attacks

by Anna Higgins

The French department hosted a discussion Friday on the recent terrorist attacks in France featuring visiting lecturer Vincent Michelot. Titled “Je Suis Charlie: A Rorschach Test of the Republican Compact,” the talk attracted roughly 55 attendees and focused on the Charlie Hebdo attacks, its causes and implications.

Michelot currently serves as the Director of Sciences Po Lyon, a…

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Why journalists are struggling to cover Libya

By Jared Malsin

The crisis in Libya seized world media attention again this month after self-declared Islamic State militants released a video showing the execution of 21 hostages, including at least 20 Coptic Egyptians.

Airstrikes in Libya by Egyptian, Libyan, and United Arab Emirates jets, as well as dire pronouncements by European officials added to a heightening sense of crisis. The…

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Employment Rates Are Improving For Everyone But Journalism Majors

By Catherine Taibi

We’re back with your daily dose of depressing journalism news: unemployment rates are dropping for nearly all college majors, with the notable exception of journalism students.

A new study from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce looked at the unemployment rate for recent college graduates and recent graduate degree holders across all areas of study…

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Egyptians poke fun with new ISIS hashtag

From Al Arabiya News

A new hashtag #I_will_join_ISIS has been trending in Egypt for the past few days, dividing the population between supporters of the extremist group and their opponents.

It is not clear who started the hashtag but some Egyptians used the social media platform to make fun of the group. Al Arabiya News

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Egypt postpones retrial of 2 Al-Jazeera English journalists to March 8 after brief hearing

By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — The retrial of two Al-Jazeera English journalists who face terror-related charges in a case widely criticized by human rights organizations and media groups has been postponed to March 8.

The decision Monday comes after a brief hearing for acting bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed. They were freed earlier this month to…

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Roman Polanski's lawyer wants media barred from Polish courtroom

Roman Polanski’s lawyer wants media barred from Polish courtroom

Originally from The Guardian

A lawyer representing the film director Roman Polanski wants the media to be barred from a Polish courtroom on Wednesday (25 February) when it considers a US extradition request over his 1977 conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Polanski, who is in Poland preparing to make a movie about Alfred Dreyfus, will attend the hearing in Krakow, where he lived as…

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Kashmiri journalists explain why Mufti, Omar speak through Indian media

By Wasim Khalid

Srinagar: We rarely get to see Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in a T-shirt and pajamas. The opportunity to see him in this attire was provided by journalists Barkha Dutt and Sagarika Ghose, who recently posted on their Facebook walls their pictures with the PDP patron after interviewing him at his residence, probably at breakfast, on alliance formation with BJP.

The pictures showing him…

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Waiting for the Conservative Jon Stewart

By Oliver Morrison

Soon after Jon Stewart arrived at The Daily Show in 1999, the world around him began to change. First, George W. Bush moved into the White House. Then came 9/11, and YouTube, and the advent of viral videos. Over the years, Stewart and his cohort mastered the very difficult task of sorting through all the news quickly and turning it around into biting, relevant satire that…

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Who appears on Sunday TV talk shows? White guys in ties

From Seattle Pi America is becoming a more diverse country, but you would never guess it from the lineup of guests on TV networks’ major Sunday morning talk shows.

An annual Media Matters for America survey shows guests and panelists are overwhelmingly male and Caucasian, e.g. white guys in ties.

They’re also familiar. The current list of champion guests includes Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and…

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