Membuka dialog antara komunitas pers, masyarakat dan pemerintah adalah salah satu upaya membangun harmoni. Upaya ini tidak mudah, khususnya dalam situasi psiko-sosial masyarakat Indonesia yang masih diselimuti suasana saling tidak percaya (distrust). Pemerintah dan masyarakat tidak percaya pada kebebasan pers, di sisi lain praktek kebebasan pers juga belum sepenuhnya mampu menjawab tuntutan mas…
“Pers tabloid yang membanjiri kita dengan rasa ngeri hanyalah harga yang sangat kecil yang kita bayarkan untuk mendapatkan hadiah kebebasan yang sangat berharga.” (The horrors with which we are flooded from the tabloid press are just a very small price that we pay for thr great gift of freedom).(see full in book...)
If ever there was an opportunity to strengthen public service broadcasting (PSB) in truest fidelity to its mandate, and particulary with the advantages of tecjnological advances world-wide, it is today. And if ever were more obstacles and impediments to this task, it is also today...(see full in book...)
Why a practical guide for journalists investigating infrigements of press freedom? With the support of UNESCO, Reporters San Frontiéres organised four regional meetings for journalists in 1995 and 1996: in Bishkek (central asia), Cotonou (west Africa), Johannesburg (southern Africa) and Nairobi (central and east Africa). During these meetings, wich focused on professional standars and ethics, …