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Editor Is Fired After Criticizing Chinese Registration System
Sharon Lafranikere & Jonathan Ansfield
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/world/asia/10china.html?ref=media
March 10, 2010
(NYT) A top editor of a weekly newspaper who recently called for the reform of China’s onerous household registration system, which restricts where people can live, has been forced out of his job in a fresh warning that journalists who boldly challenge government policy face retribution. [..]
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Youth video competition seeks entries on migration and diversity
http://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/youth_video_competition_seeks_entries_on_migration_and_diversity
March 10, 2010
(Ijnet) Young people up to age 25 from around the world are encouraged to enter the PLURAL+ video festival online. This year's theme surrounds migration, identity, human rights, and diversity. Deadline: June 30. Winning videos will be selected in three seperate age categories (9 to 12 years old, 13 to 17 and 18 to 25). [..]
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Rahm, Off the Record
Source: http://www.cjr.org/news_meeting/rahm_off_the_record.php
March 10, 2010
(CJR) How much should you talk to someone off-record if they refuse to go on? Source: http://www.cjr.org/news_meeting/rahm_off_the_record.php
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Nat'l Enquirer's practice of paying for interviews raises questions about its Pulitzer bid
Joseph Vavrus
http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/?q=en/node/6641
March 10, 2010
(Knight Centre) The National Enquirer, long regarded as a gossipy supermarket tabloid, is under consideration for a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of former Sen. and presidential candidate John Edwards' infidelity, but some observers are concerned about the nomination of a paper that admits to paying its sources, The New York Times reports. [..]
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The Counter-Plagiarism Handbook
Craig Silverman
http://www.cjr.org/regret_the_error/the_counterplagiarism_handbook.php
March 09, 2010
(CJR) Tips for writers and editors on how to avoid or detect journalistic plagiarism
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Journal calls for papers about ‘military immigration’
http://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/journal_calls_for_papers_about_%E2%80%98military_immigration%E2%80%99
March 09, 2010
(Ijnet) The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies invites writers to submit works about the integration of Russian recruits and military into other contemporary foreign armies. Deadline: July 15. [..]
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Sri Lanka: Petition against State media coverage
S.S. Selvanayagam (The Hoot)
http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?storyid=4385&mod=1&pg=1§ionId=6&valid=true
March 09, 2010
(AJR) American newspapers, often squeamish when it comes to running disturbing images, overcame their inhibitions after the Haitian earthquake. Journalists say powerful, graphic photographs made clear the depth of the tragedy and fostered support for rebuilding the devastated island nation. [..]
ARTICLE 19 welcomes the recent bold move by the Uganda Parliament to pass the Whistleblowers Bill, a critical milestone in the country’s efforts to stem corruption and embrace transparency and accountability. [..]