Defending journalism and the foundations of democracy

Even as journalists look forward to the benefits that technology will surely bring to digital democracy and journalism, they need to also reflect on the approaching ‘shadows’. These shadows are cast by three fundamental crises that threaten the free and independent practice of journalism and the ve...

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Publicado: Asia Pacific Network 2007
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f0855e5f3ed14f7580780edc30f55efa2021-12-02T10:15:25ZDefending journalism and the foundations of democracy10.24135/pjr.v13i2.9001023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/f0855e5f3ed14f7580780edc30f55efa2007-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/900https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Even as journalists look forward to the benefits that technology will surely bring to digital democracy and journalism, they need to also reflect on the approaching ‘shadows’. These shadows are cast by three fundamental crises that threaten the free and independent practice of journalism and the very craft of journalism itself. These intertwined crises are: a crisis of press freedom, a crisis of safety and a crisis confronting the way journalists work. These crises are putting pressure on all journalists. But journalists and media workers are fighting back. The two commentaries over the next few pages outline some of these issues from the broad issue of media freedom in the Asia-Pacific region to women’s ‘suitcase’ broadcasting in the Pacific. Chris WarrenAsia Pacific Networkarticledigital democracymedia freedommedia safetymedia unionsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 13, Iss 2 (2007)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic digital democracy
media freedom
media safety
media unions
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle digital democracy
media freedom
media safety
media unions
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Chris Warren
Defending journalism and the foundations of democracy
description Even as journalists look forward to the benefits that technology will surely bring to digital democracy and journalism, they need to also reflect on the approaching ‘shadows’. These shadows are cast by three fundamental crises that threaten the free and independent practice of journalism and the very craft of journalism itself. These intertwined crises are: a crisis of press freedom, a crisis of safety and a crisis confronting the way journalists work. These crises are putting pressure on all journalists. But journalists and media workers are fighting back. The two commentaries over the next few pages outline some of these issues from the broad issue of media freedom in the Asia-Pacific region to women’s ‘suitcase’ broadcasting in the Pacific.
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