Monday, December 31, 2007
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
Europe - International News - New York Times
Doesn't the Mediterranean deserve its own category on a page like this?
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Greek strike to cripple flights, services Dec. 12 | Reuters
Greece joins Italy and France with strikes shutting down public services for at least a day in recent weeks. What other Mediterranean countries are experiencing the same?
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Europeans Reveal Growing Affinity for Internet | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 04.12.2007
It would be nice to see the Mediterranean European countries broken out of this and some estimate made of the non-European countries in the basin.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
Nice : sommet France-Italie avec Sarkozy et Prodi - France 3 Méditerranée : actualités de la région Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur - France 3
Note that part of the discussion involved the Mediterranean Union.
MEMRI Arab Literature: Book Against Corruption Released in Jordan
Both Morocco and Jordan are covered in this book.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Citizen journalism on its way out? - sfnblog
I sure hope the media of the Mediterranean handle this fad better than it has been handled in most other places.
Raising awareness on local environmental issues through TV documentaries: UNESCO-CI
One of the programs we want to organize for the Mediterranean Media Center will focus on the media and the environment of the basin.
First Conference of the World Association of Community Broadcasters for Africa
"Community" radio is an important slice of today's media pie. It will be interesting to see what emerged at this conference dealing with the Mediterranean.
Sub-regional workshop for journalists from Maghreb: UNESCO-CI
This is one of the first journalism-oriented programs I have seen in Libya.
Debating at UNESCO: can mass media help successful integration?: UNESCO-CI
With all of the migration issues confronting the Mediterranean region, it is too bad that more countries of the region were not represented at this meeting.
"UNESCO provides safety training to Palestinian media professionals" - UNESCO
Reporters everywhere - including all around the Mediterranean basin - need to spend more time than ever learning how to protect themselves in the routine course of doing their work.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
AFP buys part of citizen journalism site - sfnblog
Have any other media organizations in the region bought into "citizen" sites?
EU: New free trade zone to be created for Southern Mediterranean countries by 2010
How will this affect the region's media?
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
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Saturday, November 03, 2007
"Web use expands in Western Europe" - FIPP
Note especially the numbers for France, Italy and Spain in the Mediterranean.
Friday, November 02, 2007
"New TV channels" - The Times & The Sunday Times, Malta
This story from Malta is likely only one of many that could be written today about changes occurring all over the Mediterranean basin relating to the media available, or not available, to people in all countries.
"Morocco: Objections to a Royal Visit" - New York Times
Territorial disputes in the Mediterranean would make a great subject for a Mediterranean Media Center conference. There are many of them!
Thursday, November 01, 2007
"The Times wins four journalism awards" - The Times & The Sunday Times, Malta
It's good to see awards like this made around the Mediterranean......
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
"Classroom of the Future Is Virtually Anywhere" - New York Times
Would this apply to future classes relating to the media of the Mediterranean? And, why not, classes offered BY the media of the Mediterranean? Witness what the Washington Post Co. has done with its Kaplan education subsidiary, earning more money for the company than does the Washington Post newspaper.
"Spain to demolish illegal coastal homes" - Reuters
Are other Mediterranean countries doing the same thing?
"EU Agenda: Euro-Mediterranean Partnership meeting" - EUX.tv
The Mediterranean Union idea makes a lot more sense.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
"Head of Egypt opposition party, 2 journalists sentenced to jail" - European Journalism Centre
There is no longer a place in a cvilized free society for criminal libel.
Monday, October 29, 2007
"Sarkozy Touts 'Mediterranean Union' Plan" - Business Week
The Mediterranean Union plan seems to be gaining momentum.
"Greece to host 2013 Mediterranean Games"
This event offers up huge oppportunities for the media of the region to work together.
"Whale sanctuary is threatened by gas terminal plan" - Independent
Issues like this could benefit from an airing in the media of the whole Mediterranean. Those whales can swim almost anywhere if they choose to do so.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Dessins pour la Paix
There is a great opoortunity to do much more of this sort of thing through the MMC.
Friday, October 26, 2007
"La Méditerranée de l’intelligence" - MEDINNOV
This is an important conference, another of those demonstrating how much there is to be gained from uniting all of the pieces of the Mediterranean basin.
"Journalist Sentenced to Jail" - Arab Reform Bulletin
A Moroccan reporter goes to jail with seven month sentence.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
"Israel Broadcasting Authority urged to improve Arabic programming" - European Journalism Centre
This is a challenge faced by media everywhere, but it is more contentious in some places. Around the Mediterranean almost every country can divide up its population into a number of different groups. Serving as many of them as possible is good policy and for those for whom it makes a difference, goo business.
"Proposed blogging law outrages Italian netizens" - European Journalism Centre
My first reaction to this is to wonder why anyone should have to go through a registration process.
"E.U. report to criticize Turkey" - New York Times
Note the reference to the need for Turkey to improve is freedom of expression protections.
"EU Tries to Establish Mediterranean Free Trade Zone, Meets Fierce Opposition" - Associated Content
Such an important subject demands analysis from the perspective of each country around the Mediterranean basin. The media of each ought to be the ones to give this an independent review.
"Neutrino detector reveals deep ocean life - deep-sea" - New Scientist Environment
What an interesting project! It ought to be of great interest to people all around the Mediterranean and, above all, to all of the region's media.
"Sarkozy's proposal for Mediterranean Union leaves questions unanswered" - International Herald Tribune
This all looks like a very sound approach and a great opportunity for the media to use this initiative as a way to get themselves together for mutual benefit in the Mediterranean Media Center.
"Coast Day - the new coastal initiative"
This looks to be a very good initiative about which we have so far heard very little. What a great opportunity it presents for media cooperation. It is strange, though, not to find either France or Spain on this list, especially with the SARKOZY initiative for a Mediterranean Union....see next post.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
"Ankara interdit la diffusion de programmes "négatifs" sur une attaque du PKK" - TV5.org
It's hard to imagine how this action can be defended in a country that says it values freedom of expression. What could be more important today in Turkey than two things - the PKK challenge and the need for people to be fully informed about all events relating to the PKK?
"French president, in Morocco, champions his bid for a Mediterranean union" - International Herald Tribune
President SARKOZY gives every indicaiton of being very serious about advancing this proposal to bring the Mediterranean together in a Mediterranean Union.
"Mr Speaker meets Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean secretary general" - The Malta Independent
Another advancing Mediterrranean institution.
"Le procès du journaliste égyptien Ibrahim Eissa s'ouvre au Caire" - Le Monde
The Mediterranean Media Center intends to follow this and other legal cases in the region affecting journalists and the media. What happens in Egypt - as would be the case in any other Mediterranean country - is important for all the rest. Media freedom restricted or advance in on country affects those rights, at least by example, in all the others.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
"Appel solennel de Nicolas Sarkozy à l'"Union de la Méditerranée"" - Le Monde
The concept of bringing the Mediterranean together continues to push forward.
Monday, October 22, 2007
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
Saturday, September 08, 2007
NPR : Western Influences Disrupt Mediterranean Diet
There is a lot more that the media of the Mediterranean could do to follow this and related stories for the people of the region and for the rest of us.
Saturday, September 01, 2007
NPR : Libya's Revolution Anniversary Marked by Reform
There's a mention here of new non-government newspapers in Libya, launchd this summer. No further details.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
NPR : Parched Spanish Coast Taps Sea Water for Development
Wouldn't it be valuable to organize a Mediterranean conference on the media and coastal development? It would be an opportunity to hear from experts on all sides, from government, from non-governmental organizations, scientists, business people, etc. and a chance for reporters and those running media organizations to gain a better understanding of this important Mediterranean issue.
Friday, August 03, 2007
Friday, January 19, 2007
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