Arab & American Journalists: A Comparison
HuffingtonPost
05 Maggio 2008
The year's Arab Broadcast Forum in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, will bring together a few hundred electronic and print journalists from across the Arab region. They will engage each other in a series of discussions in the round, covering a range of topics of critical concern. This year's sessions will explore threats to press freedom, evaluations of coverage of major crises, and a self-critical examination of their craft. The participants will benefit, but so, too, will the wider public, since the proceedings will be aired on the sponsoring networks.
I have been fortunate to have been a participant in past Arab Broadcast Forums, and other similar gatherings in the Arab world, and continue to be impressed by the quality of the conversation and the sharpness of the self-criticism. What comes through quite clearly is the concern that Arab journalists have …
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