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Рy04 May 2017
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Without being free, the press cannot fulfill its role of informing and of being the watchdog of society. But what is freedom of the press? How can we tell whether the media is free or not free? In the context of the World Press Freedom Day, journalist Nicolae Negru as moderator and his guest Corina Cepoi, Chief of Party Internews, discussed the state of the media in Moldova in comparison with other countries and tried to answer the question: Whither does the Moldovan press go?
Corina Cepoi, media expert who has recently returned from Kyrgyzstan, where she coordinated a project to strengthen independent media, presents several fundamental criteria, according to which a country's press can be qualified free. In the show you can see what these criteria are and why our press has been only partly free for years.
According to the guest, the situation of the media in Moldova is better than in Kyrgyzstan. However, we still have much to do in order for it to establish itself as a true fourth power.
The show's participants examined several aspects which we still have to work on in order to have free press. They include the concentration of the media, which results in lack of thematic diversity and editorial policies that the media owners interfere with; poor economic conditions; partly free public television, guided by a Supervisory Board that is often politically influenced; self-censorship of journalists; lack of journalistic solidarity; etc.
Corina Cepoi, media expert who has recently returned from Kyrgyzstan, where she coordinated a project to strengthen independent media, presents several fundamental criteria, according to which a country's press can be qualified free. In the show you can see what these criteria are and why our press has been only partly free for years.
According to the guest, the situation of the media in Moldova is better than in Kyrgyzstan. However, we still have much to do in order for it to establish itself as a true fourth power.
The show's participants examined several aspects which we still have to work on in order to have free press. They include the concentration of the media, which results in lack of thematic diversity and editorial policies that the media owners interfere with; poor economic conditions; partly free public television, guided by a Supervisory Board that is often politically influenced; self-censorship of journalists; lack of journalistic solidarity; etc.
“Media Azi” broadcast is weekly produced by the Independent Journalism Center. It is intended to disclose the problems faced at present by the journalists of the domestic media and to identify solutions to hem. The broadcast may be viewed on the websites www.moldova-azi.md, Media Azi and Mediacritica, as well as on the Youtube channel of the Independent Journalism Center.
The broadcast was produced with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, provided by the means of the Embassy of Sweden in Chisinau.
