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Media Azi: How Do we Cover Elections not Turning into Politicians’ PR Tools?

15 January 2019
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We are just a few weeks away from the February parliamentary elections. What can media do to better inform the citizens about the candidates’ election programs, while not turning into the politicians’ ‘trumpet’? The topic is discussed in the Media Azi Talk Show by journalist Nicolae Negru and his guest, Viorica Zaharia, Chairperson of the Press Council.

So, how should journalists prepare for the election campaign? Should they obligatorily examine the programs of all candidates? Must they know the electoral legislation? And how should they write about the surveys on candidates’ chances that are made in the middle of election race? Find out about all of this at the Media Azi Show.

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The show can be viewed on www.moldova-azi.md, www.media-azi.md and www.mediacritica.md portals and on the IJC’s Youtube channel.
Media Azi show is produced under the MEDIA-M project, implemented by Internews with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The content of this edition is the responsibility of the Independent Journalism Center and does not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or of the US Government.