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The publication includes commentaries, interviews, analyses and syntheses and other materials in traditional sections: “Media and the State”, “The Letter of the Law”, “Professional Ethics”, “Regional Media”, “Observer”, “Experiences”, “Reviews”, etc.
The June edition brings to the fore information about the events organized by the IJC for Press Freedom Days (May 4-8, 2015: petition “We want access to the Parliament”; “Media and citizens demand to stop corruption” campaign; “Enemies of the Press” Board of Shame in front of the Parliament). The review of the main actions conducted by media organizations is presented in the “Press Freedom” section and in the “Memo on Press Freedom in Moldova (May 3, 2014 – May 3, 2015)”.
The topics presented by the magazine cover the main issues that were in the center of IJC’s attention in the reporting period.
Since June 17, 2015 was declared as the deadline for Moldova’s transition to digital broadcasting, expert Ion Terguta made some critical comments about the implementation of this process (“Digital TV – one billion lei stake. Who are authorities keeping silence for?”).
Journalist Nicolae Negrul wrote about the credibility of a journalist (“Credibility, a personal problem”), while media expert Ion Bunduchi presented a broad examination of journalistic education in Moldova.
Issues pertaining to hate speech are investigated by media law expert Olivia Pirtac (“From Charlie Hebdo to hate speech in Moldova today”) in the “The Letter of the Law” section. In this section, journalist Gheorghe Budeanu refers to the need to adopt a legal framework that would ensure security of the information space, in the context of intensifying Russian propaganda and of the military conflict in Ukraine (“Shield and sword for the security of the local information space”).
“Investigative journalism: Who needs it? What is its use?” Alina Radu, director of Ziarul de Garda newspaper, asks these questions, believing that the changes caused by some journalistic investigations in Moldova “were more visible and more efficient than many of the activities or non-activities of investigative or judicial authorities.”
The problems of the local media are examined by Lucia Bacalu-Jardan, editor-in-chief of Expresul newspaper. “Even if we know how a newspaper should be transformed in a business, there are numerous unfavorable circumstances that hinder the materialization of all ideas and knowledge,” says the author of the commentary titled “Exhausting work for little money.”
The publication also includes an interview with Valentina Ursu, journalist of Radio Free Europe, discussing several issues related to radio journalism and independent press; critical observations of Aneta Grosu, editor-in-chief of Ziarul de Garda, about the level of democracy and press freedom in Moldova, with reference to the Freedom House Report; the problems of news websites and the rules that information portals’ managers should follow, presented by journalist and blogger Vitalie Cojocari.
The “Reviews” section, run by doctor and university lecturer Ludmila Lazar, presents a book of the Collegium.Media series, “Deontology of Public Communication”, recently published by Polirom publishing house. The work is aimed at both young journalists and communication teachers.
“Mass Media in Moldova” is a project of the IJC. It appears in electronic format in Romanian, Russian and English languages.
The electronic version of the magazine, the edition of June 2015, in Romanian, can be found HERE.
