Beyond the CNN Effect

By Mr. Wegard Harsvik, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, Norway

Here are some of the recommendations from the parallel session on ethical journalism.

Some of the most important challenges that journalists face are the killings, kidnapping, threats, the new antiterrorist laws and legal frameworks to control the media. Another challenge is how to face corruption in the profession and how to better use the language. Also, women journalists face special challenges in certain countries such as Bangladesh.

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, We meet again. More than one year after the cartoon controversy, almost one year after the first Global Inter-Media Dialogue in Bali, we are gathering for another dialogue on journalism, ethics, freedom of expression, and the media’s role in a globalised world.