Summaries

Speakers:   Mr Doudou Diene, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia and related intolerance and Ms Agnes Callamard, Executive Director Article 19 Moderator:  Ms Shada Islam, DPA

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

Many programmes already exist which address the issues of empowering journalists to better report diversity. The workshop recommends information about these should be collected and collated for dissemination to members of the Global Inter-Media Dialogue community.

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.

Speakers: Mr Rullah Malik, Metro TV, Indonesia and Mr Ove Sjøstrøm, TV2, Norway. Moderator: Ms Retno Shanti Ruwyastuti, Metro TV, Indonesia