@acmediaworkers

The ACM is a professional organisation of representative media associations and individual media workers of the Caribbean.

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This is a reminder that applications for the Caribbean Media Literacy Bootcamp will soon close on 24 May (Midnight). To apply, please visit bit.ly/medialiteracybootcamp The project is implemented by @PublicMediaPMA, MIC, @acmediaworkers and supported by @CaribbeanUnesco
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Brant Houston @branthouston delivering the Feature Address as MIC kicks off our Caribbean Media Summit 2024 in Kingston, Jamaica.
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#Jamaica 🇯🇲: RSF condemns multiple threats against journalists, including a threat of rape, outside the headquarters of the People's National Party (PNP) in Kingston. Jamaica has fallen 20 spots on RSF's World Press Freedom Index released last week. rsf.org/en/country/jamaica

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Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international...

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Replying to @PressAssnJa
@PressAssnJa strongly condemns last night’s attack on journalists at the PNP HQ.
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Likewise, @RELE_CIDH recalls that States have the obligation to generate the necessary conditions and create a protected environment for the exercise of #FreedomExpression, so that a broad, plural, and open deliberation on public affairs can take place.
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In the spirit of this commitment, @RELE_CIDH calls on the authorities to investigate these reports and reminds that stigmatizing statements can create or accentuate an atmosphere of hostility, intolerance, or animosity by different sectors of the population against the press.
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#Guyana🇬🇾 RELE received information from Nazima Raghubir, President of the Guyana Press Association, and Davina Bagot, journalist of Kaieteur News, about a series of harassment and intimidation against them, which they attribute to government actors and their supporters.
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May 3rd was World Press Freedom so I went on @CNC3TV's The Morning Brew with @acmediaworkers President @HarveyPanka to talk about what that means for Caribbean journalists. youtu.be/JFDa0pHFuGE via @YouTube
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Happy World Press Freedom Day! Today we commemorate the 30th Anniversary of #WorldPressFreedomDay under the banner of Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression as a driver for all other human rights.
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#Guyana 🇬🇾 | Junto con @IFEXALC y @ACMediaworkers nos solidarizamos con las periodistas que han sufrido acoso en línea por su trabajo en #Guyana. Exhortamos a su gobierno a promover un ambiente seguro para el trabajo de los medios: ifex.org/es/organizaciones-e…
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#Guyana: Facebook page associated with gov attacks journalists @nazrag and #DavinaBagot. "This sends people into self-censorship. She doesn’t want to cover the stories anymore," Nazima Raghubir, President of the Guyana Press Association, tells #CFWIJ
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Happy to have been a part of this, even as the lone #Caribbean participant
EU-LAC Foundation
@eulacfoundation24 Mar 2023
The II EU-LAC Forum of #Journalists concluded with a debate on proposals for bi-regional #cooperation, ahead of the upcoming #EU-#CELAC Summit. We thank the participants in the event, panellists, and moderators for their contributions.
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Registration for our Investigative Journalism Fellowship is officially closed. Thank you to everyone who signed up!
Media Institute of the Caribbean@micinvestigates24 Feb 2023
We present our signature programme, Investigative Journalism Fellowship 2023 @ICFJ @usaidescarib Topics include Documentary Making, Storyboarding, Data Journalism, Digital Security and so much more. Apply now at bit.ly/investigativejournali…
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New executive committee now leads @acmediaworkers ACM headed by Harvey Panka of Suriname. I declined a nomination to be a part of its executive committee for the first time since 2001. Best wishes to the comrades.
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"The rising cost of producing news in the context of microeconomies is incapable of matching algorithmically curated free news and information on social media platforms." @wgibbings @CJR cjr.org/special_report/disru… 5/6
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We present our signature programme, Investigative Journalism Fellowship 2023 @ICFJ @usaidescarib Topics include Documentary Making, Storyboarding, Data Journalism, Digital Security and so much more. Apply now at bit.ly/investigativejournali…
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A brief note to an ever growing list of #Caribbean #politicians: There is a huge qualitative difference between being available for interviews with selected journalists, and the hosting of formal media conferences open to all. @acmediaworkers is keeping tabs.
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Like any good building, knowledge societies need to be built on solid foundations: on facts, not fantasy. Launching the Action Plan on Media & Information Literacy & Disinformation in the Caribbean. @PublicMediaPMA @micinvestigates @acmediaworkers @CaribbeanUnesco #IPDC
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ACM retweeted
IFEX@IFEX21 Sep 2022
Good news - when the media and civil society work together, they create a better information climate - and a healthier civic space - for us all. ifex.org/news-thats-fit-to-p… #ProtectCivicSpace #DefendJournalism
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ACM retweeted
IFEX@IFEX21 Sep 2022
Bad news - information pollution is at an all-time-high, and the challenges to information integrity have never been more complex. #StopDisinformation #ProtectCivicSpace ow.ly/YOsa50KP0pE
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