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#26: International Journalism Festival, Perugia 1-5 April 2009

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• Going glocal.

  Thursday 02. of April 2009

  Global issues on a local level. That is one of the aspects debated at the Perugia International Journalism Festival 2009 that orangelog.eu covers between 1 and 5 April. It is also the characteristic of this event: in the heart of...

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• The Perugia case. How the media exploits crime stories

  Thursday 02. of April 2009

  A diary on MySpace, YouTube and sprawling coverage on the morbidity of a crime in all leading Italian and international media: the Perugia case has kept the public in suspense. One of the opening panels of the 2009 Perugia...

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• Media under control of the “Eco-Mafia”?

  Thursday 02. of April 2009

  Environment is the first victim of the interplay between business, political power, and journalism. Citizens’ rights are being tore apart. This is the sad conclusion journalists have drawn from the panel session on environmental...

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• Network journalism: Dinner with your readers?

  Thursday 02. of April 2009

  You have to face it: It is not enough to be educated, to speak and to ask good questions. You need to have many different skills to be part of the media society of the 21st century. The news race is huge. So collect a team of...

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• Blogs, the "Daily Me". Sergio Romano about new and old journalism

  Thursday 02. of April 2009

  What an impressive scenery! Sergio Romano, one of Italy's intellectuals of the present, author, historian, journalist, making his points on "Journalism: Powers and Responsibilities". Where? At the Teatro Pavona, a prestigious...

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• Sights and sounds of the Balkans. And knowledge?

  Thursday 02. of April 2009

  The focus has changed: While media in the 1990s reported all across the world about the cruel conflicts on the Balkans, the coverage about our neighboring region is today relatively rare. And public debates on the Balkans? They...

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• Voices for the voiceless

  Friday 03. of April 2009

  The mythic figure of war journalists faces sometimes a stark reality: tell the truth and you will be killed. Let’s listen to stories from the Thursday’s panel named “Condemned to exile or death: the courage to tell the truth”....

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• The Colombian “Saviano” and other journalists threatened in Latin America. Sad news on freedom of press

  Friday 03. of April 2009

  In many countries across Latin America, press freedom is more a utopia than a practical reality. Testimonies of courageous journalists presented at the International Journalism Festival. Sad news about threats, secrets and...

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• Hungry watchdog

  Friday 03. of April 2009

  Are newspapers like a whisky after lunch: irreplaceable? Is there any future for traditional, printed media? Something that was unthinkable few years ago is slowly becoming a fact. The number of copies of printed newspapers is...

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• Leave the newsroom. And network!

  Saturday 04. of April 2009

  Is collaboration between professional and unprofessional writers possible? It has to be, if we don’t want the death of journalism. The task of the journalist is to moderate the storm of opinions, facilitate the process of media...

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• La Repubblica and El Pais: Editors of two newspaper giants on the path of the public opinion

  Saturday 04. of April 2009

  The Teatro Pavone was crowded with people listening to Ezio Mauro and Javier Moreno, the editors in chief of two leading newspapers in Italy and Spain: La Repubblica and El Pais. Their question: Do newspapers still have the power...

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• Beaten off the track. Kids in Philippine jails

  Saturday 04. of April 2009

  The exhibition “Kids behind the bars”, presented as part of the International Journalism Festival shows pictures of children in prisons in the Philippines. Piotr Marciniak had a look.

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• Again a turnout under 50 percent at the European Elections? EU Parliament President Pöttering: "We must reverse this tendency!"

  Saturday 04. of April 2009

  High time for strengthening democracy in the European Union! European elections in June 2009 are the chance for everyone of us as EU citizens to shape the Union's future. But the signs are not so hopeful so far: Less than 50...

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• Hired and fired? Challenges for young journalists across Europe

  Saturday 04. of April 2009

  Different languages, different paths, different stories following a common goal: To become a journalist is a dream for many young Europeans. The way to make this dream come true is often a long and tough one. Youth Press Italia...

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• Seymour Hersh: The will to change the world reloaded

  Monday 06. of April 2009

  Seymour Hersh, the American investigative journalist and winner of a Pulitzer prize, rebuilt a part of the of young journalism students’ lost enthusiasm during his one hour keynote speech at the International Journalism Festival...

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• The adventure of post journalism

  Tuesday 07. of April 2009

  The main role of journalism has always been presenting, transferring, analyzing news to the public. To define the background, translate the subject from a specific language into an understandable one. “Journalism used to be a...

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• “I could not sleep. I was dreaming of these children in jail.” The story of two photo reporters

  Tuesday 07. of April 2009

  Is there a specific female view in photojournalism? Hazel Thompson and Axelle de Russé, two photographers from England and France, tried to find an answer on Saturday at the Perugia International Journalism Festival.

  By Céline...

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• Radio: the intimate medium

  Tuesday 07. of April 2009

  It gives information from one to one, from the mouth to the ear, for a busy employee at the bus stop, for the nervous taxi driver, for the cooking housewife, for the tired university student: radio!

  By Zsuzsa Szabó

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