skip to main | skip to sidebar

The Ignorariat

Brainstorming a media literacy project and discussing media issues.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Cash for Coverage in French-speaking Africa

The cause of press freedom, vital to building democracy in Africa, is being damaged by journalists who accept payment from their sources for covering the news. AllAfrica guest columnist Faten Aggad discusses the problem.

From AllAfrica.com, found via Warren Ellis.

Posted by Jeromy Lloyd at 6:40 a.m.  

Labels: ethics, international, media perception, news as product

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

About the author

Jeromy is a writer at a national trade magazine. Here are some of the reasons he started this blog, and here are his plans for the project. Comments are always welcome.

Blog Archive

Possible topics

  • The News Process
  • Media vs. Media (e.g. Olbermann vs. O'Reilly)
  • Government-controlled Media
  • Big Blunders
  • Foreign Media Markets
  • Left vs. Right
  • Covering Politics
  • War Reporting
  • News vs. Opinion
  • Celebrity Journalism
  • "Independent" Journalism
  • "Corporate" Journalism
  • Print vs. Broadcast
  • How Journalism Is Taught
  • Fear mongering
  • Please comment in this post