Justice of Minority?

"Most comments on my blog indicate that so far there's no public demand for enhancement of rights of Journalism Ethics Charter" - said journalist Ia Antadze during the recent general meeting of journalists who had signed the Charter.

ღირსების საკითხი

რამდენიმე დღეში, საქართველოს ჟურნალისტთა ეთიკის ქარტია საერთო კრებაზე ქარტიის წესდებაში ცვლილებების შეტანის საკითხს განიხილავს. პროექტის მიხედვით, მედია საშუალებამ, რომლის რედატორიც საქართველოს ჟურნალისუტური ეთიკის ქარტიის ხელმომწერია, ქარტიის საბჭოს გადაწყვეტილების გამოქვეყნების ვალდებულება უნდა აიღოს. გარდა ამისა, ქარტიის საბჭო მიიღებს საჩივრებს იმ ჟურნალისტებთან დაკავშირებით, რომლებიც არ არიან საქართველოს ჟურნალისტური ეთიკის ქარტიის ხელმომწერები.

Different 2010

New-York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recently published its annual report. According to the document, 44 journalists were killed in the world in 2010. The deadliest place for journalists was Pakistan where 8 journalists died. According to the report, 90% of all murder cases remain unresolved. The only solace is that the number of journalists killed on duty decreased in comparison with the previous year. In 2009 world lost 72 journalists.

Russia between the Lines

Moscow has been fretting for the last two weeks. Demonstrations follow demonstrations, people are killed (murder of a Spartak fan was followed by another victim - on December 11 a group of 5 young men killed a Kyrgyz citizen), beaten and the Russian police and Special Forces show their force. Moscow is a big city, Russia is even bigger and most of the people living in that country (overwhelming majority) receive information about what's happening from the media outlets.

Almost No Comment

I'll start straight away:

This morning I visited Oleg Kashin in the hospital. He had undergone another routine operation, surgically restoring, in the literal and figurative sense of the term, the face of Russian journalism.

In Prime Time

A rumor is the best way for spreading desirable pieces of information. There are rumors that for the sake of respectability are called stories. Technology of a refined rumor or story, which can cause discussions and may claim to become a fact, is one thing and technology of a simple rumor, which is mainly used for wagging and nonsensical conversations, is another.

Pose

"We need no pose, we have got a position - to serve people," a message by PR department of the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia provided in a special brochure Recommendations for PR Specialists prepared in 2005 and distributed to PR and press services and PR representatives.

Journalist's Bread

Georgian journalism is actually left without bread. Notwithstanding government's laud statements on the enhancement of media transparency the main - access to information - is still a problem to the journalists. Incumbent Georgian governors appear to be loving the press of the yellow color only.

Mobile Media

Just 50 years ago a computer took a whole room space. Now it is hand-carried, and the ones using smart phones actually carry computers in their pockets. Technologies develop in the fastest way, the speed of life changes setting special requirements to everything and especially the means of communication, including media, the most mass mean of communication.

Public Journalism