Western Hemisphere Analysis » media http://westernhemisphereanalysis.com in beta Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:27:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Inter-American Dialogue: Media and Governance: A Reform Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean http://westernhemisphereanalysis.com/2009/02/inter-american-dialogue-media-and-governance-a-reform-agenda-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/ http://westernhemisphereanalysis.com/2009/02/inter-american-dialogue-media-and-governance-a-reform-agenda-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:55:28 +0000 boz http://westernhemisphereanalysis.com/?p=51 Continue reading →]]> The Inter-American Dialogue released this report [PDF] on improving journalism in Latin America and reforming the government’s relationship with the media.

In January 2008, the Inter-American Dialogue organized an intensive, full-day workshop to review a set of challenges facing the media in Latin America and the Caribbean and to begin to think about ways to enable the press to be a more positive force for democracy in the region. The conference was specifically concerned with four issues: government laws and regulations regarding the media, concentration of media ownership, indirect censorship, and the nexus of media responsibility and the quality of democracy.

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