Escalating violence towards journalists in Haiti
On October 10, radio journalist Néhémie Joseph was found dead in his car in the Mirebalais area, the sixth killing of a journalist in Haiti in 19 years.
PSM Weekly | 16 October – 22 October 2019
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
Insight | The struggle for media pluralism
In this op-ed, RNZ CEO Paul Thompson highlights the struggle for pluralism in New Zealand and the need for strong independent public media.
NBC defends editorial independence following SWAPO complaint
Namibian public broadcaster defends editorial independence and restores radio services amidst financial crisis.
PSM Weekly | 9 October – 15 October 2019
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
Poland’s election without public media
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party has been voted in for a second term this week. Yet despite Poland being a representative democracy, the party’s strategy to “repolonise” and control the media is deeply undemocratic.
SBS delivers new mobile-first website in 68 languages
Australia and the world's "most linguistically diverse public broadcaster", SBS, has launched an innovative new mobile-first website to improve accessibility and engagement with in-language content.
Journalists targeted amid Hong Kong protests
Violence escalates and journalist safety declines in Hong Kong as protests enter their fifth month.
Uncertainty continues for RTVE
Ongoing disagreement over working hours and wages, a long-awaited public tender and centralisation concerns continue to burden Spain’s national public broadcaster.
UPDATE | Financial crisis at NBC
Following the announcement from the NBC’s board that austerity measures are underway, which includes a possible retrenchment of some of the public broacaster’s workforce, employees took to staging a demonstration in association with the Namibia Public Workers’ Union (NAPWU) in protest against such plans.