UN confirms investigation into the threats faced by BBC News Persian journalists & families
The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran has today confirmed that its investigation will include the targeting of journalists.
What the BBC is doing to meet the needs of audiences
What the BBC is doing to meet the needs of audiences: BBC Verify, BBC Radio's revamp on spoken audio production and Help with TV Licence.
PSM Weekly | 4 – 9 May 2023
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
BBC World Service launches emergency radio service for Sudan
The programme, which will be broadcast live in London with input from teams in Amman and Cairo, will air on short wave in Sudan and be available on radio, online and across social media
Twitter ditches labels but concerns remain
Twitter removed labels for both independent and state-controlled public broadcasters, raising further concern about disinformation.
Le Groupe de travail mondial pour les médias publics s’oppose à l’étiquetage par Twitter des diffuseurs publics australien, canadien, néo-zélandais et sud-coréen
ABC, CBC/Radio-Canada, KBS et RNZ ont tous été désignés « médias financés par le gouvernement »
GTF objects to Twitter’s public media labels
The Global Task Force objects to ABC, CBC/Radio-Canada, KBS and RNZ being designated by Twitter as “Government-funded Media”.
Twitter is damaging trust in PSM
The application of inaccurate and misleading labels to independent public media by Twitter has the potential to damage public trust in these organisations.
“Government-funded Media” Twitter label must be removed
PMA calls for Twitter to reverse its decision to label the BBC, PBS, and other independent public service media as "Government Funded Media".
BBC World Service launches “Dars”
Dars is the first multi-platform education series for Afghan children barred from school, available via the BBC News Afghanistan channel.