National Press Club President Mike Balsamo has issued the following statement after reports that large numbers of Voice of America journalists have been placed on indefinite leave, just a day after the White House ordered a significant downsizing to VOA’s parent agency, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM): “The mass sidelining of Voice ofContinue reading “National Press Club Statement on Voice of America”
Tag Archives: independent journalism
Gossip and fake news, opposite fact checking and facts presenting
Several years ago Marcus Ampe launched “Our World” on Blogspot, to present and discuss matters concerning the planet we live on. The Blogspot site now became transferred to here at WordPress (under a new title), but the intentions did not change. At “Some View on the world” we want to present civic as well asContinue reading “Gossip and fake news, opposite fact checking and facts presenting”
Safeguarding freedom of expression
Each individual has their own potential to think about matters and to express himself or herself to make sure that everywhere everybody shall be able to receive all human rights. The Norwegian Nobel Committee described Filipino American journalist Maria Ressa and Russian editor Dmitry Muratov as “representatives of all journalists who stand up for thisContinue reading “Safeguarding freedom of expression”
Some View on the World 