YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 24-30, 2008
HIGHLIGHTS:
"PRESS CLUB" AND "PRESS CLUB+": HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER INSTITUTION AND
COVERAGE OF ELECTIONS TO THE LOCAL SELF-ADMINISTRATION BODIES
THE SESSION OF THE MEDIA ETHICS OBSERVATORY HELD
LIFE IN THE PHOTOCAMERA LENS OF A JOURNALIST AND AN AMATEUR
AWARDEES OF BIODIVERSITY REPORTING COMPETITION FOR THE CAUCASUS REGION
"PRESS CLUB" AND "PRESS CLUB+": HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER INSTITUTION AND
COVERAGE OF ELECTIONS TO THE LOCAL SELF-ADMINISTRATION BODIES
On October 29 another show of "Press Club" cycle went on air of "Yerkir
Media" TV company. It is produced by Yerevan Press Club with support of the
Open Society Institute Human Rights and Governance Grants Program. The
guests of the "Press Club" host, the YPC President Boris Navasardian, were
RA Human Rights Defender Armen Harutiunian, Chairman of the Helsinki
Committee of Armenia Avetik Ishkhanian and RA National Assembly deputy,
member of " Dashnaktsutiun" faction Artsvik Minasian. The subject of
discussion was the institute of Human Rights Defender in Armenia.
The next program of "Press Club" cycle will be aired by "Yerkir Media" on
Wednesday, November 5, at 23.00.
On October 25 another show of "Press Club+" cycle went on air of "Yerkir
Media". It is produced by Yerevan Press Club with support of the Embassy of
Great Britain in Armenia. "Press Club+" participants, President of the
Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression Ashot Melikian, Executive
Director of "Lori" TV company Narine Avetisian and Board Chairman of
"Asparez" Journalists’ Club Levon Barseghian, discussed the issue of local
self-administration elections coverage by media. The audience composed of
representatives of NGOs and media of Lori and Shirak regions also
participated in the talk-show.
The next program of "Press Club+" cycle will be aired by "Yerkir Media" on
Saturday, November 1, at 17.40.
THE SESSION OF THE MEDIA ETHICS OBSERVATORY HELD
On October 29 the office of Yerevan Press Club hosted another session of the
Media Ethics Observatory. The mission of MEO (formed on March 10, 2007 by
the heads of Armenian media who supported the YPC self-regulation
initiative) consists in considering the complaints-appeals regarding the
violation of the Code of Conduct of Media Representatives and giving its
opinion on them (see YPC Weekly Newsletter, March 9-15, 2007). Currently the
Code of Conduct and its addendum, the Declaration on Election and Referendum
Coverage Principles, are signed by heads of 31 media. The initiative is also
supported by 8 journalistic associations.
During the session of October 29 three issues were considered. The first one
dealt with the possibilities of mediation by the MEO in cases when a
complaint is brought against a medium that has not signed the Code of
Conduct. The second issue regarded the procedure of presenting MEO expert
opinion, if a medium/journalist who is a party of a court suit applies with
a corresponding request. And finally, it was agreed upon to hold in the
nearest future another meeting of media heads that joined the
self-regulation initiative.
LIFE IN THE PHOTOCAMERA LENS OF A JOURNALIST AND AN AMATEUR
On October 27 an exhibition opened in "Moscow House" of Yerevan. The
exposition "Life in the Camera Lens" introduces works made in Armenia and
Russia by Armen Ter-Mesropian, a photo journalist, Deputy Chief Editor of
Russian magazine "Region-Center", and by Anton Fedorov, an amateur, First
Deputy to the Plenipotentiary Representative of Russia President in the
Central Federal district. Previously the exhibition was held in Moscow and
in eight regional centers of Russia. In Yerevan it will be open till October
31, 2008.
AWARDEES OF BIODIVERSITY REPORTING COMPETITION FOR THE CAUCASUS REGION
On October 27 in Yerevan the ceremony of awarding the Armenian
journalists-winners of Biodiversity Reporting Awards Competition in Caucasus
was held. This annual competition is administered by the International
Center for Journalists (ICFJ), Washington, D.C., and is open to media
representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia.
Winners-2008 were announced journalists from Armenia and Georgia. Arpi
Harutiunian, Correspondent of ArmeniaNow online publication won first prize
for the article "Conflict of Man and Beasts: Armenian wildlife in danger of
extinction". Second prize went to Karine Simonian, Correspondent of the
Armenian Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for the report "Those in
Teghut Can’t Make It! Which is more important – Environment or Jobs?" Rezo
Getiashvili, Correspondent of "Kviris Palitra" Georgian newspaper, got the
third prize for the article "The Failure of Forestry Reform – A New
Legislation Could Break Villages".
Honorable Mentions were awarded Eka Lomidze, Correspondent of "Kviris
Palitra" for the article "Borjomi Forests are Cut Severely"; Marianna
Grigorian, Correspondent of ArmeniaNow for the article "Copper Controversy
Haunts Armenian Town", published in EurasiaNet, and the President of
"Ekolur" NGO Inga Zarafian for the TV-documentary "Victims of the Black
Bull".
Award ceremony of the Georgian journalists was held in Tbilisi on October
22.
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