Bonn symposium to discuss Pakistan media
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 18 January 2013
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The DW Akademie is hosting its 4th Media Symposium focusing on the Pakistan media landscape on May 29. Experts will discuss issues like journalists' safety and self-censorship.Summary
DW Akademie is organizing its 4th DW Media Symposium that will address the topic of “Pakistan Media Landscape: The Effects of Liberalization’ on May 29.
The event is being organized in collaboration with Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.
According to the DW Akademie website, at the symposium in Bonn, international media researchers, political scientists, economists, legal experts and journalists will discuss recent developments as well as future trends in Pakistan’s media landscape and will examine issues such as journalists' safety, self-censorship, sensationalism, and conflict-sensitive reporting.
It has been more than a decade since Pakistan liberalized its media sector in 2002. The media have developed rapidly since then, but journalists now face many new challenges.
Media professionals have to juggle questions of free speech and self-censorship in an environment that is considered one of the most dangerous for journalists to work in.
The organizers are now accepting proposals for papers.
Photo courtesy: DW Akademie
KEY POINTS:
- Event organized by DW Akademie and Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University.
- Experts from various fields will participate.
- Topics include media liberalization effects and journalists' challenges.
- Proposals for papers are currently being accepted.
