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Statement on Bermuda Media Council Bill (2010)
The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) is concerned that the Media Council Bill 2010, introduced for debate in the parliament of Bermuda on May 7, 2010, seeks to impose a regime of prior censorship and direct political, non-editorial control over media conduct and content.
Message of the ACM on the Occasion of
World Press Freedom Day 2010
The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) observes World Press Freedom Day 2010 confident that our message of freedom of the press as the preserve of all citizens and not of a single privileged group or sector, including the media industry, is a position on which we find common universal cause.
Indeed, this right derives from the broader concept of free expression out of which virtually all other rights and freedoms flow or are maintained. If people cannot generate, seek and receive expression, human development in all its manifestations is jeopardised.
'Election Handbook' Launched as 'Practical Resource'
The ACM launches its Election Handbook for Caribbean Journalists to critical acclaim in both international and regional fora and has been designed by journalists
for journalists.
The handbook was researched, written and designed by the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) with support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), Eugenio Maria de Hostos Law School, Puerto Rico, the Austin Forum of the Knight Centre for Journalism in the Americas, and the United Nations Information Centre for the Caribbean Area.
The publication is meant to serve as a practical resource
in equipping journalists to meet public and professional
expectations for superior election coverage.
The editorial team was led by Lennox Grant and Wesley
Gibbings and included: Peter Richards, Vernon Daley,
Raoul Pantin, Naylan Dwarika, Sheila Velez Martinez and
Tony Deyal.
IFEX