What Journalists Can Expect At the Beijing Olympics
Posted by Larry Kilman on March 13, 2008 at 7:09 AM
What press freedom conditions can journalists and sports writers expect when they go to China to cover the 2008 Summer Olympics? An international conference designed to answer their questions, and to examine the methods that China uses to control the press, will be held in Paris next month.
The conference, on 18 and 19 April next, will provide expert insight on the press freedom conditions that journalists - particularly sports journalists - will encounter in China.
A session on how China deals with foreign news media will feature Yuwen Wu, News Editor of the BBC China Service, Joceyln Ford, Chair of the Media Freedoms Committee at the Foreign Correspondents Club of China, and Fan Ho Tsai, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
Other sessions will examine press freedom and the Beijing Olympics, how the Chinese news media is controlled, what reporting conditions can be expected for the Olympics, the risks, opportunities and responsibilities involved with trading with China, and the limits and the freedoms surrounding China's internet.
The conference is organised by a coalition of press freedom groups including the World Association of Newspapers, the World Press Freedom Committee, Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights in China and Asia Presse.
The conference, on 18 and 19 April next, will provide expert insight on the press freedom conditions that journalists - particularly sports journalists - will encounter in China.
A session on how China deals with foreign news media will feature Yuwen Wu, News Editor of the BBC China Service, Joceyln Ford, Chair of the Media Freedoms Committee at the Foreign Correspondents Club of China, and Fan Ho Tsai, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
Other sessions will examine press freedom and the Beijing Olympics, how the Chinese news media is controlled, what reporting conditions can be expected for the Olympics, the risks, opportunities and responsibilities involved with trading with China, and the limits and the freedoms surrounding China's internet.
The conference is organised by a coalition of press freedom groups including the World Association of Newspapers, the World Press Freedom Committee, Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights in China and Asia Presse.
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