Freedom and Responsibility: 2001/2002 yearbook of the Representative on Freedom of the Media

2001/2002 yearbook of the Representative on Freedom of the Media

Preface: Dan Mircea Geoana

Introduction: Freimut Duve

I Essays on the Effects of 11 September on the Media

Freimut Duve: The Patriotic Syndrome
Michael Massing: Talking Heads Go to War
Ahmed Rashid: A Deeper Look
Leonard Sussman: The Press: Marksman and Target in the War on Terrorism

II Young People on the Balkans: the mobile.culture.container on its 2002 Tour

Achim Koch: Bridges between Young People in Mostar
Josipa Crnoja: Back?
Selma Hajdarevic: Longing for Something Better

III Views and Commentaries

Mass Media in Central Asia: Central Asian Journalists Speak about Media Freedom
Freedom of the Media in Belarus: Belarusian Journalists about the Media Situation in their Country
Freimut Duve: Introduction
Ales’ Lipai: Structural Problems of Independent Media in Belarus
Zhanna Litvina: Support for the Independence of Media

IV Our Work – What We Think, Why It Matters Personal Reflections by Staff Members

Jutta Wolke: The Letters of Junius
Alexander Ivanko: Reporting from Afghanistan
Christiane Hardy and Karin Spaink: Freedom of the Internet
Hanna Vuokko: Cinderella with a Twist
Ana Karlsreiter: Is Journalism Worth Dying for?
Vladimir Kondratsky: WWW Stands for “World, Whenever Wanted”
Christian Möller: From C64 to WWW

V Overview – What We Have Done

The Mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Reports and Statements to the OSCE Permanent Council and Other OSCE Fora
Current Media Situation in Turkmenistan
Joint Statements by OSCE, UN and OAS
- Joint Declaration by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, London, 20 November 2001
Projects 2001/2002
- Free Media in South-Eastern Europe: Protection of Journalists and their Role in Reconciliation, Promoting Interethnic Peace and Preventing Conflicts, Zagreb, 28 February – 02 March 2001
- Legal Assistance to the OSCE Field Presences
- Freedom of the Media in Belarus Public Workshop, Vienna, 31 May 2001
- Media Freedom in Times of Anti-Terrorist Conflict Third Central Asian Media Conference, Almaty, 11 December 2001
- Developing Freedom and Responsibility of Media in Azerbaijan Training Seminar for Young Journalists, Baku, 14-15 December 2001
- Protection of Journalists in Conflict Areas 265 Visits and Interventions in 2001/2002

V. Media NGOs in the OSCE Region

The Authors