Describes questions being addressed by members of a special subcommittee of IFAJ to explore issues and potential direction of future policy of the organization regarding membership.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11817
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Via website of Corporate Crime Reporter. 2 pages., An Idaho federal court held that the law violated the First Amendment by "suppressing speech "on topics of immense public importance including the safety of the food supply, and the safety of farm workers and animals."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11694
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18 pages., Online from publisher website., Issue brief in the UNESCO series, "World trends in freedom of expression and media development." Reports seven key trends involving increasing disinformation, rising demand for verified information, need for more more transparency, some regulatory measures restricting human rights, risks to safety of journalists, economic threat to journalism, and new opportunities to stand up for journalism.
International: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11692
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2 pages., Online from organization website., In an online event, United Nations leaders and others emphasize importance of free, independent, fact-based journalism at the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2020."I takes journalism to communicate the findings of scientists and disseminate real and reliable information and counter fake news that is dangerous to people's lives and to efforts to contain the spread of the (COVID-19) pandemic."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24170
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International Journalists' Network. 1 page., Describes the origination of Sadiq News, a newsletter that covers freedom of expression issues for rural Pakistan journalists.
