2008/2

A collection of articles examining the role of the press inside and outside Haiti in creating and maintaining the country current public image. Censorship and misinformation are discussed as well as journalists' self-censorship for economic or political reasons. Community radio and citizen's journalism are seen as two possibilities for greater transparency and rebuilding trust. This issue also includes pieces on Victor Jara, media reform, and media and social change in Venezuela.

Haiti: Creating and maintaining a ‘failed’ state by James Winter

Haiti’s media coup by Isabel Macdonald

Baboukèt la tonbe! – The muzzle has fallen! by Jane Regan

Haïti : quand l’impunité censure by Pierre-Négaud Dupénord et Ary Régis

Vers un journalisme citoyen en Haïti by Rachelle Élien et Frantz Délice

UN troops accused of human rights violations in Haiti by Maria Luisa Mendonça

Changing the educational landscape in Haiti by Tequila Minsky

Perfiles de la censura y la autocensura en República Dominicana byEspacio de Comunicación Insular

Victor Jara’s songs of struggle and hope byAnita Krajnc

Does media reform make a difference? by Mauri Elbel

Media and government in Venezuela: What price freedom? by Andrés Cañizález

Reality and peace by Frank Kürschner-Pelkmann

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