Review of UK and world papers and coverage of UK and global journalism stories for Sunday 23rd April 2023
Journalism is the first draft of history and these daily reports seek to provide an online briefing of the history of journalism for each day featured.
The Chartered Institute of Journalists remembers all the professional journalists and media workers murdered and killed while doing their work this year in all parts of the world and remember the immense sacrifice of those who gave their lives to the profession in the past. We send our condolences to their families, friends and professional colleagues.
Twitter posts:-
Mail Online reports: “Editor of German gossip magazine Die Aktuelle ‘is fired’ for producing a fake ‘exclusive interview’ with Formula One legend Michael Schumacher using AI software.” See: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1649898019804807170
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Arab News and AFP report: ‘UK to test alert system on millions of phones. Govt hopes to use the system to alert people to issues such as severe flooding and fires.’ See: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1650244935721820162
LinkedIn news edited by Liz Justice.
A journalist was stabbed multiple times near his house in Delhi on Saturday night during a robbery. See: https://www.linkedin.com/…/urn:li:activity…
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A five year old child received a bullet wound when assailants shot at Bangladeshi journalist Kamrul Islam. See: https://www.linkedin.com/…/urn:li:activity…
CIoJ Twitter news feed at: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist
CIoJ LinkedIn news feed edited by Liz Justice at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/63500/
CIoJ Facebook news feed at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077475452242
CIoJ LinkedIn news stories, Hold The Front Page news stories, Guardian media news stories, Press Gazette news stories, Arab News media stories and other stories from miscellaneous sources
The Chartered Institute of Journalists calls on China to release Australian broadcaster Cheng Lei from detention which now stands at 983 days since 13th August 2020 See: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/28/partner-of-detained-australian-journalist-cheng-lei-hopeful-of-compassionate-and-speedy-resolution & https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-concerned-by-delays-trial-journalist-detained-china-2023-03-31/ The Institute also calls on Belarus to pardon and release Sofia Sapega from her 6 year jail sentence and to release her journalism friend Roman Protasevich. See: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/02/16/belarus-dissident-blogger-roman-protasevich-pleads-guilty-a80244 Both were seized unlawfully from an internatonal Ryanair flight diverted to Minsk 23rd May 2021. Their ordeal is now 700 days. The CIoJ calls on all governments and states unjustly detaining journalists for doing their professional work to respect freedom of expression, the right to liberty and freed them immediately. See: https://rsf.org/en/new-record-number-journalists-jailed-worldwide
North American Newspapers for Sunday 23rd April 2023
French Newspapers for Sunday 23rd April 2023
Montage of world newspapers for Sunday 23rd April 2023
