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World Press Freedom Committee

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:35:24 +0000

The World Press Freedom Committee provides leadership in the fight against licensing of journalists, mandatory codes of conduct, mandatory tasks for journalists and other news controls. It was originally created to wage a global struggle in and around intergovernmental organisations to beat back authoritarian proposals for a restrictive “new world information and communication order”.

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UTNE

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:31:36 +0000

Utne offers digests of independent ideas and alternative culture. Utne functions as a guide to the alternative and independent press.

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The Nation

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:28:05 +0000

The Nation is a weekly journal of opinion, featuring analysis on politics and culture. It makes an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred.

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The Atlantic

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:27:09 +0000

The Atlantic aims to inform, elevate, and challenge the national discourse.

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New Statesman

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:10:36 +0000

New Statesman is a British current affairs magazine. The magazine is committed to development, human rights and the environment, global issues the mainstream press often ignores.

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Mother Jones

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:08:31 +0000

Mother Jones is a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political, and social justice reporting.

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International Press Institute (IPI)

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:55:19 +0000

The International Press Institute is a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists dedicated to the furtherance and safeguarding of press freedom, the protection of freedom of opinion and expression, the promotion of the free flow of news and information, and the improvement of the practices of journalism.

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Independent Media Center

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:01:19 +0000

The Independent Media Center is a network of collectively run media outlets for "the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth".

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Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA)

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:37:13 +0000

Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala produces and distributes news and reports information from across Guatemala, CERIGUA also works on a number of topics at the national level, including freedom of expression and women’s, indigenous, mining and agrarian issues, among others.

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Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM)

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:14:33 +0000

The Association of Independent Electronic Media comprises 28 radio stations and 16 television companies which strive to broadcast news programmes of the highest professional standards throughout Serbia and Montenegro. ANEM aims to establish a politically independent legal framework and to develop electronic media, and provide help and support to media outlets.

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