Press Freedom Publications

Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Press Freedom, Publications,
From VietNet to VietNam Net: Ten Years of Electronic Media in Vietnam
January 1, 2008
A paper by Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, fall 2007 fellow, tells the story VietNamNet, Vietnam’s most popular online media outlet and one of the country’s most respected...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Mainstream Newspaper Coverage: A Barometer of Government Tolerance for Anti-Regime Expression in Authoritarian Brazil
October 1, 2007
A paper by Elizabeth A. Stein, spring 2007 fellow, evaluates the theory that in authoritarian regimes, leaders of civil society follow the mainstream press...
News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Secrets about Secrets: The Backstage Conversations between Press and Government
March 1, 2007
A paper by Allan M. Siegal, fall 2006 fellow, argues that while mainstream journalists almost uniformly advocate self-restraint on sensitive intelligence...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Publications,
The Role of Georgia’s Media — and Western Aid — in the Rose Revolution
January 1, 2006
A paper by David Anable, fall 2005 fellow, examines the role of the Georgian media in the country’s Rose Revolution and the impact that Western media development...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
“All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech”: American Efforts to Create a Vibrant Free Press in Iraq and Afghanistan
January 1, 2005
A paper by David Rohde, spring 2005 fellow, examines American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. A $200 million project in...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
New Europe’s Civil Society, Democracy and the Media Thirteen Years After: The Story of the Czech Republic
January 1, 2004
A paper by Tomáš P. Klvaňa, fall 2003 fellow, argues that the Czech Republic’s democracy is underperforming, and Czech media are a significant contributor...
News Business & Practice, Papers, Press Freedom, Publications,
The Reporter’s Privilege, Then and Now
January 1, 2000
A paper by Stephen Bates, fall 1999 fellow, explores how prosecutors and journalists see the issue of press subpoenas. Bates first looks at how the issue...
International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
State into Public: The Failed Reform of State TV in East Central Europe
January 1, 2000
A paper by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, spring 1999 fellow, examines Eastern European state television and its difficult or sometimes failed transition from ownership...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
The New York Times Rule on the Net or in the World “…without uncertainty, compromise and fear,” or Should the New York Times Rule Be Introduced in Hungary?
January 1, 2000
A paper by Peter Molnar, spring 2000 fellow, examines Hungary’s lack of press freedom and possible paths forward. Freedom of speech was less valued in...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Getting the Story in China: American Reporters Since 1972
January 1, 2000
A paper by Jonathan Mirsky, fall 1999 fellow, follows the history of modern American reporting on China. Beginning with the 1972 post-Nixon euphoria of...