MU Speaks Out on Need for Better Journalism Teaching/Training at Dubai’s 11th Arab Media Forum
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil told participants at an Arab Media Forum (AMF) 2012 workshop that academics must get up to speed and not deride the importance of social media. Some panelists and members of the audience said online media … Continue reading
Magda Abu-Fadil: Tunisia’s Social Media, Slip in Freedom on Al Hurra TV
Tunisian activists fear post-revolution gains may be slipping due to pressures and threats from hardline Islamists and supporters of the ruling Annahda Party, Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil told Washington-based Al Hurra TV in an interview from Beirut. Abu-Fadil had … Continue reading
MU on Aljazeera’s Listening Post – “Tunisia’s Multiplying Media”
UNESCO and various organizations marked World Press Freedom Day (May 3) 2012 in Tunisia, where the “Arab Spring” began and has led to uprisings in other Middle Eastern/North African countries. Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil appeared in a segment of … Continue reading
Magda Abu-Fadil on training Arab journalists in a time of transition
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil discusses the importance of regular training for journalists across the board in a time of transition as well as going beyond the classroom and traditional academic programs in an interview with IJNET’s Natasha Tynes in … Continue reading
Lebanese media on the web
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil talks about how the Lebanese media have failed to adapt to the web (AnnaharWebTV).
Media ethics lecture at UOWD
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil spoke to students about the nitty-gritty of media ethics during a journalism class at the University of Wollongong in Dubai February 27, 2012. Photos courtesy of UOWD.
Marriage of print and digital
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil spoke at the 7th Middle East Conference of the World Association of Newspapers, stressing the need to update, upgrade and integrate newsrooms across the Middle East/North Africa region and the importance of training journalists in … Continue reading
MU–DCMF press for greater media freedom
MU director Magda Abu-Fadil helped organize and participated in an experts meeting at the Qatar-based Doha Center for Media Freedom January 30-31, 2012 which grouped journalists, activists, and members of international and Arab NGOs to discuss issues affecting the Middle … Continue reading
How can the media regain public trust?
This was the focus of a discussion at the 5th Arab Free Press Forum in Tunis, January 23, 2012: After years of propaganda, it is difficult for newly-free publications in the Arab World to establish themselves as trustworthy sources of … Continue reading
How to tell the truth during a revolution?
Magda Abu-Fadil chaired this session of the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in October 2011. Reports of the discussion: English, Arabic More coverage: Mixed Feelings About Current Media Freedoms at Arab Free Press Forum Photo: Philip Martin Rusch