Inclusive Journalism
| Autor | Milica Pesic and Tamara Gojkovic |
| Páginas | 169-172 |
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Inclusive Journalism
46 Inclusive Journalism
Milica Pesic and Tamara Gojkovic
In increasingly diverse societies, the label ‘developing democracies’
refers to countries in transition to democracy. The need for fair,
accurate and responsible journalism stands at the top of the requests
for rebuilding media for a democratic future. The process of reforming
the media system after a conflict, or a long period of absence of
democratic institutions, in different countries, restate this need
acknowledging that the reform should involve the media/journalistic
sector. Journalism is a vehicle to public conversation and civic action,
and strengthening journalism training and education contributes to
strengthening its value for society.
The UNESCO Media Development Indicators (MDI), tailored to identify
how media reflect the diversity of society to fulfil its democratic
potential, underline the importance of the presence of minority
groups in mainstream media. Other free speech organizations, with a
critical approach, have been recognizing the significance of diversity,
pointing out that freedom of expression should be enjoyed by all
citizens regardless of their race, ethnicity, faith, religion, language,
gender, social status (dis)abilities or sexual orientation.
In 2007, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and
Expression, along with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of
the Media, the Organization of African States Special Rapporteur
on Freedom of Expression, and the ACHPR Special Rapporteur on
Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, made a joint
Declaration on Promoting diversity in the Broadcast Media. The
declaration stressed that:
[t]he fundamental importance of diversity in the
media to the free flow of information and ideas in
society, in terms both of giving voice to and satisfying
the information needs and other interests of all, as
protected by international guarantees of the right to
freedom of expression.
The United Nation’s notion of an inclusive society, ‘society for all’,
overrides differences of race, gender, class, generation, and geography
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