[Media Caucus] Re: Posting by George Christensen on murder of Deyda Hydara

[Mark Bench]

Dear Tracey,

Outstanding response, thank you!

Mark 
> 
> From: Tracey Naughton <tracey at traceynaughton.com>
> Date: 2004/12/30 Thu PM 06:58:04 CST
> To: <media at wsis-cs.org>
> Subject: [Media Caucus] Re: Posting by George Christensen on murder of Deyda Hydara
> 
> George
> 
> Just picking up on my emails. I am taking a break in Melbourne. So a bit
> delayed...
> 
> I did note your message about the brutal death of your (our) colleague. In
> fact it wasn't the first I had heard of it as I am subscribed to a number of
> alert lists.
> 
> As for our collective lack of response, and your highlighting of same, my
> feeling is that when you are the person on the ground at the site of such
> atrocities, especially as known to the Media Caucus (since you posted to our
> list), as opposed to someone we don't know the orientation of, it's a good
> idea to suggest a clear and achievable action - if you think one is
> appropriate - that can be taken by individual and organisational members,
> and of course to provide the relevant contact details.
> 
> As media freedom activists and organisations many of us have participated in
> establishing alert lists and associated quality controls to ensure accuracy
> and global monitoring. In most cases, the organisations at the heart of
> these systems do take responsive action, both immediate and longer term,
> when atrocities against freedom of expression occur.
> 
> Of course there is variation in the capacity of media freedom organisations,
> but I think that by and large Media Caucus members would be working on an
> assumption that action is being taken by organisations that we participated
> in establishing.
> 
> None the less, I can hear your frustration and am very sorry to hear of the
> unwarranted death of another journalist.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tracey Naughton
> 
> 
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