While the
general trend in
This was the
assessment of two journalists at a roundtable in
The two
described the latest trends in a reporting environment that changes so rapidly
it frequently makes the news in its own right. They talked about the need to
protect sources and said that foreign correspondents in
After weathering
the 20th anniversary of the protests in Tiananmen square and another round of
ethnic violence in Xinjiang this year, the Chinese government is developing a
more sophisticated way of dealing with demands for media freedom as it looks
ahead to the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic, which
falls on October 1. The roundtable provided a welcome opportunity to assess the
situation in the run-up to that landmark.
Journalistic
professionalism practiced by foreigners as well as Chinese journalists will
ultimately benefit media freedom as a whole in a country where leaders have
made a tradition of mediating public information, said panelist Ashley Esarey, a
visiting assistant professor of politics at Whitman College. He added he would
encourage international journalists going to
Ford told how
she recently asked if she could interview a local court official in a tiny
village in
EDITOR'S NOTE: The final paragraph has been corrected; Ford was never officially denied a request for an interview.
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