Founded in 1918, the FPA is the oldest and most effective non-governmental organization representing The Foreign Press Association of New York is a nonprofit, independent, professional body of foreign correspondents based in the United States.
Founded in 1918, the Foreign Press Association represents more than 400 members from 50 different countries. Although the bulk of its members come from Europe, there is not a single region in the world which is not represented among the membership. We are in the forefront of efforts to protect overseas journalists' rights here and to defend press freedom everywhere. Membership not only includes ex
Founded in 1918, the Foreign Press Association represents more than 400 members from 50 different countries. Although the bulk of its members come from Europe, there is not a single region in the world which is not represented among the membership. We are in the forefront of efforts to protect overseas journalists' rights here and to defend press freedom everywhere. Membership not only includes ex
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Amnesty International has released new reports about the war in Ukraine. Hear our thoughts in the latest edition of #FPAOpinion!
FPA President Ian Williams and Vice President Simon Locke discuss Amnesty International's recent Ukraine Report which appeared widely August 4th titled: “Ukr...
From our colleagues at European Federation of Journalists - EFJ:
This morning, August 3, 2022, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow found the Journalists and Media Workers Union (JMWU), an EFJ affiliate in Russia, ...
Applications are now open for the PIONEERS IN SDGs AWARDS 2022! Journalists and Writers Foundation
"Pioneers in SDGs Awards pay tribute to outstanding organizations and individuals who are contributing to sustainable peace and development by promoting and protecting the culture of peace, human rights, and sustainable development.
The Journalists and Writers Foundation is now accepting applications from organizations that help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals through innovative and creative projects. Projects will be evaluated by an international jury based on four criteria: innovation, stakeholders, scope and impact."
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Pioneers in SDGs Awards pay tribute to outstanding organizations and individuals who contribute to sustainable peace and development while promoting and protecting the culture of peace, human rights, and sustainable development at the local, national, and global levels. The Journalists and Writers F...
From our colleagues at the Committee to Protect Journalists:
"Since the outset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, CPJ Emergencies has been responding to the needs of journalists in Russia as they sought to navigate—or in some cases escape—an increasingly hostile environment.
For journalists and newsrooms operating in Russia, the introduction of amendments to the country’s criminal and administrative codes in March 2022 marked the beginning of a new and dangerous era. Under these laws, media outlets have been fined and threatened with lengthy prison terms for disseminating “fakes” or any information that Russian authorities deemed false. Many Russian journalists, as well as foreign correspondents working in the country, fled for their own safety. Several of the country’s independent outlets relocated outside Russia.
This new guide (https://cpj.org/2022/07/understanding-the-laws-relating-to-fake-news-in-russia/), developed by TrustLaw and the Committee to Protect Journalists, provides user-friendly, practical guidance for journalists and newsrooms seeking to understand the Russian “fake news” laws and how they’ve been applied thus far to both local and international press.
Find other up-to-date safety and security information on our website at https://cpj.org/journalist-safety-and-emergencies/"
A guide for journalists and newsrooms prepared by TrustLaw and the Committee to Protect Journalists Since the outset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, CPJ Emergencies has been responding to the needs of journalists in Russia as they sought to navigate—or in some cases escape—an increasingly ho...
China’s petulant response to the Pelosi visit raises big issues, from trade to the threat of World War III. As Speaker Pelosi is fulfilling Congress’s Taiwan Relations act – can the US allow the PRC unilateral interpretation of the deal that led to mutual recognition. How can President Biden reconcile maintaining principles with trying to wedge between Beijing and Moscow? https://youtu.be/cHcaHMwU23M
Vincent Wang explains to the FPA the intersection of economic and military interests in the Taiwan Straits. Does diplomatic ambiguity have limits? What are the consequences of the visit in the PRC, the US – and the world?
Vincent Wei-Cheng Wang is Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and Dean and Professor of Political Science at Adelphi University.
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China’s petulant response to the Pelosi visit raises big issues, from trade to the threat of World War III. As Speaker Pelosi is fulfilling Congress’s Taiwan...
From our colleagues at UNCA:
"UNCA is extending the below announcement from UNFPA and UN Foundation to apply for the UN Foundation press fellowship to Thailand focused on sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice.
The UN Foundation’s Universal Access Project is pleased to announce a press fellowship focused on sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice to the International Conference on Family Planning in Pattaya City, Thailand from November 14-17, 2022.
Selected journalists will have direct access to leading global experts, UN leaders, policymakers, researchers, advocates, and young people working to make SRHRJ a reality for all. The fellowship will also include exclusive briefings and local site visits to hear first-hand from health workers and the community members they serve.
This fellowship is intended for journalists who work for U.S.-based media outlets and who are interested in global sexual and reproductive health and rights issues, international development, U.S. foreign policy, and the United Nations.
Read more about the press fellowship here (https://www.prweb.com/releases/un_foundation_announces_press_fellowship_to_thailand_with_a_focus_on_sexual_and_reproductive_health_rights_and_justice/prweb18794598.htm) and apply by August 19 here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4i9sl2uiOImWmyqOquV5XhOzHRCquhusCrM9J2_5kpNm1MA/viewform).
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Take a listen to this recent interview with FPA Member Hollie McKay where she talks about Al Qaeda terrorist leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, whom the US killed in a CIA drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 31st at the home of a senior official of the Taliban government’s Haqqani Network faction.
Listen now (19 min) | In this 20-minute interview, Hollie McKay talks about Al Qaeda terrorist leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, whom the US killed in a CIA drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 31st at the home of a senior official of the Taliban government’s Haqqani Network faction.
The Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium now has their Early Bird Special on sale!
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Double Exposure virtual edition passes are now on sale! Take a look at a sneak peek of #DXIFF20 program featuring timely tools, resources and connections for filmmakers & investigative journalists.
A lot of exciting things are happening with our colleagues at Bellingcat!
Take a look at their upcoming workshops: bellingcat.com/workshops/
And check out Episode 1 of their brand new podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/bellingcatmonitoring/553242/
(FULL) August 30 – September 2: Bellingcat Online Workshop (16-hour) [North America-friendly time] 08/30/2022 - 09/02/2022
Check out this post from our colleagues at the Reuters Institute on their new free tool for journalists to monitor online abuse:
🚫 As many journalists come under attack, the Thomson Reuters Foundation launches a free tool to monitor online abuse. Designed with the help of Jigsaw...
Click the link below to hear from our friends at the International Center for Journalists about their LEAP program:
"Journalism innovators from across the world – from Brazil to Turkey to the U.S. – have embarked on a 10-week solutions challenge to address one of the field’s most urgent questions: How to build trust in news.
Almost 40 journalists and technologists from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America are taking part in the inaugural solutions challenge with Leap, ICFJ’s news innovation lab. Expert trainers and mentors are providing a guided, focused experience for participants to explore, design and develop products to better serve their communities, in an era of rampant disinformation and extreme polarization."
Journalism innovators from across the world – from Brazil to Turkey to the U.S. – have embarked on a 10-week solutions challenge to address one of the field’s most urgent questions: How to build trust in news. Almost 40 journalists and technologists from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, th...
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Last November, 30+ journalists founded The Kyiv Independent, the English-language media outlet in Ukraine, when they were fired from the Kyiv Post for defending editorial independence.
The Kyiv Independent provides round the clock news coverage about all aspects of the war in Ukraine - and is not President Zelensky’s favorite publication but is even more unlikely to be Putin’s nomination for a Pulitzer.
Daryna Shevchenko, the CEO of the Kyiv Independent discusses with Ian Williams, FPA President of the Foreign Press Association to discuss how Ukrainian media covers the Russian invasion of Ukraine and keeps up the pressure on the authorities in Kyiv. Daryna has been a media manager, trainer, and media consultant before joining the Independent.
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FPA President Ian Williams and Vice President Simon Locke discuss the recent AP post which appeared widely July 9 titled: “Ukraine bears share of blame for nursing home-attack” about the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and later ascribing a “major share” of the blame to making Ukraine. It was picked up by VOA and the Washington Post.
From FPA President Ian Williams:
The deeply flawed dispatch unequivocally blames the bulk of casualties and rights violations on Moscow and its surrogates while, quite correctly cautioning the Ukrainian forces about reported incidents. But I find it, intriguing, puzzling and shocking that the AP report distills this into a contradiction of its main conclusions by pointing the finger at Ukraine for the nursing home incident.
Even the AP report on the incident that they emphasize is anomalous. The Russians and their proxies invaded and were firing on the Care Home. The Ukrainian forces could not evacuate the residents but fought back against, never let us forget, the attackers. It was the attack that made this a military site. Whose attack? The Russians.
The tenor of the report was perhaps taken from the photo-caption with the story “A United Nations report says Ukraine’s armed forces bear a large share of the blame for a deadly assault on a care home for the elderly and disabled.”
The report shows the confusion of the immediate conflict but unequivocally says “That morning, soldiers from Russian affiliated armed groups attacked the care house with heavy weapons, with patients and staff still inside.”
So, the Ukrainians failed to evacuate the residents because the roads were mined, but it is a stretch to say they share the blame, and an outright lie to say that Ukrainians “bear a large, and perhaps equal, share of the blame for what happened in Stara Krasnyanka” and it is absolute misreporting to attribute that sentiment to the UN! The US “shares the blame” for 9-11 by putting the twin towers there as a target!
Was it just sloppy writing and editing? Was is a succession of editors falling over backwards to be fair and even handed? If I were a Ukrainian conspiracy theorist, I would suspect that this is Biden’s spin doctors paving the way for an abandonment of Ukraine since both sides are equally immoral. Whatever the excuse, it is culpably bad journalism.
To remind you, the UN report’s major admonition to Russia is
“Immediately cease the armed attack that commenced on 24 February 2022 in the territory of Ukraine and fully comply with the binding 16 March 2022 order on provisional measures of the International Court of Justice”
The original articles:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/un-says-ukraine-bears-share-of-blame-for-nursing-home-attack/2022/07/09/ea608b44-ff3d-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/ua/2022-06-29/2022-06-UkraineArmedAttack-EN.pdf
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FPA President Ian Williams and Vice President Simon Locke discuss the recent AP post which appeared widely July 9 titled: “Ukraine bears share of blame for n...
Join South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini as he describes his inspiration, his creative as well as his performing processes: https://youtu.be/sTUP48NdbDE
He is the very first African musician to be signed by the Blue Note Records label (https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2022/04/14/jazz-label-blue-note-launches-blue-note-africa-imprint/). For Makhathini, this sends a very positive message to all African musicians, especially regarding what they are allowed to aspire to, the possibilities available to them as well as to other performers.
In Conversation with FPA's Emilie Pons.
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Join South African pianist Nduduzo Makhatini as he describes his inspiration, his creative as well as his performing processes. He is the very first African ...
FPA features Allan Lichtman on Repealing the Second Amendment. Faced with mortal consequences of loaded and imaginative judicial interpretations of the “right to bear arms,” Professor Lichtman suggests it is inherently flawed and past its shoot-by date: https://youtu.be/knj9RG3HPi8
Faced with the massacres in the classrooms, the overturning of New York’s gun control laws, Lichtman suggests alternative strategies to combat the National Rifle Association’s legislative and judiciary hostage taking. His book “Repeal the Second Amendment” was a road map to safer streets and schools – sadly ignored by the mesmerized Supreme Court Majority.
Allan Lichtman, Distinguished Professor of History at American University is also author of The Case for Impeachment, and an accomplished predictor of Presidential Contests.
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Breaking #FPAOpEd on the Boris Johnson Resignation: https://youtu.be/cNZXwAwacQw
Will Boris get his Bounce Back? Who decides the next British Prime Minister?
Boris Johnson had an unrivaled tenacity, hanging on well after his sack-by date. Even now he clings to poop deck of his sinking government, whence all but he have fled. FPA’s Ian Williams and Simon Locke, both British exiles, discuss what happened, what might happen now, and what it means for Britain and the rest of the world.
FPA President, Ian Williams former speech writer for UK Labour leader Neil Kinnock and thus by proxy for Joe Biden (google it) points out that Conservative Leader Johnson supported Abortion rights, gun control and had an unashamed attitude to the sexuality of his cabinet. His replacement will be picked by the Party, not the people, and as a new face against an ineffectual Labour leader could win on a hardline conservative platform.
Will Boris get his Bounce Back? Who decides the next British Prime Minister?Boris Johnson had an unrivaled tenacity, hanging on well after his sack-by date. ...
The U.S. State Department's investigation of the killing of Shireen Abu-Akleh concluded that there is 'no reason to believe' that the shooting was deliberate. This flies in face of clear evidence of continued shooting at attempted rescuers and other clearly identified press at the site. The White House should not be part of the whitewash of Abu-Akleh’s murder. It must hold the perpetrators to account or it will be complicit in the deaths of more journalists in the region and worldwide. The FPA reiterates its call for a genuine independent investigation. #JournalistsLivesMatter
Join us this Thursday (7/7) for an #FPABriefing with Professor Allan Litchman on gun law reform and how to combat the National Rifle Association’s political dominance.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wceUX0XtT_i0b0FxGfxboA
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Taiwan and Ukraine - two democracies under threat. How far can, or should, the Biden White House go to support them? Join us for a conversation on these issues with former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton. Also available on our YouTube page and all podcast platforms. This briefing made possible by the Foreign Press Foundation. Donate at foreignpressassociation.org/ways-to-support.html Become a member of the Foreign Press Association at foreignpressassociation.org/join-the-association1.html
The Baisakhi Parade remains one of the most colorful parades in the Big Apple, embracing diversity and understanding the relevance of a philosophy of the Sikh religion to our contemporary living. Harpreet Singh Toor is the Chairman of Public Policy & External Affairs at ੴ Gurdwara "Sikh Cultural Society Inc." Sangat. This episode is made possible by the Foreign Press Foundation. In Conversation with FPA's Sarab Zavaleta. foreignpressassociation.org Join us for the FPA Arts and Culture Podcast presented each month on your favorite podcast platforms.
Even when cases of U.N. corruption and embezzlement don't seem "newsworthy," Mukesh Kapila encourages journalists to stand up for what's right and chase the story. It may be more impactful than you would imagine! Watch our latest press briefing on YouTube to hear more. https://youtu.be/1dk4df2y8N8
Author, humanitarian, and whistleblower Mukesh Kapila isn't intimidated by threats from corrupt individuals at the United Nations. Watch our latest press briefing on YouTube to hear more on cases of misconduct at the U.N. and Kapila's advice for journalists covering them. https://youtu.be/1dk4df2y8N8
FPA's Centennial Year was launched with the ringing of the opening bell of Nasdaq in Times Square! Learn more about the Foreign Press Association of the United States by visiting our website: www.ForeignPressAssociation.org.
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