World Association of News Publishers


Jordan

Throughout 2016, WAN-IFRA’s Women in News team members regularly met with Swedish and Norwegian representatives in many of the markets where activities were taking place.

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Hedvig Lundstrom's picture

Hedvig Lundstrom

Date

2016-06-22 16:34

WAN-IFRA’s Women in News program hosted the second Leadership and Media Management Training in Amman, Jordan in May, bringing together 23 mid-level women editors and senior journalists from the Middle East and North Africa for a one-week intensive training on leadership and management skills.

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Hedvig Lundstrom's picture

Hedvig Lundstrom

Date

2016-06-22 14:28

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Hedvig Lundstrom's picture

Hedvig Lundstrom

Date

2016-04-22 13:15

On Tuesday 2 July the Jordanian government announced it had blocked 254 news websites that had failed to obtain a government license. This move follows a controversial change to the Press and Publication Law in 2012 dictating that online news sites must register with the government, a policy that independent watchdog organisations fear will “risk curbing their independent reporting and analysis.” Among the blocked sites are those for Al-Jazeera, Time Out magazine and AmmanNet.

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Andrew Heslop

Date

2013-07-04 15:15

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