Revision as of 07:45, 15 November 2011

Mass Media and Access to Information

We included lots of suggested and tried to integrate them

into a final result. Our work should come to the project and

it should be interested to both American and Russian

colleagues. A top priority for Russians might not be

interesting to American colleagues and vice versa. Priorities

may differ, but we have tried to include both. We have three

key blocks, recommendations, important to development of

media in both Russia and the states.

Here are the three main "blocks" or strategy areas we identified, with bullet-point action items under each.

Help citizens and public officials understand the value and role of journalism in a democracy
Support open information and transparency
Foster watchdog or investigative jouranlism by individuals or organizations
Support efforts of independent journalists
Assist educators to teach critical thinking skills to analyze news and media
Support cooperation between citizens to address community challenges

Improve access to information for both journalists and the public
Fortify the ability of journalists to work without unjustified fear
Develop better skills in working with the balance between public and protected information
Educate the public as to the fair use of intellectual property; protect the rights of the content creator

Explore social media's impact upon society and mass media
Collaborate on privacy and user identity, content personalization issues
Develop the value of information services, such as content and advertising regardless of media models
Study new editorial structures and news gathering and distribution techniques
Develop new ethics standards because of new technology

Our first block: Journalism and civil society today and

tomorrow. Even in the states the the value of journalism

shoud be emphasized. This is expecially true for Russia. We

also want to take some steps to force transparency of

information.

No. legal risks for open and accessible information