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Medios de comunicación: la cobertura informativa de los derechos humanos (2002)
Introducción
¿Cómo seleccionan y cubren los periodistas las noticias sobre derechos humanos? ¿De qué manera se puede evitar el sesgo o la distorsión de la información relacionada con los derechos humanos? Este informe aborda estas interrogantes y examina el proceso noticioso y de presentación de las noticias. Asimismo, analiza las dificultades que implica el desafío de comunicar con precisión los asuntos complejos relacionados con los derechos humanos y presenta varias recomendaciones para mejorar la cobertura sobre dichos asuntos.
Equipo de investigación
La información biográfica que se presenta a continuación corresponde al período durante el cual se realizó la investigación
Director de investigación
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Director de Investigación, CIEDH, 1998-2004. Para obtener mayor información sobre este proyecto, comuníquese con Fairouz El Tom, Oficial de Investigación y Publicaciones, CIEDH.
Investigador principal
Roger Kaplan. La investigación y redacción del presente informe se realizaron entre julio del año 2000 y junio del 2001. Durante la realización del proyecto, el señor Kaplan se desempeñaba como periodista independiente de la Voz de América en Washington, D.C. Ha sido editorialista para The New York Post y The Detroit News. Fue también el Director Editorial de Freedom House, donde tenía a su cargo la administración de las publicaciones, incluyendo Freedom Review, Freedom in the World, y el World Survey of Economic Freedom. El señor Kaplan también ha fungido como Editor Asociado del Reader’s Digest en París y Nueva York, y como Oficial de Programas de la Fundación Smith Richardson. Ha escrito informes y artículos informativos para The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, Harvard Business Review, This World, y The National Review. Ha impartido cursos en el Programa Internacional de la Escuela de Formación Permanente y Estudios Profesionales de la Universidad de Nueva York.
Richard Carver, quien fue consultor en Oxford durante el proyecto, colaboró con la redacción del informe.
Investigadores
Nabil Khatib, Jefe del Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC), Oficina de Jerusalén; Director del Instituto de Medios de Comunicación de Birzeit University, Cisjordania.
Mirko Macari, periodista, El Sábado, Santiago.
Yamila Milovic, Gerente de Producción, Radio Mir, Sarajevo.
Adrien Sindayigaya, Productor, Studio Ijambo, Bujumbura.
Consejeros
Margaret Cook, Directora de Relaciones Públicas de la Comisión Australiana de Derechos Humanos e Igualdad de Oportunidades (HREOC); Consultora política principal, National Nine Television Network, Australia.
Roy Gutman, Director del Proyecto sobre Crímenes de Guerra, American University, Washington D.C.; 1993 Ganador del premio Pulitzer por sus reportajes internacionales.
Kwame Karikari, Director, School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana; Fundador y Director Ejecutivo, Media Foundation for West Africa, Accra.
Jean-Paul Marthoz, Director de Comunicaciones Europeas, Human Rights Watch.
Aidan White, Secretario General, Federación Internacional de Periodistas.
Documentos
Informe
Resúmen
Documentos de trabajo
The Impact of the Economic Sanctions on Iraq as a Human Rights Issue in the Arab and International Media
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The Media and Human Rights in Burundi
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The Media and Human Rights in Kosovo
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The Media and Human Rights: Progress Report by the Project’s Lead Researcher
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The Media’s Presentation of Universal Jurisdiction in the Context of the Pinochet Case
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Estudios relacionados
Accuracy and Consistency: Establishing National Human Rights Institutions as Trusted Sources of Information
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Donantes
Enlaces
Alternative Information Network
Asian Media Information and Communication Centre
Centro de Medios Independientes (CMI)
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP)
Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ)
Intercambio Internacional por la Libertad de Expresión (IFEX)
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (OACDH)
Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
Red de Periodistas Internacionales
The Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA)
The Center for Public Integrity
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“Por fin nos llega un análisis profundo de la manera en que los asuntos y los casos sobre derechos humanos se relacionan con la cobertura de los medios de comunicación. Este análisis debería estimular a todos los actores involucrados a replantear sus metas y sus valores con el fin de trabajar de manera más integral con miras a obtener resultados positivos.” Riz Khan, periodista, ex-conductor del programa “Q&A with Riz Khan” de CNN
“Excelente análisis…. demuestra a profundidad la necesidad de que los defensores de los derechos humanos informen e involucren de manera más efectiva a los medios de comunicación en la campaña a favor de los derechos humanos. Este informe servirá por mucho tiempo como punto de referencia para analizar el grado de colaboración que existe entre los medios de comunicación y las organizaciones de derechos humanos.” Makau Mutua, Director del Human Rights Center, State University of New York