Mdani wa anthu. Uwu ndiye tanthauzo lomwe Purezidenti wa US a Trump amagwiritsa ntchito nthawi zambiri pazofalitsa, kuphatikiza ndi New York Times, Washington Post, kapena CNN. Bungwe la United Nations lidasankha Meyi 3 ngati Tsiku la Ufulu wa Atolankhani Padziko Lonse kuti adziwitse anthu za ntchito yofunika kwambiri yofalitsa nkhani zodziyimira pawokha m'magulu a anthu ndikukumbutsa maboma za "kufunika kulemekeza kudzipereka kwawo pakusunga ufulu wa atolankhani." UN ikunena kuti ndi "tsiku lolingalira pakati pa akatswiri atolankhani pankhani zaufulu wa atolankhani komanso chikhalidwe cha akatswiri."

Ku Washington, m'mawu ake okumbukira tsikuli, Secretary of State of US Mike Pompeo adalankhula za media zodziyimira pawokha kuti "ndizofunikira kuti pakhale madera a demokalase omasuka, otukuka komanso otetezeka."

Sindinavomereze zambiri. Ndipo ndikuwopa kuti tikupita ku tsogolo lopanda mfundo zosasinthika za demokalase.

Monga momwe mlembiyo adanenera, pali atolankhani omwe akuvutika m'ndende - koma kutchula ochepa - Egypt, Yemen, Pakistan, Turkey, Thailand, ndi Venezuela chifukwa cha "mlandu" wochita ntchito zawo monga mamembala a Fourth Estate. Pamene ndikulemba, atolankhani ochokera ku The New York Times, The Washington Post, ndi The Wall Street Journal adathamangitsidwa ku China pomwe amayesa kupeza mayankho okhudzana ndi chiyambi cha mliriwu womwe wabweretsa chipwirikiti, imfa, ndi kusokoneza. dziko.

Modabwitsa, Tsiku la World Press Freedom Day lidagwirizana ndi ganizo la khothi la Pakistani lomasula omwe akukhulupirira kuti ndiwo adayambitsa kupha koyipa kwa a Daniel Pearl wolemba The Wall Street Journal.

Tsikuli ndilofunika kwambiri kwa ine chifukwa ndakhala moyo wanga ndikumenyera utolankhani wodziyimira pawokha, ndikuphunzitsa achinyamata ambiri kufunikira kwa makina osindikizira opanda malire, komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa utolankhani. Zachisoni, bungwe lathu, The Media Line, silifunikanso chikumbutso kuposa kukumbukira mnzathu wolimba mtima komanso wanzeru, Steven Sotloff, yemwe adapereka malipoti ouziridwa ochokera ku Middle East akudziwa bwino za momwe kuopsa kwa ntchito yake yomwe amamukonda kumamuyikira m'malo osiyanasiyana. gulu lomwe likuchulukirachulukira la opha anzawo omwe amadziwika kuti ISIS ndipo adayambitsa kupha kwake mwankhanza.

Mawu achipongwe a Steven kwa ife mu Julayi 2013 akuwonetsa kukhumudwa kwake komwe kukukulirakulira chifukwa chakusafuna kukulitsa phindu la chowonadi chomwe atolankhani aku Syria adavumbulutsa chifukwa kulumikizana kunali kutha.

"Monga zofalitsa zapadziko lonse lapansi zikukonzekera kulimbana pakati pa asitikali ankhondo ndi Muslim Brotherhood ku Egypt, atolankhani ochepa akuyang'ana ku Syria. Koma kuchuluka kwa kubedwa kwa atolankhani akunja ku Syria kwapangitsa dzikolo kukhala laling'ono la Iraq lomwe ndi ochepa omwe akufuna kulowamo. 'N'zoopsa ndipo zikuipiraipirabe tsiku ndi tsiku,' anatero mtolankhani wa m'buku lina lalikulu la Kumadzulo. 'Ngati palibe amene akufunsa nkhani, n'chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kuika moyo pachiswe?'”

Dzulo lokha, ndinali kufunsa anthu ofuna uphungu pa The Media Line's Press and Policy Student Programme omwe anali ndi chidwi chophunzira kutali chifukwa COVID-19 yasiya mayunivesite atatsekedwa. Wophunzira wochokera ku yunivesite yotchuka yemwe anali ndi chidwi ndi njira ya utolankhani amaganiza kuti "mutangoyamba kulemba nkhani," - "Eureka mphindi" kwa woyambitsa pulogalamuyo. Phunziro lomwe tikuphunzira tisanaphunzitse mawu: Ngati dziko silinabwerezedwe zomwe utolankhani uyenera kukhala - luso, luso lapadera lomwe limafuna kuphunzira, kufufuza ndi luso - ndiye kuti ife atolankhani talephera pa ntchito yathu yofunika kwambiri: kulankhulana kuti ndife ndani.

Mnzanga wokondedwa, woganiza bwino Dr. Nadia Al-Sakkaf, yemwe kale anali wofalitsa The Yemen Times, anandiuza kuti malonda akusintha ndipo akukhala bizinesi ya aliyense. Cyberspace ikukhala nsanja yayikulu ya utolankhani, yomwe ikupatsa mphamvu mwanjira koma ili ndi zovuta zake.

Kubwezeretsa Utolankhani "- kanema phunziro ili pansipa

Kulumikizana pompopompo ndi zokopa chidwi zaphokoso zikuchoka pamikhalidwe yofunikira ya demokalase yathu. Ambiri mwa anthu aku America omwe amatha kukumbukira nthawi yayitali ya pulogalamu yapaintaneti usiku uliwonse ndikukhalabe maola ambiri akuipitsa nsonga zala zawo ndi nyuzipepala ya m'mawa yodetsa inki amamvetsetsa kusiyana kumeneku.

Pamene tikuyang'ana zoopsa zomwe zimagwera atolankhani omwe amaika miyoyo yawo pachiswe kuti nkhaniyo ikhale yolondola, tikuyenera kulira chifukwa cha kutaya kwa manyuzipepala ndi ma TV ambiri omwe sanathe kudutsa m'mavuto azachuma a 2008 ndipo akukumananso ndi kuchotsedwa ntchito, inde, kutseka.

Ngati United States of America, dziko laufulu, silingatsogolere njira zothandizira bungwe la utolankhani ndi malo owulutsa amphamvu, atolankhani athu, omwe timawalemekeza lero, sangakhale ndi njira yopitilira mashopu akuluakulu akuyendetsa ndale zandale zomwe sizinayesedwe. mwamalingaliro ndi kusiyanasiyana komanso kudziwika kwa nzika zathu m'mawu osiyanasiyana kuyambira nkhani zabodza kupita ku zabodza.

FELICE FRIEDSON ndi Purezidenti ndi CEO wa Media Line News Agency. Ndiwopanga The Mideast Press Club, Press and Policy Student Program ndi mapulogalamu opatsa mphamvu azimayi ku Middle East jour.

eTurboNews: Chodabwitsa mu United Nations System lamulo la ufulu wa atolankhani ndi vuto. Bungwe la World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) anali atsankho eTurboNews kuyambira pomwe mlembi watsopano Zurab Pololikashvili adagwira ntchito ku 2018. Ku Hawaii Bwanamkubwa Ige akukana kuyankha mafunso ndi Hawaii News Online - ufulu wa atolankhani siwodziwikiratu ndipo uyenera kutetezedwa kulikonse padziko lapansi. Purezidenti wa US Trump akuti atolankhani ndi mdani wa dzikolo.

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

Sadly, our agency, The Media Line, needs no reminder beyond the memory of our brave and brilliant colleague, Steven Sotloff, who contributed inspired reporting from the Middle East with full knowledge of how the dangers of his beloved profession placed him in the crosshairs of a rising group of maniacal killers to be known as ISIS and ultimately responsible for his barbaric slaying.
As I write, journalists from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal have been kicked out of China as they tried to secure answers to the origins of the pandemic that has brought so much chaos, death, and disruption to the world.
As the secretary alluded to, there are journalists languishing in prisons in – but to name a few – Egypt, Yemen, Pakistan, Turkey, Thailand, and Venezuela for the “crime” of performing their duties as members of the Fourth Estate.