- FreeMediaOnline.org
Free Media Online is a
California -basednonprofit organization dedicated to defending and advancingfree speech and freedom of the press worldwide through journalistic, educational and information sharing activities. It was founded in 2006 by a group of media specialists with backgrounds in international broadcasting, media marketing, and media research.Fact|date=February 2007The organization's founder and president, Ted Lipien [ [http://www.freemediaonline.org/tedlipien.htm FreeMediaOnline.org Ted Lipien] ] , was a
journalist , broadcast manager, and media marketing specialist at theVoice of America (VOA) and theInternational Broadcasting Bureau (IBB).Fact|date=February 2007 He was in charge of VOA Polish radio programs during theSolidarity labor union's struggle for democracy inPoland in the 1980s and helped place VOA andRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) programs on stations inthe Balkans , Central and Eastern Europe, the formerSoviet Union ,Afghanistan , and in theMiddle East . Other founders and associates also had careers in journalism, human rights organizations and academic institutions. [ [http://www.freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineabout.htm About FreeMediaOnline.org - Our Mission, Activities, and Goals] ]Free Media Online's stated goal is to help create a media environment supporting greater freedom, understanding and tolerance. The organization advocates for the rights of independent media and works to make free information available to journalists in media-at-risk countries. It also offers training programs in journalism and media marketing. Free Media Online is registered in California as a nonprofit public benefit corporation.
Free Media Online offers free information sharing and program delivery assistance to journalists and media organizations whose right of free expression is denied or restricted. Its reports and analysis of media freedom and independence issues around the world are available for use free of charge by any media organization or independent journalists.
Recent FreeMediaOnline.org reporting covered issues of
censorship and other violations of freedom of the press in Russia,Iran ,Cuba , andVenezuela . FreeMediaOnline.org has published articles critical of PresidentPutin 's clampdown on independent media in Russia and Moscow's efforts to restrict rebroadcasting of RFE/RL and VOA news programs onRussia n stations. [ [http://www.freemediaonline.org/bbg_and_bush_admin_fail_to_support_media_freedom_9july2006.htm The Broadcasting Broad of Governors and the Bush Administration fail to support media freedom in Eurasia (by Ted Lipien)Dublin, CA, July 9, 2006] ] FreeMediaOnline.org reports have been critical of the Bush Administration and theBroadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) for their plans to eliminate VOA radio programs in Russian and for insufficient support for media independence in Eurasia. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/26/business/voa.php Voice of America's new leader faces changing times - By Doreen Carvajal / International Herald Tribune (Published: November 26, 2006)] ]FreeMediaOnline.org also publishes articles analyzing issues of journalistic balance and objectivity in U.S. media reporting dealing with issues of press freedom. [ [http://www.freemediaonline.org/journalistic_balance_lacking_in_npr_report_on_cuba_112255.htm Journalistic balance lacking in NPR report on Cuba, press freedom issues ignored (by Ted Lipien)Free Media Online, Dublin, CA, December 15, 2006] ]
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* [http://www.freepress.net/news/19334 Article from "
New York Times ",November 24 ,2006 by Doreen Carvajal discussing founding of FreeMediaOnLine]External Links
* [http://www.freemediaonline.org FreeMediaOnline.org Free News for Independent Journalists]
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