Democracy on deadline : the global struggle for an independent press /

At their best, courageous journalists share a common mission worldwide: bearing witness to the truth as they see it in order to serve their fellow citizens, providing them accurate information, acting as their watchdog over those who hold power and speaking out in behalf of those who have none. Jour...

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Corporate Authors:	Lumiere Productions, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Independent Television Service, First Run/Icarus Films
Other Authors:	Skaggs, Calvin, Rothstein, Jed, Amos, Deborah
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Subjects:	Journalism. Press and politics. Freedom of the press. Journalism > Social aspects. Journalism > Political aspects. Journalism > History > 21st century. Journalists > Sierra Leone. Journalists > United States. Journalists > Mexico. Journalists > Nigeria. Journalists > Afghanistan. Journalists > Russia. Journalists > Israel. Journalists > Palestine. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	At their best, courageous journalists share a common mission worldwide: bearing witness to the truth as they see it in order to serve their fellow citizens, providing them accurate information, acting as their watchdog over those who hold power and speaking out in behalf of those who have none. Journalists inform; they warn; they analyze and interpret, all to help the public make sense of the world. This documentary profiles journalists in the U.S. and throughout the world as they struggle with government censorship, commercial pressures, and dangerous conditions in covering international events, and sheds light on the pivotal role journalists must play around the globe.
Item Description:	This disc has been recorded using DVD-R equipment and may not play in all DVD players or drives. Originally broadcast as an episode of the documentary television program Independent Lens by PBS on November 21, 2006. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-R.
Production Credits:	Edited by Jay Freund, Cindy Kaplan Rooney ; director of photography, Tom Hurwitz ; advisors, Ann Cooper, Joan Konner, Betty Medsger, Joan Mower, Folu Ogundimu, Rick Rockwell, Yves Sorokobi ; translators, Habiba Dalil, Yaffa Grinblatt, Isabel Roldos, Mariya Lysenkova, Shatha K. Al-Muttwa, Ana Maria Hernandez.