Tag: Institute of Maltese Journalists
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Will the Institute of Maltese Journalists please stand up?
I’m not expecting for the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IÄ M) to stand up and take a strong stand against the Labour Party’s pledge to increase punitive measures against journalists, but it should. The major issue here is that individuals who ought to provide stiff opposition to the Labour Party’s pledges, are running propaganda campaigns for…
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Institute of Maltese Journalists officially becomes a registered union
The Institute of Maltese Journalists (IÄ M) has officially registered as a union after being granted a last-minute approval by the Department of Industrial and Employment Relations (DIER). It is a historic step for the institution, which has beea key advocate for press freedom and journalistic standards since its establishment in 1989. The move to become…
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Kurt Sansone of MaltaToday sends clarifications on MaltaToday’s position on the government’s proposed press reform
Kurt Sansone is the chief editor of MaltaToday and also the general secretary of the Institute of Malta Journalists (Istitut tal-?urnalisti Maltin, I?M). He sent me a clarification as the MaltaToday editor on MaltaToday’s position on the proposed press reforms by the government. Kurt Sansone reiterated that MaltaToday is not supporting the government’s proposed press…
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Reversal of the press reform should see complete change of the bill
It is good news that the Prime Minister has finally decided to pause the press reform instead of bulldozing it in parliament. This pause comes literally just a couple of days after Justice Minister Jonathan went on a TV program and bragged and insisted that the government had made extensive consultation before presenting its bill…
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Finally, some anger
Journalists are finally waking up to the news that the government has taken them for a ride on its forced press reform. You can follow this thread on Twitter by Christopher Schwaiger to read about the journalists’ anger as they finally realise that the government is bulldozing a law about them in parliament without even…
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103 journalists want consultation and amendments. The government is ignoring them
103 journalists are calling for the government to launch a public consultation on its forced press reforms, but the government is ignoring them altogether. The government is using the silence of the Institute of Maltese Journalists which hasn’t even released an official position, as a green light to go ahead with its forced and arbitrarily…
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From Labour’s totalitarian press reform: Journalism is ok but not when it is about “private matters”
The Labour Party is pushing a totalitarian press reform without consultation which will create a military committee to oversee the press and enact SLAPP laws in Malta. The draft bill will also create a new limitation on journalism on private matters which will be introduced in the constitution. This limitation is a gross overreach that…
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The Maltese Government is going to enact SLAPP laws in Malta in its forced press reform
The Justice Minister and previous ONE propagandist, Jonathan Attard has just held a press conference where he gave to the public a litany of lies about a very deceiving press reform. The minister has announced that he will be presenting the bill to parliament as it is without handing it over to public consultation first.…
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How is this in the interest of the press?
How is this in any way in the interest of the press? There is nothing in the actions of the Institute of Maltese Journalists that favour journalists and apparently, I?M has become a government department. This is insane. All you creeps at the I?M pretending to work for journalists’ interests should get a grip of…
