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World Press Review (Worldpress.org) is an independent, nonpartisan New York based magazine founded in 1974 and initially published by Stanley Foundation and Teri Schure, with an online edition which was launched in 1997.
The headquarters of the magazine is in Farmingdale, New York. The monthly magazine which had a circulation of 50,000 stopped publication of its print version on its 30th anniversary in April 2004 with withdrawal of Stanley Foundation and instead put its focus on the electronic version.
Worldpress.org publishes originally written articles and analysis on various world issues from environment and human rights to regional politics and armed conflicts, as well as reprinted material from the press outside the United States. The magazine describes its mission as "to foster the international exchange of perspectives and information."
According to its editorial guideline, Worldpress.org mostly focuses on the issues which are barely reflected in the mainstream press, translating, reprinting, analyzing, and contextualizing what it evaluates as "the best of the international press" from more than 20 languages. For its originally written material, World Press relies on its web of freelancers from approximately 40 countries.
KQED, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 30), is a PBS member television station located in San Francisco, California, United States. The station is owned by Northern California Public Broadcasting, through subsidiary KQED, Inc., alongside fellow PBS station KQEH (channel 54) and NPR member radio station KQED-FM (88.5). KQED maintains studios located on Mariposa Street in San Francisco's Mission District, and its transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower.
KQED's signal is relayed on satellite station KQET (virtual channel 25 and digital channel 25) in Watsonville, which serves the Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz market; that station's transmitter is located at Fremont Peak, near San Juan Bautista.
KQED was organized and founded by veteran broadcast journalists James Day and Jonathan Rice on June 1, 1953, and first signed on the air on April 5, 1954 as the sixth public television station in the United States, debuting shortly after the launch of WQED in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station's call letters, Q.E.D., are taken from the Latin phrase, quod erat demonstrandum, commonly used in mathematics.
🌍 Documenting some of the most pressing issues facing the world today, the 2024 World Press Photo Contest awarded photos and stories were selected by an independent jury from more than 61,000 entries. Watch the global jury explain why they picked each of the winning works. The annual World Press Photo Contest, which recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year, works with a system that includes six regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia and Oceania. Entries are judged based on where the photographs and stories are shot. The judging of the contest involves six regional juries and a global jury composed of the six regional jury chairs and one additional member, the global jury...
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📸 Selected from more than 61,000 entries, we’re excited to present the regional winners of the 67th annual World Press Photo Contest! The award-winning works document some of the most pressing issues facing the world today, from devastating conflicts and political upheaval to the climate crisis and the safe passage of migrants. In bringing together such important stories, the selection encourages greater understanding and awareness of current events, as well as serves as a reminder of the need for press freedom in all corners of the world. The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year. The 24 winners and six honorable mentions of the 2024 World Press Photo Contest were selected by an indepen...
To mark World Press Freedom Day, Al Jazeera journalists tell us what press freedom means to them. @aljazeeraenglish #worldpressfreedomday #worldpress #aljazeeraenglish
We’re proud to introduce the four global winners of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest! World Press Photo of the Year: ‘Kamloops Residential School’ by Amber Bracken, Canada, for The New York Times World Press Photo Story of the Year: ‘Saving Forests with Fire’ by Matthew Abbott, Australia, for National Geographic/Panos Pictures World Press Photo Long-Term Project Award: ‘Amazonian Dystopia’ by Lalo de Almeida, Brazil, for Folha de São Paulo/Panos Pictures World Press Photo Open Format Award: ‘Blood is a Seed’ by Isadora Romero, Ecuador Congratulations to all four globally awarded photographers! Discover the winning photos and stories, selected by an independent jury of visual journalism professionals: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photocontest/2022/global-winners
Video Message by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on World Press Freedom Day (3 May) 2023. "For three decades, on World Press Freedom Day, the international community has celebrated the work of journalists and media workers. This day highlights a basic truth: all our freedom depends on press freedom. Freedom of the press is the foundation of democracy and justice. It gives all of us the facts we need to shape opinions and speak truth to power. And as this year’s theme reminds us, press freedom represents the very lifeblood of human rights. But in every corner of the world, freedom of the press is under attack. Truth is threatened by disinformation and hate speech seeking to blur the lines between fact and fiction, between science and conspiracy. The increased...
The UN says attacks on journalists are increasing - with one journalist killed on average every four days. Al Jazeera and other media organisations are calling for better protection of journalists. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
We’re pleased to present the global winners of the 2023 World Press Photo Contest: -World Press Photo of the Year: ‘Mariupol Maternity Hospital Airstrike’ by Evgeniy Maloletka, Ukraine, for Associated Press. - World Press Photo Story of the Year: ‘The Price of Peace in Afghanistan’ by Mads Nissen, Denmark, for Politiken/Panos Pictures. - World Press Photo Long-Term Project Award: ‘Battered Waters’ by Anush Babajanyan, Armenia, for VII Photo/National Geographic Society. - World Press Photo Open Format Award: ‘Here, The Doors Don't Know Me’ by Mohamed Mahdy, Egypt. The winning photos and stories highlight the climate crisis, community, war’s impact on civilians, and the importance of press photography around the world. The four global winners were selected from 24 regional winners, wh...
In this episode of The Camera Doesn’t Matter podcast, Sean Gallagher speaks to Malaysian photographer, Stefen Chow and discusses with him the making of some of his most iconic photos. From humble beginnings as an engineering student in Singapore, Stefen’s career took off when he returned from the summit of Mount Everest with photos that would change his life. As an aspiring photojournalist based in Beijing, he photographed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei which earned him a World Press Photo portrait prize in 2013. Since then he has gone on to become one of Asia’s leading commercial photographers and has also found a new identity as a visual artist, with his work now held in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, in New York. Listen to the full podcast to learn about Stefen's fas...
Free and independent journalism is a core element of any democracy. It plays a crucial role in informing citizens about issues that shape their lives, and monitoring the actions of governments at all levels. Independent media are also important in the fight against fake news, increasing our collective resilience to disinformation. Every year, 3 May marks World Press Freedom Day, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom. NATO’s core values are freedom, democracy and the rule of law. Journalists play a vital role in helping protect them. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ SUBSCRIBE to this channel http://bit.ly/NATOsubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO News http://bit.ly/NATONewsSubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO History http://bit.ly/NATOHistorySubscribe...
World Press Review (Worldpress.org) is an independent, nonpartisan New York based magazine founded in 1974 and initially published by Stanley Foundation and Teri Schure, with an online edition which was launched in 1997.
The headquarters of the magazine is in Farmingdale, New York. The monthly magazine which had a circulation of 50,000 stopped publication of its print version on its 30th anniversary in April 2004 with withdrawal of Stanley Foundation and instead put its focus on the electronic version.
Worldpress.org publishes originally written articles and analysis on various world issues from environment and human rights to regional politics and armed conflicts, as well as reprinted material from the press outside the United States. The magazine describes its mission as "to foster the international exchange of perspectives and information."
According to its editorial guideline, Worldpress.org mostly focuses on the issues which are barely reflected in the mainstream press, translating, reprinting, analyzing, and contextualizing what it evaluates as "the best of the international press" from more than 20 languages. For its originally written material, World Press relies on its web of freelancers from approximately 40 countries.