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Transition from state-owned media

to privately owned media

In Media We Trust. Edelman Trust

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Egyptians (43%) are the most likely to say they trust the international media more

than their national media.

Egyptians are among the most likely to have turned away from a

media source due to a loss of trust, with 40 percent reporting having done so.

61 percent agree that the media is too focused on Western values and concerns.

BBC/Reuters/Media Center Poll: Trust in the Media, 2006

Toby Mendel: Political and Media Transitions in Egypt: A Snapshot

of Media Policy and Regulatory Environment, Internews 2011

The revolutions are about transparency, accountability, and freedom of

expression, not just media freedom,

yet they present an opportunity to improve work that has already

been done in the field of media development

Natasha Tynes, International Center for Journalists, The Legal Enabling Environment

for Independent Media in Libya and Tunisia, CIMA/Internews, 2011

Media development organizations and donors must look at a more platform-neutral future

to create a continuum from the oldest journalism professional

to the youngest journalist in training

Drusilla Menaker (IREX), The Legal Enabling Environment for

Independent Media in Libya and Tunisia, CIMA/Internews, 2011

so that traditional platforms are combined with newerdigital media

No distinction between reporting and advocacy exists in the

Jamal Dajani, InternewsChallenges for Independent Media

in a Post-Gaddafi Libya, CIMA/NED, 2011

New players lack journalism skills as well as an understanding of

professional ethics

Libyan media.

and the role the media plays in a democratic society

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