Laura Baghdasarian
The Coverage of Turkey's Accession
to EU in the Armenian Media
The report was presented at the round table meeting of journalists
under "Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkey: Journalist Initiative-2002"
of Yerevan Press Club, "Yeni Nesil" Journalists Union of Azerbaijan
and Association of Diplomacy Corespondents of Turkey (September 20-24,
Turkey)
The Turkish subject is one of the topics of most permanent attention
in the Armenian media since the declaration of the independence of this
country. Certainly, this is a consequence of not only the geographic situation
of Turkey, namely its neighboring with Armenia. Turkey along with all related
modern and historical political and economic factors is one of the most
essential and dominating issues in the foreign affairs sections of Armenian
media primarily due to the absence of diplomatic relations between Armenia
and Turkey; more exactly, due to the historical and political reasons that
impede their establishment... more
Laura Baghdasarian
The Media of Armenia and the Environment
As Viewed By Journalists
In July 2001 the Association of Investigative Journalists of Armenia
held a survey among Armenian journalists. The survey was aimed at revealing
the most vital problems for media today, the specifics of their activities,
the perception of freedom of information, the interrelations of journalists
and information sources, study the extent to which the information is accessible
for journalists, the nature of obstacles, arising when receiving and disseminating
information, etc. The findings on the evaluation of the professional skills,
the views held by the journalists on the freedom level of the freedom enjoyed
by "their" and other media ... more
