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- A LETTER TO BONO
- About Us
- How do we end extreme poverty?
- Who are the press councils?
- How can I help?
- FAQ
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- Dear Bono
- 1. Who are the press councils?
- 2. Why do press councils allow news omission?
- 3. Why do we keep ignoring extreme poverty?
- 4. What is the difference between censorship and omission?
- 5. What did the GFC do for extreme poverty?
- 6. What the Boxing Day Tsunami taught us
- 7. What 9/11 taught us
- 8. News omission cases upheld by the press councils
- 9. Why people are idiots
- 10. Why people are kind
- 11. Examples of news omission the press councils have dismissed
- 12. What are our motivations for change?
- 13. Why advocacy journalism will work
- 14. Our roles in ending extreme poverty
- 15. Embarking on a war on extreme poverty
- 16. Who are the real medicine men?
- 17. A conclusion
- CODES OF CONDUCT
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Canada
- Chile
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Hong Kong
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Mali
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Russia
- Singapore
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tonga
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- World Press Councils
- Contact Us
Who do I send my complaint?
AFRICA
TheNetwork of African Forums
Zio Moussa: Chair
PO Box 01 BP 1807
1807 Abidjan 01
Cte d'Ivoire
Telephone: (255) 05 05 96 13
Fax: (225) 20 37 25 45 or
(225) 20 21 61 07
AUSTRALIA
The Australian Press Council
Julian Disney:Chairman
Suite 10.02
117 York Street, Sydney
NSW, 2000, Australia
Telephone: (612) 92 61 19 30
Fax: 612 92 67 68 26
complaints@presscouncil.org.au
AUSTRIA
The Austrian Press Council
Peter Jann: Chair
Presseclub Concordia
Bankgasse 8,1010
Wien, Austria
Telephone: 43 1 5338573
Fax: +43 1 5338573
AZERBAIJAN
The Azerbaijan Press Council
Aflatun Amashov: Chairman
Nizami Street 121/11, Baku, Azerbaijan
Telephone: (994) 12 498 27 48; 499 02 92
Fax: (994) 12 498 27 48
BELGIUM
The Press Council of Belgium
Flip Voets: Secretary General/Ombudsman
Internationaal Perscentrum. Raad voor de Journalistiek,
IPC Residence Palace
3e verdieping 3/217,
Wetstraat 155, 1040 Brussel.
Telephone: 02/230.27.17
BOSINA AND HERZEGOVINA
The Press Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ljiljana Zurovac: Executive Director
Trampina 8, 71000
Sarajevo, Bosnia andHerzegovina
Telephone: 00 387 33 272 270
Fax: 00 387 33 272 270
BOTSWANA
The Press Council of Botswana
Clara Olsen: Chair
Plot N 398, Kgasa Close - Extension 4.
P.O. Box 30 13 15
Tlokweng,
Gaborone, Botswana
Telephone: 267 35 00 378
Fax: 267 31 61 196
BULGARIA
National Council for Journalistic Ethics
Venelina Gotcheva: Chair
Bulgaria
Telephone: 3592 (4339) 465
BURKINA FASO
The Burkina Faso Press Council
Bassirou Sanogo: Chair
P.O. Box 01
BP 3996,
Ouagadougou01, Burkina Faso
Telephone: (226) 81 74 71; 36 50 12;
(Bassirou Sanogo) 81 74 71
Fax: (226) 31 45 50
CANADA
The Alberta Press Council
Dr Joan Scott: Acting chair
Bauni Mackay: Chair
P O Box 2576, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8G8
Telephone (403) 580 4010.
Fax (403) 580 4010
The British Columbia Press Council
Vern Slaney: Chair
201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, BC V9R 2R2
Telephone (250) 245-1051
Manitoba Press Council
John Cochrane: Chair
Press Council. 101,
2033 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.,
R3J 0K6, Canada
Telephone: (204) 889-0021
The Ontario Press Council
Don McCurdy: Executive Secretary
2 Carlton Street, Suite 1706, Toronto
Ont., M5B 1J3, Canada
Fax: (416) 340-8724
The Conseil de Presse du Quebec
John H Gomery: President
1000, rue Fullum, bureau A.208
Montral (Qubec) H2K 3L7
Tlphone : 514.529.2818
Tlcopieur : 514.873.4434
CHILE
The Chilean Council of Ethics in Mediaand Communication
Sommers Comondari: President
Asociasion nacional de la prensa,
Carlos Antnez 2048
Providencia, Santiago de Chile.
Telephone: 56 2 232 1004
Fax: 56 2 232 1005
CONGO
The Congo Press Council
Bernard Mackiza: President
84 bis, rue Franceville Moungali,
Brazzaville
CYPRUS
The Cypress Media Complaints Commission
Petros Zachariades : Vice Chancellor
12, RIK Avenue,
Aglantzia 2120, Nicosia
CYPRUS
P.O.Box 27858
2433, Nicosia
Telephone: 357 22427717
FAX: 357 22427747
deontologia@cytanet.com.cy
DENMARK
The Danish Press Council
Jytte Scharling: Chair
Gyldenlovesgade 11, 41600
Copenhagen V, Denmark
Telephone: 00 45 33 15 55 64; 00 45 72 26 89 71
Fax: 00 45 33 15 84 64
EASTERN CARRIBEAN
Harold Hoyt: Chair
The Eastern Caribbean Press Council
P.O. Box 1203, Bridgetown, Barbados
Telephone: (246) 430 5596
Fax: (246) 427 6968
ESTONIA
The Estonian Press Council
Epp Lauk: Chair
Gonsiori 21, 15020
Tallinn, Estonia
Telephone/Fax (+372) 5300 5847
The Estonia Newspaper Association
Erik Roose: Chair
Parnu mnt 67A
10134 Tallinn Estonia
Telephone: (+372 631 1210)
FIJI
The Fiji Media Council Ltd
Daryl Tarte:Chair
P.O.Box 11852,
Suva, Fiji
Telephone: 3450484.
Mobile 9937802.
Fax 3317055
FINLAND
The Finland Council of Mass Media
Risto Uimonen: Chair
MarianKatu 26 B 10, 00170
Helsinki, Finland.
Telephone: 358 9 13 57 494
Fax: 358 9 278 1031
FRANCE
President: Yves Agnes
GEORGIA
The Media Council of Georgia
Gigi Tevzadze : Chair
Mobile: 899 51 99 83
GERMANY
The German Press Council
Lutz Tillmanns:Managing Director
Haus-Anschrift: Deutscher Presserat,
Gerhard-von-Are-Str. 8, 53111 Bonn
Telephone: 0228 - 985 72 0
Fax: 0228 - 985 72 99
GHANA
The National Media Commission of Ghana
Kabral Blay-Amihere: Chair
P.O. Box SD 114,
Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana
Telephone: 00 233 21 66 24 09
Fax: 00 233 21 66 63 25
GUINEA
The Observatory of Media Ethics
Ibrahima Barry: President
Guine.
Telephone: 00 224 11 33 39 88
HONG KONG
The Hong Kong Press Council
Prof Joseph M. Chan: Chair
Room 904, 75 King's Road, North Point,
Hong Kong
Telephone: 852 25 70 46 77
Fax: 852 25 70 49 77
ICELAND
The Ethics Committee of the Unionof Icelandic Journalists
Kristinn Halgrimsson: Chair
Sidumula 23, 108
Reykjavik, Iceland
Fax: 354 55 391 77 or
354 5521 331
INDIA
The Press Council of India
Justice G.N. Ray: Chair
Soochna Bhawan 8-C GO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi
110003, India
Telephone: 24 36 67 45/46/47/49
INDONESIA
The Dewan Press Council Indonesia
Ichlasul Amal: Chair
Gedung Dewan Pers Lantai VII,
Jl. Kebon Sirih No.32-34, Jakarta, 10110.
Telephone: 021-3521488,
3504877,
3504874-75
Fax. 021-3452030
ISRAEL
The Press Council of Israel
Dalia Dorner: President
Dr Mordechai Kremnitzer: Chair
4 Kaplan Street
Tel Aviv, Israel
Telephone: (972) 3 695 1437
Fax: (972) 3 69 51 145
ITALY
The Italian Order of Journalists
Enzo Iacopino: Secretary General
Consiglio Nazionale Ordine dei Giornalisti
Via Parigi, 11
00185 Roma, Italy
Telephone: 06.686231
Fax: 06.68804084
IVORY COAST
Observatory of the Liberty and Ethics of the Press
Samba Kone: Chair
P.O. Box 12 BP,
72 Abidjan 12, Cte d'Ivoire.
Telephone: (225) 21 75 46 10; 07 03 75 97
Fax: (225) 20 23 46 94
JAPAN
The Newspaper Content Evaluation Chamber of NSK
Hitoshi Uchiyama: Chair
Nihon Shinbun Kyokai,
Nippon Press Center Bldg,
2-2-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, 100-8543, Japan
Telephone: 81 3 3591 4401
Fax: 81 3 3591 6149
KENYA
The Media Council of Kenya
Mitch Odero: Executive Director
PO Box 43132 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: 020-2737058
KIBRIS TURKEY
Kibris Turkish Press Council
Ismet Kotak: Chairman
55/I/A Ataturk Caddesi Yenisehir,
Lefkosa, Kibris.
c/o Mersin 10 Turkey
Telephone: 00 90 392 227 95 65;
(Chairman) 00 90 542 855 12 22
Fax: 00 90 392 228 51 49
KOREA
Korea Press Ethics Commission
Kim Dae-seong: Chair
13th Floor
Korea Press Centre, 25, 1-ga Taepyeongno,
Jung-gu, Seoul
Telephone: 02 734 3081 2
Korean Press Arbitration Committee
Park Yeong-sik: Chair
15 Fl. Korea Press Centre, 25, 1-ga Taepyeongno,
Jung-gu, Seoul 00-745.
Telephone: 02 732 6031 3
LITHUANIA
Commission of Ethics Lithuanian Journalists and Publishers
Gintaras Songaila: Chair
A. Vivulskio g.. 23, 03114
Vilnius, Lithuania
Telephone: 370 5 213 55 60
Fax: 370 5 233 79 04
LUXEMBOURG
The Luxembourg Media Council
Joseph Lorent: President
24 rue du March aux Herbes,
1728 Luxembourg P.O. Box BP 1584,
1505 Luxembourg
Telephone: (352) 22 23 11
Fax: (352) 22 23 40
MACEDONIA
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia
Tamara Causidis: President
Gradski zid, blok 13, 1000
Skopje, Makedonia.
Telephone: 389 (0)2 3298 139
Fax: 389 (0)2 3116 447
MALI
The Press Council of Mali
Sambi Tour: President
P.O. Box BP 1258,
Bamako, Mali
Telephone: (223) 229 18 62; 636 27 59; 222 19 15
Fax: (223) 223 54 78
MALTA
The Press Ethics Commission of Malta
Kevin Dingli:Chair
Institute of Maltese Journalism,
P.O. Box 21, G.P.O. Marsa - Malta
Telephone: (+356) 2131 6958
Mob: (+356) 9945 0746
Fax: 00 356 21 249 290
NEPAL
The Press Council of Nepal
Narayan Prasad Sharma:Chair
GPO Box 3077,
Sanchargram, Tilganga
Kathmandu, Nepal
Telephone: 00977-1-4112678,
4112799,4112683
Fax: 00977-1-4112694
NETHERLANDS
The Netherlands Press Council
Victor Lebesque: Chair
Joh. Vermeerstraat 22, 1071 DR
Amsterdam,The Netherlands
Telephone: 00 31 20 673 57 27
Fax: 00 31 20 679 9065
NEW ZEALAND
The New Zealand Press Council
Barry Paterson QC: Chair
P.O. Box 10-879, The Terrace,
79 Boulcott Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Telephone: 64 4 47 35 220
Fax: 64 4 47 11 785
NIGERIA
The Nigerian Press Council
Hadj Alade Odunewu: Chair
No. 15, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi,
P.M.B. 3451, Sururlere, Lagos
Telephone: +2347098205199
NORWAY
The Norway Press Complaints Commission
Per Edgar Kokkvold: Chair
Radhusgt. 17 - 3etg,
P.O. Box 46
Sentrum, 0101
Oslo, Norway
Telephone: 47 22 40 50 40
Fax: 47 22 40 50 55
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea
Peter John Atisi: Chair
PO Box 334
Port Moresby NCD
Papua New Guinea
Telephone: (675) 320 1996
Fax: (675) 320 1995
PERU
The Council of the Peruvian Press
Gustavo Mohme Seminario: Executive secretary
Av. Punta Negra 572,
Magdalena del mar,
Lima 17, Peru
Telephone: 00 (511) 264 6409
Fax: 00 (511) 264 0005
PHILIPPINES
The Cebu Citizens Press Council
Dr Pureza Oate: Chairperson
MBF CebuPressCenter, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
Telephone: 414-79-80
Fax: 414-79-82
The Centre for Media Freedom and Responsibility
Melinda Quintos de Jesus: Executive Director
2/F Ateneo Professional, Schools-Salcedo,
#130 HV dela Costa St., Salcedo Village,
Makati City 1227, Philippines.
Telephone: (63-2) 894-1326 or
(63-2) 840-0903
Fax: (63-2) 840-0889
PORTUGAL
The Portugese Press Council
Armando Torres Paulo: President
Av. D. Carlos I, 130 - 6, 1200
Lisbon, Portugal
Telephone: 351 1 392 91 30
Fax: 351 1 395 14 49
RUSSIA
The Russian Grand Jury
c/o Russian Union of Journalists,
Michael Nenashev: Chair
4 Zubovskiy Blvd, Moscow
11 90 21, Russia
Telephone: (7095) 201 51 01 / 23 95
Fax: (7095) 201 35 47 / 44 31
SENEGAL
The Press Council of Senegal
Kader Diop: Chairperson
Le Journal P.O. Box BP 16233,
Dakar-Fann, Sngal.
Telephone: (221) 864 56 00
Fax: (221) 864 56 08
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Press Council of the Slovak Republic
Zuzana Durisova: President
Tlacova rada Slovenskej republiky,
Zupne namestie 7, 815 68,
Bratislava,Slovakia
Telephone: + 421 /2/ 54432438
SLOVENIA
The Journalists' Ethics Council of Slovenia
Ranka Ivelja: President
Drustvo novinarjev Slovenije, Wolfova 8,1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Telephone: 386 1 426 03 63
Fax: 386 1 426 03 64
SOUTH AFRICA
The South Africa Press Council
Raymond Louw: Press ombudsman
2nd Floor7 St David's ParkSt David's PlaceParktown, 2193South Africa
Telephone: (011) 788 4829;
(011) 788 4837
Fax: (011) 788 49 90
SPAIN
Spanish Ethics Council
Llucia Olivia: President
Federacion de Asociaciones de la Prensa de Espaa (FAPE),
Juan Bravo 6 - Planta 3a,
Madrid 28006, Spain
Telephone: 91 585 00 38 / 39
Fax: 91 585 00 35
The News Council of Catalunya
Josep Pernau: Chair
10 Rambla de Catalunya - 4rt 4a,
Barcelona, 08007, Catalunya, Spain
Telephone: 34 93 317 19 20 (ext. 246/228)
Fax: 34 93 317 8386
SRI-LANKA
The Press Complaints Commission of Sri-Lanka
Sam Wijesinha: Chair
96 Kirula Road, Colombo 05,
Sri Lanka
Telephone: (00 94 11) 53 33 002 /006/ 008
Fax: (00 94 11) 53 35 500
SWEDEN
The Swedish Press Council
Yrsa Stenius: Press Ombudsman
Box 223 10
104 22 Stockholm, Sweden
Telephone: 46 08 - 692 46 20
08 - 692 46 05
SWITZERLAND
The Switzerland Press Council
Dominique von Burg: President
P.O. Box Postfach
201 3800
Interlaken, Switzerland
Telephone: 00 41 (0)33 823 12 62
Fax: 00 41 (0)33 823 11 18
TAIWAN
The National Press Council of the Republic of China
Lai Kuo-chou: Chair
6F, 78 Chang-An East Rd.
Section 2, Taipei 104, Taiwan, Republic of China
Telephone: 886 2 2 515 3211
Fax: 886 2 2 515 32 33
TANZANIA
The Tanzania Media Council
Geoffrey Mmari:Chair
P.O. Box 10160,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Telephone: 0255 022 277 5728
Fax: 255 22 2700370
THAILAND
The Thailand Press Council
Manit Sooksomjit: Chair
535/1 Samsen Road, Dusit 10300
Bangkok, Thailand
Telephone: 66 2 668 9900
Fax: 66 2 243 5697
TOGO
The Togo Press Council
Francis Pedro Amuzun: Chair
P.O. Box BP 60087,
909 rue n27 B-chteau,
Lom, Togo
Telephone: (228) 946 00 36
Fax: (228) 221 13 70
TONGA
Tonga Media Council
Pesi Fonua: Chairman
Media Council
P.O. Box 958
Nuku'alofa,
Tonga
Telephone: (676) 25 779
Fax: (676) 24 749
TURKEY
The Turkish Press Council.
Orhan Birgit: Chair
Halaskargazi Cad. No: 110/7 Osmanbey
Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 (212) 224 95 13
Fax: +90 (212) 224 95 14
UKRAINE
The Journalistic Ethics Commission of the Ukraine
Volodymyr Mostovy: Chair
CJE, apt 8 Kruhlouniversytetska Str.
11/19, Kyiv, 01024
Ukraine
Telephone: +38 (044) 201-0102
Fax: +38 (044) 201-0100
UNITED KINGDOM
The Press Complaints Commission
Baroness Buscombe: Chairperson
Press Complaints Commission.
Halton House,
20/23 Holborn, London
EC1N 2JD.
Telephone: 020 7831 0022
UNITED STATES
Southern California News Council
William Babcock: Executive Director
California State University,
1250 Bellflower Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90840.
Telephone: 562.985.4111
The Honolulu Community Media Council
Chris Conybeare: Chair
P.O. Box 22415,
Honolulu, HI 96823-2415
The Minnesota News Council
Sarah Bauer:Program Director
Tony Carideo: Chair
12 South Sixth Street,
Suite 927, Minneapolis,
MN 55402, US
Telephone: 612.341.9357
Fax: 312.341.9358
The New England News Forum
Bill Densmore: Director
University of Massachusetts
Telephone: 413-545-0012
The Washington News Council
Suzie Burke: President
John Hamer: Executive Director
P.O. Box 3672,
Seattle, WA 98124
Telephone: 206-262-9793
Fax: 206-464-7902
WORLD PRESS COUNCIL
The Honourable Justice P.B. Sawant: Chair
PO Box 2
Jalan Kelang Lama
58700 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: NA
Fax: 60 3 575 61 49
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