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We can't do without radio. However many new forms of mass communication are invented, the grandmother of them all remains indispensable. From Peru to Jordan, it's radio journalists who are often the first, and the last, to defy censorship and push the boundaries. As modern technology multiplies radio's reach, Index examines the medium and its messengers. Alexei Venediktov gives an exclusive interview on the secret of radio station Ekho Moskvy's survival - one of the last bastions of free speech in Russia; Joe Queenan reveals why he has no time for talk radio in the US and Shirazuddin Siddiqi on the programme the Taliban couldn't ban.
PLUS Richard Norton-Taylor on the pursuit of secrecy; Marge Berer on a full-frontal cover-up; an exclusive extract from Javad Mahzadeh's acclaimed novel set during the Iran-Iraq war and Martin Rowson's Stripsearch.
Index on Censorship is an award-winning magazine, devoted to protecting and promoting free expression. International in outlook, outspoken in comment, Index on Censorship reports on free expression violations around the world, publishes banned writing and shines a light on vital free expression issues through original, challenging and intelligent commentary and analysis, publishing some of the world's finest writers.
Forthcoming September 2010: Issue 39/3, Free Speech and Music
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Winner 2008 Amnesty International Consumer Magazine of the Year
Contents
Editorial - Jo Glanville
PART ONE: DISPATCHES
The Pursuit of Secrecy - Richard Norton-Taylor
How the Courts Stopped Labour's Cover-up
PART TWO: RADIO REDUX
Rulers of the Airwaves - Gillian Reynolds
The Key to Radio's Success
Looking for America - Joe Queenan
Talk Radio Is the Battleground for the USA's Soul
Open Mike - Aryeh Neier
Free Speech Remains the Best Antidote
Culture of Caution - Martin Semukanya
Rwandan Journalists Are Still Rebuilding Credibility
Radio Waves: Facts and Figures - Liam Hodkinson and Elizabeth Stitt
The World Strikes Back - Irena Maryniak
The Broadcast Revolution Has Rewritten the Rules
New Waves - Richard Sambrook
International Radio Can No Longer Go It Alone
Stripsearch - Martin Rowson
Good Morning, Belgrade - Adrienne Van Heteren
The Triumph of B92
Rules of Engagement - Maria Eismont
Alexei Venediktov on the Secret of His Survival
Radio Silence - Vugar Gojayev
Azerbaijan's Shrinking Media Landscape
DAB Is Dead - Grant Goddard
How the Digital Dream Turned Sour
Local Hero - Carlos Flores Borja
A Peruvian Station's Battle to Broadcast
Interrupted Service - Aleida Calleja
Community Radio on the Front Line in Mexico
Piracy Goes Kosher - Anat Balint
Israeli Settlers Join the Media Game
Taboo Buster - Kristen Ess Schurr
Jordan's Hero of the Airwaves
Real Lives - Shirazuddin Siddiqi
The Programme the Taliban Couldn't Ban
Too Free too Fast - Ernest Waititu
How Kenya's Broadcasters Fell Foul of the Law
PART THREE: BODY WORKS
Covered up - Marge Berer
The Full Frontal That Got Pulled
Make Me Beautiful - Omid Salehi
Inside the World of Iranian Cosmetic Surgery
PART FOUR: FICTION
My Best Friend - Javad Mahzadeh
Exclusive Extract from His Novel
