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Journalism support program launched in Iraq

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Iraq Commission on Integrity and the Iraq Electoral Commission recently signed an agreement in which they pledged to defend press rights and to organize seminars and training for journalists on the role of media in exposing corruption in public life and improving the quality of elections reporting.

The agreement was announced at the Iraqi Journalism Summit 2009, held recently in Baghdad, which was organized by IFJ and the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.

“We have to build new alliances inside journalism, with civil society and with the state,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary said. “And we have to show courage in confronting enemies of decency in journalism and professionalism in media whether they are inside or outside media. We need more safety, decent working conditions and more respect for the job that journalists do. Without that, Iraqi media will not be free and democracy will not take root in society.”

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