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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The African Media Barometer (AMB) Madagascar 2012</b> was launched on the 6th of December 2012. Please find the PDF version attached, which contains an English and a French version.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The African Media Barometer (AMB) identifies and analyses the shortcomings and best practices in the legal as well as practical media environment of different African countries. Using a variety of African documents as a benchmark, the AMB can serve as a tool to lobby for media reform.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The AMB Madagascar revealed:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:12.0pt'>Political instability and the fact that laws <i>that</i> ensure free and independent media have not been implemented since the last African Media Barometer (AMB) report in 2010, have created an atmosphere where intimidation, abuse of power and harassment have become daily realties. The 2012 AMB report for Madagascar finds that self-censorship is the <i>modus operandi</i> in most media houses, as most newspapers, radio and television stations are owned and controlled by a handful of people. This leads to biased reporting. As a result, journalists stay silent on subjects they deem sensitive out of fear of being reprimanded or fired. The situation contributes to an unequal coverage, whereby the rich and most influential get most coverage and the poor majority remains voiceless. Most journalists work under precarious conditions with low salary, lack of facilities, lack of social security, and without participating or organizing themselves in professional associations or unions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Enjoy the read!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>If you would like to read up on the AMBs or explore AMBs of other countries please see our website: <a href="http://www.fesmedia-africa.org/home/what-we-do/africa-media-barometer-amb/">http://www.fesmedia-africa.org/home/what-we-do/africa-media-barometer-amb/</a> <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Please do not hesitate to contact me or my colleague Helvi Elago (<a href="mailto:helvi@fesmedia.org">helvi@fesmedia.org</a>) should you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Nora<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Nora Thoma <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Programme Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Friedrich Ebert Stiftung<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>fesmedia Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>P.O. 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