<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Dear FoME list colleagues,</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"> in times
of widespread populism, disinformation and mistrust in the media, it is
vitally important to have an assessment tool for media freedom that is
accepted across cultures.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>How can media
freedom around the world be measured in a more objective, unbiased and
transparent way? </b></span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>What are different
concepts of media freedom and how do they vary across world regions? </b></span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>And what are
the strengths and weaknesses of existing media freedom indices and rankings?
</b></span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I would like to
inform you that my book<b> "Measuring Global Media Freedom"</b>
has been published - and tries to give answers to these questions.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Brief summary:
</b></span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">The Media Freedom
Analyzer developed by Laura Schneider (now Laura Moore - :-)) is a new
way to measure global media freedom in a more objective, unbiased and transparent
way. Grounded in the opinions of around 1000 experts from 126 countries,
the index is the first empirically validated tool to assess free and independent
media across the world. The existing press freedom rankings are frequently
criticized for being arbitrary and having a Western bias. This book tackles
this very problem. In times of widespread populism, disinformation and
mistrust in the media, it is vitally important to have an assessment tool
that is accepted across cultures.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I hope you find
it interesting and am looking forward to discussing this topic with you.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Best wishes to
all, and stay healthy!</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Laura</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><br>
Dr. Laura Moore<br>
Head of Research and Evaluation<br>
Policy and Concepts<br>
DW Akademie<br>
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Deutsche Welle (DW)<br>
Voltastr. 6<br>
13355 Berlin<br>
Germany<br>
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T +49.30.4646-8518<br>
M +49.152.01882083<u><br>
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