Symposium addresses transparency in local media

By Petra - Oct 11,2014 - Last updated at Oct 11,2014

AMMAN — The Jordan Transparency Association on Saturday organised a symposium on transparency in the Jordanian media.

Participants included senior journalists and chief editors of daily newspapers.

Speaking at the conference, Al Rai Editor-in-Chief Samir Hiari defined transparency in the media as “objectivity and neutrality”.

Ad Dustour’s Editor-in-Chief Mohammad Tal noted that the seven-year-old Access to Information Law has many constraints and argued that its articles do not help journalists obtain the information they seek.

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