Media Operations Centre open to local journalists after official launch
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The Media Operations Centre that has been set up in Port-au-Prince by Reporters Without Borders and Quebecor was officially inaugurated yesterday with the Haitian government’s support.
At a news conference held with two Reporters Without Borders representatives, culture and communications minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn-Lassègue announced that the centre will be headed by Ives-Marie Chanel, the editor of the Mediacom news agency. Chanel will be assisted by Reporters Without Borders correspondent Claude Gilles.
François Bugingo, President of RWB-Canada; Marie-Laurence Jocelyn-Lassègue, culture and communications minister; Clothilde Le Coz, RWB The mandate of the centre is to:
1- make the equipment that Haitian journalists need available to them
2- act as a place where they can meet their international colleagues
3- offer the various organisations that defend journalists in Haiti a place where they can operate
4- act as a news centre for the various government authorities and NGOs that want to address as many media as possible
5- advise and assist the government and its partners as regards relaunching news media that were hit by the 12 January earthquake, both in the capital and provinces, especially in the towns of Petit-Goâve, Grand-Goâve and Léogâne, which were very badly affected. The centre has room for up to 20 journalists to work at any one time, a news conference room that can hold 40 people and a terrace that can hold 60 people. It will have broadband Internet, telephone lines, an audio and video conference system, a satellite TV link and printers, as well as facilities for journalists in distress. Canada’s governor-general, Mickaëlle Jean, is to address a message in Creole to the Haitian people via the centre today. We invite Haitian President René Préval to hold a meeting with the press in the centre and we hope that the presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers of the countries with particularly close ties with Haiti will also chose this way to make a concrete commitment to the reconstruction of the Haitian media. This centre belongs to Haiti’s journalists. Its ability to continue operating in the medium term will depend on the technical and financial assistance it receives from other NGOs, international bodies and foreign media. With the support of
François Bugingo, President of RWB-Canada; Marie-Laurence Jocelyn-Lassègue, culture and communications minister; Clothilde Le Coz, RWB The mandate of the centre is to:
1- make the equipment that Haitian journalists need available to them
2- act as a place where they can meet their international colleagues
3- offer the various organisations that defend journalists in Haiti a place where they can operate
4- act as a news centre for the various government authorities and NGOs that want to address as many media as possible
5- advise and assist the government and its partners as regards relaunching news media that were hit by the 12 January earthquake, both in the capital and provinces, especially in the towns of Petit-Goâve, Grand-Goâve and Léogâne, which were very badly affected. The centre has room for up to 20 journalists to work at any one time, a news conference room that can hold 40 people and a terrace that can hold 60 people. It will have broadband Internet, telephone lines, an audio and video conference system, a satellite TV link and printers, as well as facilities for journalists in distress. Canada’s governor-general, Mickaëlle Jean, is to address a message in Creole to the Haitian people via the centre today. We invite Haitian President René Préval to hold a meeting with the press in the centre and we hope that the presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers of the countries with particularly close ties with Haiti will also chose this way to make a concrete commitment to the reconstruction of the Haitian media. This centre belongs to Haiti’s journalists. Its ability to continue operating in the medium term will depend on the technical and financial assistance it receives from other NGOs, international bodies and foreign media. With the support of
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20.01.2016
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