EVANSTON, Ill. --- Northwestern Universityin Qatar, the premier media, communication and journalism school in the Arabian Gulf region, has announced the publication of a report documenting Libya’s first steps toward establishing an independent national media system.
The report and website, Media Vision Libya (http://mediavisionlibya.northwestern.edu), published in English and Arabic, offers an overview as well as videos of NU-Q’s historic December 2011 “Good Offices” conference in Doha.
At that conference, convened by Northwestern University in Qatar, a 17-person delegation comprised of the Libyan National Transitional Council and leading members of Libyan civil society gathered with the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil El Araby, and international media experts, to deliberate according to four agreed-upon pillars for progress: media governance; the media economy; technology; and training.
The results were a set of principles and an actionplan that the delegation authored by consensus, designed to help guide Libya’s government and society as they seek to define and build an independent national media system.
For more information, written summaries, video highlights from the conference and a statement from Everette E. Dennis, dean and CEO, Northwestern University in Qatar, go to the media advisory at:http://mediavisionlibya.northwestern.edu
To see the published report and website, go to: Media Vision Libya (http://mediavisionlibya.northwestern.edu)
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