She will be talking tonight on Canada’s Radio CBC As It Happens Program about the Moroccan government cracking down on her news magazine, Le Journal Hebdomadaire. Read earlier WORD blog here. Also check out this info, too.
Again, 6 p.m.
More later.
Posts Tagged ‘Le Journal Hebdomadaire’
Breaking News: Former WORD Senior Editor Aida Alami on Canadian Radio 6:30 P.M. EST Today
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010More About Former WORD Editor/Producer Fighting the Power in Morocco
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Aida Alami’s Huffington Post piece was discussed on the home page of the Columbia University journalism school. A J-school contact said she was passing the article/information on to CJR.
Morocco’s Leading Independent Magazine Is Shut Down – Former WORD Editor/Producer Writes in Huffington Post Article
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010“Last week, something extremely shocking happened: the Moroccan authorities took control of our newsroom and offices while we were working on that week’s edition. They sealed the place and changed the locks. The next day, my editor informed us that the magazine had been pretty much sentenced to death and executed by the government. The reason it was closed: judicial liquidation but it is, in reality, a political decision to shut down this icon of the free press in Morocco.” — Article by Aida Alami, Freelance Writer Living in Morrocco.
Read the rest of her article here.