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POPSFree Yang Tongyan The PEN Freedom To Write Award goes to a Chinese dissident, Yang Tongyan. Plenty of people are calling attention this week to China's treatment of Tibet. PEN is calling attention to China's treatment of writers.
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POPSWhy Shielding Sources Is Important Reporters often need confidential sources to learn about high-level wrongdoing. If that reporting method loses its power, it's not just journalism that will suffer.
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POPS"Inevitable" Freedom In China A report sees press freedom as inevitable, but warns leaders not to move too quickly. The run up to the Olympics will bring even more scrutiny of China's press limits.
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POPSMore Newspapers, More Democracy In the northeast Indian state of Nagaland, rising literacy has meant a greater interest in newspapers. A growth in the number of newspapers corresponds with a stronger democracy and greater economic development. Here is more evidence that a free press is the best barometer of a free people.