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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9583
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EU Fundamental Rights Agency publishes Guide to Cultural Diversity for journalists

Brussels, 18/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - Public service broadcasters should target all members of their audience and reflect the cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity of society in their broadcasting, but many programmes still reflect prejudice and stereotypes, despite the efforts of journalists and programme makers doing their jobs in good faith. In order to help journalists and programme makers, a group of public service broadcasting professionals has written a 'Guide to Cultural Diversity' under the auspices of the UER's Cultural Diversity Group (European Radio-Television Union). The guide is a kit, published by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency, which includes a DVD of information programme clips provided by a dozen European broadcasters (including some from the new member states) illustrating and commenting on pitfalls that can occur in reports on minority issues. The kit also gives examples of good practice, useful websites, case studies and recommendations to help public broadcasters ensure better design and implementation of their cultural diversity policies. Information: http: //fra.europa.eu/fra/index.php?fusieaction=content.dsp_cat_content&catid=3eddba5601ad4. (I.L.)

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