On September 19-21 in Tsaghkadzor seminar “International Structures and Media:
Relations and Ethics” was held, organized by Yerevan Press Club with the assistance
of Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The seminar brought together representatives
of media and international organizations. The presentations and discussions
were devoted to the Armenian media coverage of international structures, in
particular, the Council of Europe, UN, the Open Society Institute, USAID, the
role of these organizations as an information source on developments of interest
to Armenia. The event was a part of a joint project of YPC and Friedrich Ebert
Foundation, aimed at the development of media self-refutation mechanisms and
principles of journalistic ethics in Armenia. The theme of the last seminar
was prompted by the active interest of media during the recent months to international
organizations and the urgency of the problem of maintaining professional norms
while covering their activities.
