AKIPRESS.COM - The OSCE Center in Bishkek with the Kyrgyz Media Support Center and Media Policy Institute marked on May 3 the World Press Freedom Day in Bishkek by conducting a quiz night for 75 Kyrgyz journalists, with the fun and games aiming to promote the ideas of free and independent media among the participants.
With journalists divided into 15 teams, they battled it out to reach the final three. The overall winner was then crowned following a special round. The winners were awarded with the OSCE Safety of Journalists guidebooks and removable chargers for phones and computers.
Head of the OSCE Center Sergey Kapinos welcomed the participants, emphasizing their essential role in society.
“Media play a crucial role in the dissemination of knowledge and information. In this respect, the question on voluntary adoption of a code of conduct by journalists and the creation of self-regulatory mechanisms to articulate the principles of objectivity and impartiality remains on todays’ agenda,” he said.
“It is also important that the state creates enabling conditions for the professional work of media, which in turn would lead to transparency and pluralism of opinions and views,” Kapinos added.