{"id":36055,"date":"2023-05-05T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance"},"modified":"2023-05-05T13:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T13:17:17","slug":"amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance","title":{"rendered":"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has urged the media operating in the country t be independent and not to rely on funding from the government and donors.<\/p>\n

Koang Pal Chang, the chairperson of AMDISS, said there is a need to \u201cthink outside the box\u201d and look beyond donors and the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can partner with the private sector; maybe something can work for them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith our donors or partners, they are starving the few media houses that they are funding,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Koang added that sometimes the donors come with $1,000,000, and they give $100,000 to a few media houses and keep the balance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a reminder that we need to do more as journalists,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n

However, he said the objective of journalists is to adhere to the journalistic code of ethics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis can only be achieved through training in order to have good content.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish the government and especially the security personnel would give the media freedom to do their business without intrusion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

AMDISS said this year\u2019s World Press Freedom Day is being marked without any journalist enduring life behind bars, describing it as good news.<\/p>\n

World Press Freedom Day is celebrated annually on May 3 to evaluate press freedom indexes around the world, defend the media from attacks on their independence, and pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme, as defined by UNESCO, is \u201cShaping a Future of Freedom of Expression and Other Human Rights in South Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n

UNESCO Representative Jasper Okule recapped how the idea for the establishment of a World Press Freedom Day originated in Africa, as stressed by the Windhoek Declaration of 1991.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe establishment, maintenance, and fostering of an independent, pluralistic, and free press are essential to the development and maintenance of democracy in a nation, and for economic development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Okule reminded the stakeholders present at the event that freedom of expression is a driver for all sustainable development goals.<\/p>\n

The Chairperson of the Media Authority, Elijah Alier, told journalists that the media is not for lies and misinformation but for disseminating facts and the truth.<\/p>\n

Alier said we have a legal and moral obligation to regulate and promote responsible media that protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of South Sudan from misleading and damaging information that cannot be substantiated.<\/p>\n

In her remarks, Lily Adhieu Manyiel, the Press Secretary in the Office of the President, underscored the importance of impartiality.<\/p>\n

Manyiel said that since her first day in office, she has always prioritised the need to create healthy working relations between the media and the office of the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made this move because I strongly believe the government and the media are in one business, and this is the business of informing the public,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what we always try to achieve in our daily interactions,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), on the World Press Freedom Index released yesterday, South Sudan made a significant improvement from 139 out of 180 countries in 2021 to 128 out of 180 countries in 2022.<\/p>\n

Source: The City Review South Sudan<\/b><\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has urged the media operating in the country t be independent and not to rely on funding from the government and donors. Koang Pal Chang, the chairperson of AMDISS, said there is a need to \u201cthink outside the box\u201d and look beyond donors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[234,265,1663,233,4064],"class_list":["post-36055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-media-authority","tag-south-sudan","tag-udmiss"],"yoast_head":"\nAMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has urged the media operating in the country t be independ ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has urged the media operating in the country t be independ ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-05T13:00:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-05T13:17:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-05T13:00:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-05T13:17:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance\"},\"wordCount\":546,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"Media Authority\",\"South-Sudan\",\"UDMISS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance\",\"name\":\"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance - South Sudan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-05T13:00:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-05T13:17:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has urged the media operating in the country t be independ ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\",\"name\":\"South Sudan\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance - South Sudan","description":"The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has urged the media operating in the country t be independ ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance","og_description":"The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has urged the media operating in the country t be independ ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance","og_site_name":"South Sudan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-05-05T13:00:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-05T13:17:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance","datePublished":"2023-05-05T13:00:01+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-05T13:17:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance"},"wordCount":546,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Sudan","Media Authority","South-Sudan","UDMISS"],"articleSection":["all news","culture and art"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance","name":"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance - South Sudan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-05T13:00:01+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-05T13:17:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has urged the media operating in the country t be independ ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683275418.27.jpg","width":800,"height":500,"caption":"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/amdiss-chief-appeals-to-media-to-strive-for-self-reliance#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AMDISS chief appeals to media to strive for self-reliance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/","name":"South Sudan","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}