The Foreign Press Association strongly disassociates itself with any claims made by the speaker Syed Shuja during the
#IJA
event in London yesterday. Not one of the masked speaker’s accusations have so far been corroborated.
We are honoured that Her Majesty The Queen delivered the keynote speech at this year Foreign Press Association Media Awards much to the audience thrill and delight
@RoyalFamily
#FPAawards23
The UK has always been a stalwart of press freedom. Yet this UK government believes journalists should be charged just for doing their job. Here is our statement, together with
@newsmediaorg
@NewsCoalition
&
@EditorsUK
H.M Queen Camilla and the His Excellency Abdulla Al Harrasi the Omani Minister of Information with FPA Director
@deborah_bonetti
waiting for the 14 winners to be announced
#FPAawards23
@busaidi79
"Ladies and gentlemen, yours is an awe-inspiring responsibility: you question, debate, analyse and thus protect what is so easy for us to take for granted – true freedom of expression.”
This evening, The Queen gave the keynote speech at the Foreign Press Association Awards in…
The FPA is delighted to announce the election of our new President:
@DanielFaitaua
Europe correspondent for
@TVNZ
👏🎉
Daniel takes over from Aussie
@KateMccure
and is the first Kiwi to ever be elected to lead the organisation in its 134-year history.
The FPA has formally complained to the
@DHSCgovuk
for the unacceptable treatment reserved to foreign journalists who are trying to cover the *global* pandemic. Barring access to news sources is never a good way to promote "Global Britain" and is an infringement of
#mediafreedom
++ TV NEWS WINNER - FPA MEDIA AWARDS 23 ++
And the award for TV NEWS
#StoryofTheYear
goes to... Quentin Sommerville
@sommervilletv
and Darren Conway for their outstanding work ‘On Zero Line Ukraine’
@BBCNews
Congratulations!
#FPAawards23
<<There aren’t many associations that can be proud to have two crowns as their members>> says
@deborah_bonetti
FPA Director as she delivers the FPA press card to H.M. Queen Camilla following the then Prince Charles in 2008
.
@davidsgoldblatt
and
@nolan_dan
win the Sports Story of the Year award for "Viktor Orban’s reckless football obsession", The Guardian Long Read. Click the link to read the award winning story:
#FPAawards18
“Anyone hoping to set aside the
@BelfastAgmt
will not succeed. Some unionist elements want yesterday, but you cannot turn the clock back. The success in Ireland has been about (looking towards) tomorrow” said
@MaryLouMcDonald
1)
#EUcitizens
’s rights should be ringfenced
2) application scheme should be changed to registration scheme
3) physical proof of resident status not just digital shld be given
4) voting rights granted for local elections
@the3million
demands
#Brexit
#EU
3- I know, second-hand, a little of the responsibility of your profession. There are journalists in my family…and I have even been the subject of one or two stories myself over the years...
Nobel Peace Prize nominee, democracy activist and leader of the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement
@nathanlawkc
presented his book
#Freedom
- How We Lose it and How We Fight Back - today at the FPA, in front of a room full of international press.
@BantamPress
#HongKong
📢📢The FPA has published an Open Letter asking
#CCHQ
to remove charges for journalists covering the
#ToryPartyConference
in Autumn. Almost 300 signatories, among the most important news organisations in the world, have signed it 👇💪
#PressFreedom
All journalists covering
#Covid_19
#coronavirus
are considered key workers, a Downing St spokesman said.
"Journalists providing information on coronavirus and the latest efforts to tackle it are covered."
#keyworkers
We are deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the death of one of our members,
@ArmanSoldin
. The French AFP journalist died yesterday in a Russian attack while covering the war near Bakhmut. Our thoughts are with Arman‘s family and loved ones.
2- Her Majesty the Queen: I cannot begin without reflecting that as we gather, journalists, photographers and their support teams are even now risking their lives. We think particularly of those reporting from
#Ukraine
and the
#Middle
East in these most difficult of times.
The FPA wishes a full recovery to
#KingCharlesIII
its honorary lifetime member since 1971, together with H.M
#queenCamilla
who received our FPA card in 2023. Our international
#foreigncorrespondents
are reporting on the shocking news of his
#cancer
, every day affecting so many
<<we have digital instruments that allow us more opportunities to collect evidence and identify persecutors in
#Ukraine
and in the world. It’s time to change our global approach to the work of justice>> Oleksandra Matviichuk
@avalaina
head Centre for Civil liberties
@ccl_ua
#FPA
++THE
#FPAAwards23
SHORTLIST IS OUT++
To vie for the ‘Oscars of Journalism’ some outstanding media pieces, judge for yourself before the judges
@arusbridger
@glendacooper
, Paul Davies and
@Eloditeur
Elodie Goulesquea select the winners. Announcement 20/11
📣📣📣*FPA announcement*:
The FPA condemns the unacceptable attacks on foreign journalists which took place here in London and are becoming alarmingly widespread all over the world..
++ WINNER CITY UNIVERSITY MA STUDENT FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT - FPA MEDIA AWARDS 23 ++
Congratulations Maya Saad
@MayaSaad1998
winning the award for
@CityUniLondon
MA STUDENT FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
#FPAawards23
Peace was hard won, there can be no return to violence. The
@BelfastAgmt
recognises both Irish and British identity and includes the principle of consent for way forward. I say let’s all plan our future together with a reunification referendum if
#hardbrexit
-
@moneillsf
The FPA is deeply saddened by the death of
#QueenElizabethII
, the longest reigning monarch in British history and an incredible symbol of this country’s unity and identity. Our condolences to the
@RoyalFamily
#RIPQueenElizabeth
In October 2022, I had an interaction with Lord Rami Ranger at the House of Lords which descended into a series of regrettable exchanges between us. It led to me making a formal complaint to the House of Lord’s Standards Commissioner, who has today concluded his inquiry.…
++ WINNER Thomson Foundation Young Journalist - FPA AWARDS 23 ++
Congratulations to Yara El Murr
@yaralmurr
winner of the Thomson Foundation's 2023 Young Journalist Award at this year
#FPAawards23
for her outstanding work
@thomfound
The FPA is also happy to announce the election of our two Vice Presidents:
@PalomaGOvejero
for COPE Radio & TV and
@YukiKtweets
for Nippon TV. 🎊
Paloma continues in her role, having taken over from
@kapstory
last year, while Yukiko takes over from
@MarcoVarvello
🙌
That's the end of the daily press conferences, as from today. Total questions the foreign press were allowed to ask in 3 months? One!
#PressFreedom
#equalaccess
#Covid19UK
From Brazil’s record year of police killings and the Indian women taking their own lives, to the Covid-19 lockdowns imperilling Kenya’s street children. On
#WorldNewsDay
, we reveal the
#TFYoungJournalist
shortlist, highlighting just why
#JournalismMatters
: