February 28, 2005
On February 28, the IATP access site in Lviv and the Institute of Media Ecology (Lviv National University named after Ivan Franko) hosted the monthly alumni club meeting, devoted to New Media-Criticism for New Ukraine. The meeting was moderated by Natalya Gabor (JFDP, 2000), Associated Professor of the Journalism Department at the Lviv National University. The meeting was organized within the frames of online chat “Ukrainian Journalism during and after the Orange Revolution”. Journalists and visitors were discussing how to secure the free mass media, how to avoid mistakes made in the past, and what are the responsibilities of journalists to the community. The moderator also presented and suggested for a discussion the latest issue of “Media Criticism” newsletter (available online at www.mediakrytyka.info). The meeting participants suggested conducting of the pressure group actions as the effective means of the public control of the Ukrainian mass media.