Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

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Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
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State-run Burmese newspaper mentions Suu Kyi’s US trip

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Friday, 21 September 2012 13:44 Mizzima News

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s US trip has been mentioned for the first time in The New Light of Myanmar, a rare sign that Burma’s state-run press is slowly opening up to broader coverage of Burmese politics.

Aung San Suu Kyi speaks in the United States for the first time in more than 20 years at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18, 2012. Photo: Asia Society

However, the article was on page 16, the last page of the newspaper.

The article included a three-column picture showing Suu Kyi surrounded by top leaders of the US government and former first lady Laura Bush.

Suu Kyi was given the US Congress' highest civilian honour at a ceremony in Washington on Tuesday, which was also attended by the the President's Office Minister Aung Min and Burma’s Ambassador to the US Than Swe.

The article quoted Suu Kyi as saying reform measures by President Thein Sein were transforming Burma and that Burma's Parliament is rapidly maturing.

It said she “expressed her belief over the future process of reform and national reconciliation as well as the successful overcoming of difficulties along the future path with the help of friends of the world.”

After receiving the award, it reported that she met in private talks with US President Barack Obama for half an hour.

It mentioned her meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and said she spoke at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, where she “voiced her support of further easing of US economic sanctions on Myanmar and said that Myanmar should not depend on US sanctions to keep up the momentum of its movement for democracy, but all people have got to work at it themselves.”

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