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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Photo News - January 2013

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Rangoon hosted its first marathon on Sunday morning when hundreds of runners streamed through the streets. (PHOTO: Min Min / Mizzima)

Rangoon hosted its first marathon on Sunday morning when hundreds of runners streamed through the streets. (PHOTO: Min Min / Mizzima)

Rangoon hosted its first marathon on Sunday morning when hundreds of runners streamed through the streets. (PHOTO: Min Min / Mizzima)

Rangoon hosted its first marathon on Sunday morning when hundreds of runners streamed through the streets. (PHOTO: Min Min / Mizzima)

Members of Chiang Mai's Kachin community were joined by Shans, Burmese and other sympathizers as they protested outside the US Embassy on Friday, January 25, 2013. (PHOTO: Ah Hawng / Mizzima)

A press conference to introduce the first Yoma Yangon International Marathon, which is jointly sponsored by Yangon City Development Committee and FMI, was held at the Grand Meeyahta Hotel on Bogyoke Aung San Road, on January 25, 2013. The 42-km Yangon marathon begins at 4 am on Sunday, January 27, at People’s Square in Rangoon. (Photo: Bo Bo/ Mizzima)

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi sets off on Thursday from Yangon International Airport on a one-week trip to Hawaii and Seoul. (Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

National League for Democracy chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi told residents in Kyaukkyi Township in Pegu Region that her party will provide medicines and artificial limbs to the victims of landmines in the area when she delivered a speech in Mone village-tract on January 20, 2013. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima

National League for Democracy chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi met with KNU officials at their liaison office in Kyaukkyi Township in Pegu Region on the evening of January 20, 2013. (Photo: Hein Htet/ Mizzima)


The KMD Company held an opening ceremony for its “New Lenovo Experiences Store” on Pansodan Road in Rangoon on January 17, 2013. (PHOTO: Mizzima)

The KMD Company held an opening ceremony for its “New Lenovo Experiences Store” on Pansodan Road in Rangoon on January 17, 2013. (PHOTO: Mizzima)

A press conference addressing Sino-Burmese business affairs was held in front of the National Museum on Pyay Road, Rangoon, on January 17, 2013. China's Vice Minister of Commerce Chen Jian and Ambassador Li Junhua spoke at the press conference. (Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima)

A press conference addressing Sino-Burmese business affairs was held in front of the National Museum on Pyay Road, Rangoon, on January 17, 2013. China's Vice Minister of Commerce Chen Jian and Ambassador Li Junhua spoke at the press conference. (Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima)

Visitors inspect HTC smart phones in the firm's first showroom in Rangoon on January 14, 2013. HTC announced its official entry into Burma by partnering KMD, a local distributor, to bring HTC’s smart phones to the Burmese market. (Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima)

Thousands of Kachins gather at the Burmese side of the Laiza border to protest on Thursday, January 10, 2012. (Photo: Mizzima)
National League for Democracy (NLD) chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi attends the sixth session of the Lower House of Parliament on Friday, January 11, 2013. It is likely that the sixth parliamentary session continues until late March. (Photo: Mizzima)

National League for Democracy (NLD) chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi attends the sixth session of the Lower House of Parliament on Friday, January 11, 2013. It is likely that the sixth parliamentary session continues until late March. (Photo: Mizzima)

National League for Democracy (NLD) chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi attends the sixth session of the Lower House of Parliament on Friday, January 11, 2013. It is likely that the sixth parliamentary session continues until late March. (Photo: Mizzima)
88 Generation Student group leaders hold a press conference about their recent trip to Kachin State in Rangoon on Thursday, January 10, 2013. (Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima)

Burmese President Thein Sein (left) exchanges gifts with new KNU Chairman Mutu Say Poe in Naypyitaw on Saturday. (PHOTO: President's Office)

Burma’ Vice President Dr. Sai Mauk Kham is pictured at a formal dinner held for government officials and a Karen delegation headed by Gen. Mutu Say Poe at the Royal Kumudra Hotel in Naypyitaw on Saturday, January 5, 2013. (Photo: Mizzima)

Gen. Mutu Say Poe, the newly elected chairman of the Karen National Union (KNU), speaks to government officials and KNU delegates at a formal dinner in the Royal Kumudra Hotel in Naypyitaw on Saturday, January 5, 2013. (Photo: Mizzima)


Thailand-based Assistance Association of Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPP) General-Secretary Teik Naing and Joint General-Secretary Bo Kyi arrive at Yangon International Airport on Saturday, January 5, 2012. (Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima)

Thailand-based Assistance Association of Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPP) General-Secretary Teik Naing and Joint General-Secretary Bo Kyi arrive at Yangon International Airport on Saturday, January 5, 2012. (Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima)

Thailand-based Assistance Association of Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPP) General-Secretary Teik Naing and Joint General-Secretary Bo Kyi arrive at Yangon International Airport on Saturday, January 5, 2012. (Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima)

Thailand-based Assistance Association of Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPP) General-Secretary Teik Naing and Joint General-Secretary Bo Kyi arrive at Yangon International Airport on Saturday, January 5, 2012. (Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima)

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to mark the 65th anniversary of Burma's independence at the head office of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Rangoon on January 4, 2013. ( Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

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