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 - February 2013

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Yangon residents march along Pyay Road early on Tuesday morning to celebrate Myanmar's 66th Union Day anniversary on February 12, 2013. (Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)


Members of various ethnic groups attend a ceremony to mark the 66th Union Day anniversary at People’s Square in Yangon on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. (Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

A ceremonial guard is stationed at People's Square in Yangon on the occasion of Myanmar's 66th Union Day on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. (Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

Guards of honor march during a ceremony to mark Myanmar's 66th Union Day anniversary at People’s Square in Yangon on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. (Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

Guards of honor march during a ceremony to mark Myanmar's 66th Union Day anniversary at People’s Square in Yangon on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. (Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

Yangon Region's Chief Minister joins civil service officers and citizens bowing toward the Myanmar flag during a ceremony to mark the country's 66th Union Day at People’s Square in Yangon on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. (Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

Yangon Region's Chief Minister joins civil service officers and citizens bowing toward the Myanmar flag during a ceremony to mark the country's 66th Union Day at People’s Square in Yangon on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. (Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

Yangon Division Chief Minister Myint Swe reads a massage on behalf of Myanmar President Thein Sein to commemorate 66th Union Day at People’s Square in Yangon on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. (Photo: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

Chinese New Year celebrations in Yangon on Saturday. (PHOTO: Bo Bo / Mizzima)

A Kachin Christian choir plays a violin symphony in honor of Kachin Revolution Day at a church in Vikaspuri in New Delhi on Tuesday, February 5, 2013. (Photo: Nay Myo / Mizzima)

A picture from the 2nd RENDEZVOUS Graffiti Show in Hlaing Township in Yangon on Monday, February 4, 2013. The graffiti show will go on until February 9 and will feature young graffiti artists from Myanmar. (PHOTO: Hein Htet / Mizzima)

A picture from the 2nd RENDEZVOUS Graffiti Show in Hlaing Township in Yangon on Monday, February 4, 2013. The graffiti show will go on until February 9 and will feature young graffiti artists from Myanmar. (PHOTO: Hein Htet / Mizzima)

Representatives from 10 ministries attended a meeting between ministers and the media held at the Industry Ministry in Naypyitaw on February 3, 2013. (Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima)

Representatives from 10 ministries attended a meeting between ministers and the media held at the Industry Ministry in Naypyitaw on February 3, 2013. (Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima)

Finance and Revenue Minister Win Shein speaks about Myanmar's foreign debt at a meeting between ministers and the media held at the Industry Ministry in Naypyitaw on February 3, 2013. (Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima)

President’s Office Minister Soe Thein speaks at a meeting between ministers and the media held at the Industry Ministry in Naypyitaw on February 3, 2013. (Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima)

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the Irrawaddy Literary Festival at the Inya Lake hotel in Yangon on February 2, 2013. The three-day festival featured some 20 international authors and more than 100 Myanmar writers.(Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima)

Win Swe Tun, the chairman of the Investigation Commission into the crash-landing of an Air Bagan airplane speaks at a press conference on February 1, 2013. On December 25, 2012, two people were killed when the Foker-100 crashed in heavy fog short of the Heho Airport in Southern Shan State. (Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima)

The Investigation Commission held a press conference on Friday into the crash-landing of an Air Bagan airplane on December 25, 2012. Two people were killed when the Foker-100 crashed in heavy fog short of the Heho Airport in Southern Shan State. (Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima)

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