As a mode of investigative journalism, the press conference is a shot in the dark.
Like his son, Lebedev senior has thus thrown himself wholeheartedly into the business of journalism, free press and free speech.
"We respect the role of journalism and press in this regard," according to remarks by Mr.Mikdad published by Syrian state media.
For those who follow journalism and press rights issues, here's a roundup of some interesting pieces on those topics from the past few days: 1.
After the Wende -- the Turn, as the great change of 1989 is known in Germany -- she went West, to Cologne, to train in journalism and press relations.
The US government didn't lift a finger to stop this blatant attack on journalism and press freedom – even as it has been moving heaven and earth to bring Edward Snowden back to the US.
Like 2015's Spotlight, The Post hits on the importance of journalism and press freedom at a time when the US president claims to have coined the term "fake news".
"The biggest challenge for Al Jazeera America is to create an identity that will be different enough for it to stand out from CNN, Fox or MSNBC, but not so different as to the point where American viewers are alienated by it," says Mohammed el-Nawawy, author of "Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network That Is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism" (Westview Press, 2003).
At first, he was gently called out for his defamations of Latino immigrants, then, as his tone grew sharper still, he was subjected to all kinds of public criticism from human rights groups, the journalism trade press, even a leading New York Times financial columnist.
