We can't do without radio. However many new forms of mass communication are invented, the grandmother of them all remains indispensable. From Peru to Jordan, it's radio journalists who are often the first, and the last, to defy censorship and push the boundaries. As modern technology multiplies radio's reach, Index examines the medium and its messengers. Alexei Venediktov gives an exclusive interview on the secret of radio station Ekho Moskvy's survival - one of the last bastions of free speech in Russia; Joe Queenan reveals why he has no time for talk radio in the US and Shirazuddin Siddiqi on the programme the Taliban couldn't ban. PLUS Richard Norton-Taylor on the pursuit of secrecy; Marge Berer on a full-frontal cover-up; an exclusive extract from Javad Mahzadeh's acclaimed novel set during the Iran-Iraq war and Martin Rowson's Stripsearch. Index on Censorship is an award-winning magazine, devoted to protecting and promoting free expression. International in outlook, outspoken in comment, Index on Censorship reports on free expression violations around the world, publishes banned writing and shines a light on vital free expression issues through original, challenging and intelligent commentary and analysis, publishing some of the world's finest writers. Forthcoming September 2010: Issue 39/3, Free Speech and Music For subscription options visit: http:/ioc.sagepub.com www.indexoncensorship.org: the place to turn for free up-to-the-minute free expression news and comment Winner 2008 Amnesty International Consumer Magazine of the Year
Jo Glanville is Director of English PEN and joined the organization in September 2012 from Index on Censorship, where she served as an award-winning Editor since 2006.
Editorial - Jo Glanville PART ONE: DISPATCHES The Pursuit of Secrecy - Richard Norton-Taylor How the Courts Stopped Labour's Cover-up PART TWO: RADIO REDUX Rulers of the Airwaves - Gillian Reynolds The Key to Radio's Success Looking for America - Joe Queenan Talk Radio Is the Battleground for the USA's Soul Open Mike - Aryeh Neier Free Speech Remains the Best Antidote Culture of Caution - Martin Semukanya Rwandan Journalists Are Still Rebuilding Credibility Radio Waves: Facts and Figures - Liam Hodkinson and Elizabeth Stitt The World Strikes Back - Irena Maryniak The Broadcast Revolution Has Rewritten the Rules New Waves - Richard Sambrook International Radio Can No Longer Go It Alone Stripsearch - Martin Rowson Good Morning, Belgrade - Adrienne Van Heteren The Triumph of B92 Rules of Engagement - Maria Eismont Alexei Venediktov on the Secret of His Survival Radio Silence - Vugar Gojayev Azerbaijan's Shrinking Media Landscape DAB Is Dead - Grant Goddard How the Digital Dream Turned Sour Local Hero - Carlos Flores Borja A Peruvian Station's Battle to Broadcast Interrupted Service - Aleida Calleja Community Radio on the Front Line in Mexico Piracy Goes Kosher - Anat Balint Israeli Settlers Join the Media Game Taboo Buster - Kristen Ess Schurr Jordan's Hero of the Airwaves Real Lives - Shirazuddin Siddiqi The Programme the Taliban Couldn't Ban Too Free too Fast - Ernest Waititu How Kenya's Broadcasters Fell Foul of the Law PART THREE: BODY WORKS Covered up - Marge Berer The Full Frontal That Got Pulled Make Me Beautiful - Omid Salehi Inside the World of Iranian Cosmetic Surgery PART FOUR: FICTION My Best Friend - Javad Mahzadeh Exclusive Extract from His Novel
