"Lists organizations of journalists state-by-state and at the national level with historical and descriptive information about each one. Other sections cover state and national congresses of journalists, agreements related to journalism, and texts of basic documents in the field. This work was origi
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nally prepared by its author, a well-known journalist, for the Quarto Congresso Nacional de Jornalistas, held 1951 in Recife." (Ann Hartness, Brazil in Reference Books 1965-1989. Scarecrow Press, 1991)
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"This book presents the outcome of five case-studies carried out within Unesco's programme on the Contribution of the Media to Promoting Equality between Women and Men and Strengthening Women's Access to and Participation in Communication. More specifically, it forms part of an action centred on the
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Training, Recruitment and Advancement of Women in the Communication Professions. The case-studies on professional women in broadcasting deal with five countries located in both the developing and developed world: Canada, Egypt, Ecuador, India and Nigeria. One of the major preoccupations of Unesco's programme is to increase the access of women to decision-making positions. The obstacles to the movement of women into management and decision-making positions are particularly felt in the field of communication. A comparative analysis of the key issues, personnel policies and practices of five broadcasting organizations in different regions of the world not only furnishes a critique of current policies concerning women but offers proposals for action which could help to overcome barriers to women's access to high-level posts in the media." (Preface)
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"Constituye una de las monografías más completas y recientes sobre la prensa uruguaya, haciendo una presentación acabada de los medios y la evolución. Una obra de referencia." (Álvarez/Martínez Riaza: Historia de la prensa hispanoamericana. Madrid 1992)
"Bibliographic information, physical description, notes about contents, and persons associated with many alternative or counter-culture periodicals available at the Centro de Imprensa Alternativa e Cultura Popular in Rio. Coverage through 1982. Claims to be the most complete list of alternative peri
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odicals yet published in Brazil." (Ann Hartness, Brazil in Reference Books 1965-1989. Scarecrow Press, 1991)
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"[...] ¿De qué dispone la Iglesia chilena en este campo [de comunicación social]? ¿Quiénes y cómo publican y comunican? El Centro de Promoción y Desarrollo Social, CEPRODE y la Editorial Salesiana iniciaron hace dos años un trabajo de investigación sobre esta materia. Se hizo una recolecci
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n de datos que luego se sistematizaron y redactaron en la forma del presente documento de carácter restringido. Es sólo una primera aproximación y, por lo tanto, no está todo lo que debiera estar y hay vacíos en la información buscada. Sin embargo, es un trabajo que se hace por primera vez en Chile y que puede ser de gran utilidad para la Iglesia." (Introducción)
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