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How free is our media? Are there strong stories which cannot get a run? Does this amount to informal censorship? Project Censored looks at why some stories struggle to find a place on the news agenda, and asks: do these stories make the grade or are there other reasons why they're not on the agenda?

At the invitation of the ACIJ, community groups are asked to nominate stories which they believe are effectively censored by the Australian media.

Stories should be of national importance in terms of their direct impact on; or their potential implications for; or the significance of what they reveal about the Australian social, natural or built environment or the international activities of Australians. The stories should have received inadequate coverage in the media.

The ACIJ acknowledges Sonoma State University's own Project Censored, launched in 1976 by Dr. Carl Jensen, professor emeritus of Communications Studies at Sonoma State University. Upon Jensen’s retirement in 1996, leadership of the project was passed to associate professor of sociology and media research specialist, Dr. Peter Phillips.

Posted by ACIJ at 03:15 PM February 23, 2005