Budapest, Hungary
1999 - 2001 IPF Fellow


Affiliation: Founder of the Media Researcher Journal; co-founder of the Press Freedom Center in Hungary; winner of the 2001 Hungarian Pulitzer Memorial Prize.
e-mail: lazar@policy.hu
secondary e-mail: bajomi-lazar.peter@mediakutato.hu
website: http://www.mediakutato.hu/szerzok.html

Fellow projects
2000 - 2001: Press freedom and media policy in Hungary
The aim of the project is to analyze the new government's media policy in Hungary and the strategies of journalists and leading intellectuals of how best to defend journalistic autonomy, devise strategies to enhance press freedom, and develop a policy paper in the field of media.

Working groups: Media Policy

Relevant countries: Hungary


1999 - 2000: Media freedom in Hungary
The objectives of the project are to develop a policy paper in the field of media, conduct research on media freedoms in Hungary, provide analysis of existing methods for measuring freedom of the media, formulate specific policy proposals regarding freedom of the media, and identify problems and possible solutions specific to the region as a whole.

Working groups: Media Policy

Relevant countries: Hungary