This year, for the first time, we are going to have a Press Committee during PelotasMun. The participants of this committee are going to act as journalists of important international newspapers and will be responsible to cover the event and write the newspapers that will be distributed to the delegates during the four days of the event. Listed below are the three chosen newspapers to be used by the committee:

 

The New York Times

 

          The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper, founded in New York City in September 18th, 1851. It is owned, since the beginning, by The New York Times Company with Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr as chairman. The Ochs-Sulzberger family has the power over the paper for five generations.

          In 2007, a survey made by polling company Rasmussen Reports about public perceptions of major media channels identified that 40% of the people interviewed see NYT as having a liberal position, 20% no political slant and 11% consider it has a conservative inclination. Former fellows of the University of California, Los Angeles, with a conservative expertise, performed a study giving the New York Times a score of 63.5 on a 100 point scale, being 0 most conservative and 100 most liberal.

          Since 1956, The New York Times has not endorsed a Republican for president, supporting since then, only Democratic nominees. Nevertheless, it has supported Republican Mayors for New York City in 1997, 2005 and 2009.

          The paper's motto, "All the News That's Fit to Print", always appears in the upper left-hand corner of the front page, and The New York Times has won 114 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization.

 

The Guardian

 

          The Guardian is a British newspaper founded in 1821 as a local newspaper, and it was known as The Manchester Guardian until 1959. It gradually evolved into a national newspaper, and today it is managed by the Scott Trust foundation through the Guardian Media Group. The Guardian copies are released from Monday to Saturday, and it is one of the most read English newspapers in the world..

         In 2013, the newspaper was one of the first to publish the information leaked by NSA analyst Edward Snowden, which was strongly disapproved by the GQHC, a British intelligence service. The same episode lead The Guardian to win, in 2014, a Pulitzer Prize, the most important journalism prize in the United States. The newspaper has also published various other polemic issues over the years, mainly about national UK problems.

          The Guardian’s political view is considered centre-left, having endorsed the Labour Party in the 2015 UK general election, although it supported the Liberal Democrats in the previous general elections.

 

China Daily

 

         China Daily is a daily newspaper from the People’s Republic of China that started its activities in 1981 and is published in English. The Communist Party of China controls the publications of the newspaper.

          The China Daily is a member of the Asia News Network (ANN). The ANN is a network of 21 media groups in Asian countries as China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan and more. It is organized to provide means for cooperation and to optimize coverage of major news events in the region.

          Published from Monday to Saturday, the average daily circulation of the China Daily is more than 200.000. One third of this amount goes abroad to more than 150 countries and regions.

          Engaged in helping the world to know more about China and the country’s integration with the international community, China Daily is an important source of information on Chinese politics, economy, society and culture and often receives the denomination of “Voice of China” or “Window to China”.