Project conference and Kurdish media rankings

STOP Organization ranks media in Iraqi Kurdistan for reporting on corruption.

STOP Organization, supported by the US organization National Endowment for Democracy (NED), was established in 2013 and wrapped up its project Promote Law and Accountability in the Kurdistan Region project in July 2016.

The organization in addition to presenting its work for the previous work and arranging a discussion for several persons of the official and civil society organizations at the begening of the conference ranked the media in the region and Awena newspaper as the top media organization in the region tackling corruption issues in 25 percent of its reporting. NRT came in second overall and first among television channels with 14 percent of coverage discussing corruption in the region.

Third place went to Wisha and Bas News rounded out the top four.

The top 10 places ranked by Stop Organization for Anti-Corruption:

1- Awene, 2- NRT, 3- Wishe, 4- Bas News, 5- Duaroj, 6- KNN, 7- Stander, 8- Rudaw , 9- Hawlati, 10- Livin.

Stop Organization announced its rankings with its closing of a project called TO PROMOTE THE RULE OF LAW & ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE KURDISTAN REGION in a press conference at Tandgram Hotel in Erbil on July 2016.