4.5 Gender integration is reflected in the editorial content. Analysis: Information on gender is certainly reflected in the editorial content. However, regarding women journalists, they are like men and oriented towards domains of their interest which are not always linked to gender. Individual marks: Average: 4.6 3-4-3-4-4-4-3-3-5-5 3.8 Journalists and publication directors don’t practice self-censorship. Analysis: Being a mechanism allowing journalists to ensure personal regulation, self-censorship exists even if the environment is not always favourable. Generally, Malian journalists practice self-censorship for social reasons (a journalist incurring social pressure, being current in Mali, for an information provided, may be censored); ethics, fear, etc. It may happen that a director censors an information he/she judges subjective in view of certain considerations or in non-conformity with his/her editorial line. Individual marks: 4-4-4-4-3-2-3-4-4-4 Average: 3.6 4.7 Proprietors of the private media don’t interfere with editorial independence. Analysis: In Mali, this aspect has to be seen in proportion since each organ has its editorial line. Reading newspaper or listening to radios, the tendency is quickly determined. Journalists who work at the editor’s desk have to respect this line. There is a line to be respected but, paradoxically, very few have editorial independence. This aspect is mainly revealed during electoral periods. Media owners are not always journalists according to the law. They may have an interest that is not necessarily of a journalistic nature. Individual marks: Average: 3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-4-4 3.1 46