“2020 has prompted a more profound acknowledgment of the fact that people who make news images — much like people who write news stories, and people who run newsrooms — are situated and partial. … When both photographers in the field and photo editors in the newsroom are primarily white and male, news images will reflect that singular perspective,”
PREDICTIONS FOR
JOURNALISM 2021
by ANNIE RUDD
Source: Newsrooms grow less comfortable with the “view from above”
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Five years have passed since the fall of Afghanistan—a period that, for millions of people, has meant far more than lost years. It has been five years of humiliation, deprivation, fear, silence, and the gradual erosion of hope and human dignity.
Five years ago, Afghanistan fell into the hands of a group that, instead of building a future, closed the doors of life on its people. During these five years, the Taliban have not moved toward reform or change. On the contrary, with each passing day, restrictions have expanded and life has become increasingly difficult for millions of Afghans. The rights to education, work, freedom of movement, social participation, and many of the most basic freedoms of human beings—particularly women and girls—have been taken away.
6 June 2026, This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. In the pursuit of...
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