Journalists are increasingly being targeted and killings are only the most dramatic expression of a gloomy outlook for media freedom
ON THE MEDIA | Dark week for journalism as four reporters killed around the world
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ON THE MEDIA | Myanmar journalists face grave risks at every turn
Many journalists have gone into hiding or fled abroad with no legal or financial support and only pro-military publications can now work openly in the country.
ON HAITI, ON THE MEDIA | Haiti: Covering a chaotic nation, with deadly consequences
“‘Haiti is a minefield,’ said Harold Isaac, a journalist based in Port-au-Prince who works for the Associated Press. ‘The minute you start reporting news, there are so many threats, because it casts light on people that don’t necessarily enjoy that.’”
ON THE MEDIA | Online violence against women journalists
Online violence against female journalists has become a “silent epidemic.” A 2021 UNESCO global survey indicates that nearly three quarters of female journalists have experienced online harassment.
ON THE MEDIA | Somalia’s first all-women media team puts women journalists in control of the news agenda
“For too long, Somali women journalists have been treated as second class citizens and Somali news has ignored the stories and voices of half the population;
ON THE MEDIA | Fake news has always existed, but quality journalism has a history of survival
Fake news is not new, but it is inevitable and inescapable – which is why we need uncomfortable, critical and truthful journalism to prevail.
ON THE MEDIA | International Journalism 2022: what we learnt about the future of news
“Diversity is not only about who is telling the story, but about how and to whom you are telling the story,”
ON THE MEDIA, ON MIGRATION | How talking about ‘humanity’ and not ‘crisis’ can aid all refugees right now
Creating a stronger culture of welcome is the only way to replace narratives and policies of cruelty and indifference towards people on the move.
ON THE MEDIA | Bringing diversity to Chinese narratives on Ukraine: A Chinese blogger in Odessa
Despite a ban on pro-Ukrainian perspectives, one Chinese blogger living in Odessa has decided to share his experiences with Chinese audiences, only to be censored and attacked on Chinese social media
ON THE MEDIA | Double Standards in Journalism’s Objectivity
As the war enters its third week, it’s become common to see American journalists show their overt support and sympathy for the people of Ukraine. … “as a journalist I will be biased/not credible if I were to publicly do the same with Palestine or Syria — countries that have been resisting occupation/war for years.”
ON THE MEDIA | ‘Double standards’: Western coverage of Ukraine war criticized
Social media users accuse media of hypocrisy in its coverage of Russia’s war on Ukraine compared with other conflicts.
The speed of the international response – which includes the exclusion of Russia from some cultural events and treatment of it as a pariah in sports – has raised eyebrows at the lack of such a reaction to other conflicts across the world.
ON THE MEDIA | Seven African comics and graphic novels that center Black experiences are being adapted to film
While locally produced superhero comics written by Africans for Africans have been gaining fandom since the late 1980s, the popularity of African comics skyrocketed in 2016.