byপান্থ রহমান রেজা (Pantha) Translated byRezwan, February 7, 2018, for Global Voices \Since January 29, dozens of journalists in Bangladesh have...
Issues and Analysis
ON THE MEDIA: Media Pluralism, Public Trust, and Democracy: New Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
By Mariana Rodríguez and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, February 8, 2018, for Center for International Media Assistance Key Findings: As elsewhere,...
ON THE MEDIA: Threats, arrests, and access denied as Myanmar backtracks on press freedom
By Shawn W. Crispin/CPJ Senior Southeast Asia Representative , February 12, 2018, for Committee to Protect Journalists Pulitzer Prize-winning...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Inside Afghanistan’s only high security mental institution
February 8. 2018 for BBC Afghanistan has been at war for nearly 40 years. The conflict has claimed over two million civilian lives and...
ON THE MEDIA: Local owners bought this newspaper back from a cost-cutting national chain. Next step: Bringing back the readers
By SHAN WANG, January 29, 2018, for NeimanLab In western Massachusetts, the Berkshire Eagle is trying to recover from cost-cutting and rebuild its...
ON IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION: Immigration backlash is coming from places least touched by immigration
by Ronald Brownstein, January 30, 2017, for CNN The escalating struggle between the parties over immigration rests on a paradox. In the battle for...
ON THE MEDIA: Call for Story Pitches: After the Storm – Tracking the Puerto Rican Exodus
FEBRUARY 2, 2018, Feet in 2 Worlds The next Fi2W online magazine will report on migration triggered by climate change. Our focus will be the mass...
ON IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION: US refugee resettlement program has been nearly dismantled, advocates say
By Akilah Johnson, February 7, 2018, The Boston Globe Sura has spent much of her life fleeing wars and waiting to find a place to permanently call...
ON THE MEDIA: Reuters Journalists Covering Rohingya Conflict in Myanmar Detained for ‘Illegally Acquiring Information’
By Mong Palatino, January 19th, 2018, for Global Voices Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, are being accused of violating Myanmar’s...
ON THE MEDIA: Global unhappiness with the news media is high. In the U.S. (surprise!) partisanship drives what people think about the media
By SHAN WANG, January 11, 2018, for Nieman Lab In the U.S., supporting the party in power correlates with thinking the media does a terrible job....
ON THE MEDIA: Letting Black Women Tell Their Own Stories
By Monique Judge for NeimanLab “In 2018, journalism will need to do a better job of seeking out the voices of black women. It will not be enough to...
HAITI NEWS AND VIEWS: In 1825, Haiti Gained Independence From France For $21 Billion — It’s Time For France To Pay It Back
By Dan Sperling, December 6, 2017, for Forbes The devastation wreaked on Haiti by Hurricane Matthew last fall was just the latest in a seemingly...