May 6, 2022
“‘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.’” Source:...
May 2, 2022
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. Center for International Media Assistance, by Lourdes Walusala,...
Jan 7, 2022
Wilguens Louissaint and Amady John Wesley were killed by gang members on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince on Thursday. Source: ‘Criminal and barbaric’: Two Haitian journalists killed by gang Al Jazeera, 7 Jan 2022; Photo: [Ralph Tedy...
Sep 2, 2021
Seven filmmakers and their families have now safely arrived in countries outside Afghanistan. Sixteen of our Afghan journalists, documentary filmmakers, cultural workers, and rights advocates still need to get out. The remaining are making life and death choices about...
Apr 15, 2021
Under the threat of constant violence and a return to darker times, young editors and reporters refuse to give up, Raksha Kumar reports. Source: Reuters, by Raksha Kumar, 13 April 2021, Afghanistan’s press freedom is threatened. Meet the young journalists...
