Recent Stories
September 2008
In Cuba words can captivate you
Independent journalists imprisoned for speaking out against the government
Target: Russian female journalists
China's peace offering to Olympic media
With the government pledging full access, journalists remain unsure of China's promises
Exiled
Persecuted African journalists begin news lives
Lost in cyberspace
Is there a way out?
A protest felt around the world
The Beijing Olympics bring out pro-Tibet rallies across the globe
Cutting through the red tape
Foreign correspondents reveal a hidden China to the world.
Pressed by the government
Latin American media suffer from nonviolent attacks
April 2008
Restrained
Amidst post-election violence, Kenya's news media suffer under government control.
Western Journalism Goes East
February 2008
Slain Turkish Armenian Journalist's Death Commemorated
The first anniversary of the murder of the Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was commemorated throughout Turkey with rallies on Jan. 19.
Death Beat: the Art of Advanced Obituaries
As he was dying from lung cancer, Joseph Yeardley “J.Y.” Smith grabbed my shoulder and drew me close to his hospice bed. He was a former Marine – Korean War vintage – and his voice quivered in near anger.
December 2007
Media Freedom Fading Away?
An academic journey through global press theory, which contrasts “free society” with authoritarian regimes.
November 2007
Turkishness is topic at book fair
At the world's oldest annual book fair in Frankfurt, Germany, Catalan literature was supposed to be generating all the buzz. But many onlookers were already skimming ahead with raised eyebrows to the next chapter, when Turkey will be the fair's
October 2007
France's new model of media control
President Nicholas Sarkozy is using his influential friends in power places to control the French press.
Oppressed and still on Press in Nepal
Even through T.P. Mishra is the Top Editor at The Bhutan Reporter, a monthly English language newspaper written by and for Bhutanese refugees, it is his responsibility to pick up the papers from the press and transport them to his rented room, which serve
September 2007
Chinese Ties Dampen Zimbabwean Industry and Media
President Mugabe's “Look East” policy is proving to have negative side effects.
July 2007
The East African Community
One of the biggest challenges of this new organization is defining the role of the countries' diverse media in its efforts.
Operation Iraqi (Press) Freedom
In Iraq, the decision to become a journalist is a dangerous one to make. Violence has become a major threat to those working in journalism. Baghdad reporter Hisham El-Rikabi reflects on the major challenges he faces when he goes out to do his job.
June 2007
Lost & Found in Ecuador
When freelancer Abraham Mahshie came to Ecuador he expected some difficulties working as a foreign correspondent, but he was unprepared for the complications caused by the theft of his computer and camera.
Misunderstood, maybe -- but a 'yawner,' never
On TV complex issues are reduce to simple sound-bytes, and even the color of your ties or the way you wear your hair may make people wonder if you are telling them the truth. Miami Herald columnist Uri Dromi, tells us how he learned to prepare, psychologi
May 2007
A Dry Season: Faces of Darfur
During he past four years, more than 200,000 people have died in Darfur, victims of an ongoing government campaign of genocide. Three humanitarian relief workers who have spent the past 18 months in West Darfur have created The Temoignage Project to colle
April 2007
Armed with a camera and a mission
American freelance journalist William Nessen first went to Indonesia to cover the fall of Indonesian dictator Suharto in 2000 and soon found himself compelled by an oppressed people and on the front lines of a guerilla movement against the Indonesian gove
Meeting Resistance: A Conversation with Steve Connors and Molly Bingham.
The Gambia in the Hands of Jammeh: The Media, Human Rights and Foreign Policy
Since President Yahya Jammeh took control of the Gambia in a coup in 1994, he has become a self-declared enemy of free press and his country's authority on truth.
March 2007
Letter from Pakistan
In the midst of political turmoil and public riots, the Pakistani media have become a scape-goat for the much-maligned Musharraf government. Adnan Rehmat, Country Director of Internews in Pakistan, gives his opinion on what he calls “a key moment in
Iran's War of Words
The nation's young population struggles to safely express its voice.
World Press Slide show
February 2007
The End of an Era?
As news publications face restructuring and budget cutbacks, the traditional foreign bureau, full of well-financed correspondents, is becoming a thing of the past. The era of the foreign bureau is close to over. Will the foreign correspondent be the next
Demanding Publicity
When two TV Globo journalists were kidnapped, the station had to make a quick decision: give the terrorists airtime, or risk the men’s lives.
January 2007
More than a Journalist
Ryszard Kapuscinski went where other journalists didn’t dare to find the stories they missed. His “literature by foot” documented the independence of the Third World.
Converting Databases into News Stories
Though it may take time to build a database, the pay off is usually a hard-hitting exclusive story. And every journalist appreciates the opportunity to get that kind of story.