Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism

Lauren Wortman

Stories By Lauren Wortman
A lens on Venezuelan street crime
By  • 5 May 2017
"The drug trade is why we still have the government we have." Adriana Fernández first wielded a camera at the age of 16 to take pictures of friends involved in the graffiti scene in her…
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Project Exile: Libyan militia sends journalist fleeing
By  • 18 April 2017
"I know what it feels like to be hunted, because it’s happened before." Libyan journalist Heba Alshibani was no stranger to threats from the North African nation's warring militias.  There had been plenty of menacing…
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Correa critic barred entry to Ecuador
By  • 17 March 2017
"There has to be an end to an era of silencing people and impeding them from going to the streets to discuss the problems with the government." Manuela Picq was detained in Ecuador's Ministry of Interior…
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Zimbabwe 'bond notes' stoke fears of hyperinflation's return
By  • 25 February 2017
After rebounding from one of the most spectacular episodes of hyperinflation in human history, Zimbabwe risks new economic turmoil as it issues a new “bond note” currency meant to stave off a shortage of dollars.…
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    Global Journalist covers press freedom, human rights and international affairs. The weekly, half-hour discussion is produced by faculty and students of the Missouri School of Journalism and Mid-Missouri Public Radio featured interviews with international journalists, diplomats, activists and others.
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