After three years of #MeToo, are newsrooms more diverse? In the wake of #MeToo and the death of George Floyd, many public figures and institutions have had intense conversations about gender and racial inequities. The news media has brought these conversations to...
How to make news accessible. Really. Five years ago, Sandy Murillo could not have been an associate producer at CRIS Radio, a daily podcast that reads newspapers and other periodicals to people with visual impairments. The newsroom's...
Politico’s Canellos speaks out on 2016 coverage At the time it seemed certain to fail. When two Washington Post reporters left the legendary paper to launch a start-up political website and free newspaper with publisher Robert Allbritton in 2007, many in...
Brazilian journalist slain after receiving threats A Brazilian journalist who ran a local news website in a small city in the country's central Goiás state was shot and killed outside his home after reportedly receiving death threats. João Miranda do...
Family of slain reporter sues Syria government in U.S. Family members of Marie Colvin, an American war reporter who was killed in Syria six years ago, have filed a wrongful death suit against President Bashar al-Assad's government in federal court in Washington,...
Texas journalist slain, motive sought Police are searching for the motive in the death of a Texas freelance journalist and real estate agent who was found dead of a gunshot in the backyard a house in a suburb of Fort Worth. The body of...
Colombia rebel group releases kidnapped journalists Three journalists abducted by Colombia's second largest rebel group were freed May 27. Spanish journalist Salud Hernandez, from the Spanish newspaper El Mundo and Colombia’s El Tiempo, went missing May 21...
Honduran journalist survives two attacks in one day A Honduran radio journalist known for his outspoken criticism of the government has survived two attacks in a single day. Felix Molina, the host of the pro-democracy program Resistencias, was traveling in...
Mexican reporter slain outside his home A Mexican journalist was shot and killed outside his home early April 25 in Mexico's southwestern Guerrero state. Francisco Pacheco Beltrán was returning to his home in the city of Taxco after taking his...
Correa supporters in online attack on Ecuador journalists Supporters of Ecuador President Rafael Correa have launched an online campaign targeting journalists involved with the Panama Papers investigation after Correa tweeted the names of the reporters earlier...
