Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
In Cuba, dreams of escape
By  • 5 April 2018
For many people, the thought of spending your life next to the aquamarine waters of the Caribbean is an envious one. But for many people in the tiny fishing village of Cajio Beach in western…
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Cuba, Pakistan among world's toughest media environments
By  • 2 June 2017
On this week's program, a look at two of the most difficult places for independent journalism: Cuba and Pakistan. In Pakistan, journalists routinely face threats not only from the Taliban and other extremist groups but…
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Project Exile: Cuban 'kamikaze' journalist in Miami exile
By  • 16 January 2017
"I had to walk like 40 or 50 miles into other provinces, trying to reach a place where I had a good enough internet connection to post pictures." In the early 2000s, Cuban journalist and…
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Cuba's fearless blogger Yoani Sánchez
By  • 14 December 2015
Note: Spanish with English subtitles Yoani Sánchez has been called the most famous Cuban not named Castro. In 2008, she began posting stories of the everyday challenges of life in Cuba. The blog, Generation Y,…
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A new Cuba? [program]
By  • 7 May 2015
After more than 50 years of hostility and frozen ties with the United States, Cuba is preparing to open up to the world. In this edition of Global Journalist, we look at what it’s like…
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After father's death, Cuban dissident carries on fight
By  • 7 May 2015
Activist Rosa María Payá keeps pressure on the Cuban government, who she says killed her father. Panama's security forces had been on the lookout for Rosa María Payá. One of Cuba's most well-known dissidents, Payá…
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