Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Cuba eyes information revolution
By  • 11 April 2019
Cuba has long been one of the world’s least connected countries. Cubans weren’t allowed to buy personal computers until about a decade ago, and didn’t have access to the Internet until 2013. But things are…
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Ferguson reshaped columnist's career
By  • 13 January 2017
Tony Messenger knew that his journalistic career would never be the same after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo. In the days after the unarmed 18-year-old black…
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St. Louis racial divisions in columnist's spotlight
By  • 12 January 2017
The shooting death of Michael Brown and the ensuing riots in Ferguson, Mo. altered the course of Tony Messenger's career. Along with colleague Kevin Horrigan, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial writer was named a finalist…
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Egyptian journalists get life sentences for 2013 protest coverage
By  • 16 April 2015
An Egyptian court in Cairo sentenced three Egyptian journalists to life in prison for their coverage of a 2013 protest following the coup d'etat that ousted former president Mohammed Morsi. An Egyptian-American citizen, who translated for…
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Missouri police detain reporters covering protests
By  • 14 August 2014
Two reporters were arrested Aug. 13 by police in Ferguson, Mo. amidst continuing protests over the shooting of an unarmed teenager by a police officer in the St. Louis suburb. Wesley Lowery of the Washington…
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'Disinformation' fuels US child migrant crisis
By  • 8 July 2014
Obama seeks $3.7 billion to address wave of children from Central America. President Obama has put a price on the costs of the wave of child immigrants arriving at the U.S.’s southern border. On July…
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