Journalism
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2021 in pictures: Striking photojournalism from around the world
A selection of some of the most powerful pictures taken by news agency photographers around the world this year BBC…
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Julian Assange’s lawyers launch appeal against extradition to the US
Lawyers for Julian Assange have launched an appeal before Britain’s Supreme Court against a High Court ruling that he may…
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2021: a grim year for journalists and free speech in an increasingly turbulent and authoritarian world
The 2021 press freedom index released recently by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) makes for grim reading. Dina Matar The Conversation The report reveals…
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Assange’s legal torment has gone on long enough
Lord Justice Holroyde overturned a previous judge’s ruling that Mr Assange should not be deported because of the high risk he…
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Julian Assange has a stroke in Belmarsh prison: Fiancée blames extreme stress caused by US extradition battle
Julian Assange had a stroke in Belmarsh Prison, his fiancee Stella Moris revealed WikiLeaks publisher, 50, is being held on…
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The French Dispatch: an all-star cast brings Wes Anderson’s love letter to journalism alive
What resulted is arguably the best film he’s ever made. The Guardian There’s a scene in Wes Anderson’s new anthology…
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US/UK: “Drop the charges, Stop the extradition and Free Julian Assange,” says Amnesty head
Amnesty spokespeople at the court and available for interview Ahead of an appeal hearing against the decision by a UK…
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Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov awarded 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their fight for freedom…
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ICAC is not a curse, and probity in government matters. The Australian media would do well to remember that
This phenomenon can be seen clearly in the way the resignation of New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been…
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De-Erdoganisation
The Taliban warned that despite ‘historic, cultural and religious bonds with the Muslim people of Turkey’, they would view such…
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Assessing the Media’s Role in U.S. National Security
Many Americans on both the political Left and Right long for the days when media were supposedly less partisan and more reliable.…
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Malta failed to protect murdered journalist, says inquiry
The government of Malta failed to adequately protect anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and bore responsibility for creating a “culture…
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Spyware used to target journalists and activists around the world, reports indicate
Military-grade spyware was used to hack the smartphones of dozens of journalists and activists, according to an investigation conducted and…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan
Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border…
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Cheers and tears as Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper prints final edition
As journalists from Hong Kong’s embattled pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper scrambled to produce their final edition, they didn’t need to…
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A ‘disturbing’ interview with jailed Belarus activist Roman Protasevich has been widely condemned
European powers on Friday lined up to condemn a tearful interview shown on Belarusian state television with a dissident journalist…
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