Journalism
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Bravery, insight and simmering fury: Australian female correspondents on speaking truth to power
It never has. Sue Joseph The Conversation I am always far more interested in elegantly rendered content. Whether it’s written…
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I Wish My Friend Could Have Read Her Own Obituary
She died early last Wednesday, but if she’d held on a few more hours, I like to imagine that she…
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Belling the Cats
In his seminal 1999 book What are Journalists For? Nicholas Karides NYU professor Jay Rosen pointed to a plaque at the…
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On World Press Freedom Day, will Australia’s major parties pledge to fix our whistleblowing law?
At its simplest, press freedom is about truth: the ability to report and publish the truth, without fear or favour.…
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UK’s freedom of information laws are being undermined, warn journalists
More than 100 journalists, politicians and campaigners have signed an open letter warning that the UK’s freedom of information (FoI)…
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Australian journalist Cheng Lei to be tried in Beijing on state secrets charges next week
Cheng Lei, a former high-profile anchor for the Chinese government’s English-language broadcaster CGTN, is facing accusations of providing state secrets…
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Rwanda: Wave of Free Speech Prosecutions
(Nairobi) – Judicial authorities in Rwanda are prosecuting opposition members, journalists, and commentators on the basis of their speech and opinions, Human…
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Ecuador: Investigate Police Abuse During Women’s Day Marches
(New York) – Ecuadorean police responded to peaceful demonstrations commemorating International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022, with excessive force, including striking…
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Media propaganda a scourge on democracy
They’re all symptoms of a particular class of political journalism that is closer to propaganda than news. Victoria Fielding IA…
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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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