Journalism
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Julian Assange extradition edges closer after US promises not to seek death penalty
In short: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains at risk of being extradited to the United States, where he faces 18 criminal…
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Cyprus media coverage of the war in Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marking the start of the biggest war in Europe…
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William Whitworth and the Lost Spirit of Journalism
Under William Whitworth and his open-minded ethos, The Atlantic published some of the defining public policy essays of the late twentieth…
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Saving the news media means moving beyond the benevolence of billionaires
Most spectacularly, the Los Angeles Times recently slashed more than 20% of its newsroom. Rodney Benson Victor Pickard The Conversation Though…
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Hungary: Media Curbs Harm Rule of Law
EU Action Needed to Tackle Declining Press Freedom, Pluralism The Hungarian government’s interference with media freedom obstructs journalists from holding…
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Assange’s Rights and Press Freedom Hang in the Balance
Meanwhile, the American demand that Wikileaks publisher Assange stand trial in Virginia on trumped-up charges is what has kept this…
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The 12-year Hitch
Christopher Hitchens, the British born American journalist and writer, died exactly 12 years ago today, on 15 December 2011, aged…
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Australia’s media: Just another corporate interest, one that leaks journalism as a byproduct
The past few weeks have not been kind to Australia’s three largest media companies. Bernard Keane Crikey Kerry Stokes’ Seven…
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Civil wrongs
Labor probably thought this would be a week where they got some credit for plans to improve press freedoms – even if…
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Why independent journalism matters
While journalism has increasingly pursued clicks and likes, hot takes and shock value, Le Monde diplomatique has stuck to its course.…
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ABC complains about Nazi comparison by Sky guest Bronwyn Bishop
In a letter sent on Friday to Sky News boss Paul Whittaker, ABC News director Justin Stevens complained about “deeply…
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More than one journalist per day is dying in the Israel-Gaza conflict. This has to stop
At the time of writing, the committee said at least 39 journalists and media workers had been killed in the…
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Objectivity serves the powerful, and silences the oppressed
And yet, Palestine has shown us how colonial notions of ‘objectivity’ pave the way for genocide. Amy McQuire Pearls and…
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A Death in Malta by Paul Caruana Galizia review – courage under fire
Journalism. John Simpson The Guardian So is outing hapless celebrities over their sex lives, or researching long-form pieces about the…
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To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism
Fortunately, there has been a resurgence of innovative business models aimed at sustaining local journalism in the digital age. Laura…
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Large Language Mimicry
The complexity and hype surrounding Large Language Models make it difficult to disentangle the arguments about generative AI’s potential harms.…
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