The White House press pool became a way to control journalists – Trump is taking this to new levels: The recently appointed White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has begun her tenure combatively, aggressively defending the Trump administration’s policies and, at times, mimicking Donald Trump’s methods of dealing with the mainstream news media. Faced recently …
Slapps: inside Europe’s struggle to protect journalists from malicious lawsuits: Shutterstock/icedmocha There is a growing threat to the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Europe. It manifests as seemingly run-of-the-mill lawsuits. However, on closer inspection, many lawsuits are not as they seem. Rather than attempting to remedy a wrong, lawsuits can have a …
Russell Brand investigation: what good journalists should have to go through to report sexual assault allegations: The allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by comedian and actor Russell Brand seemed like a bombshell scoop to many readers and viewers. But for the journalists at The Times, Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches, the …
Ukraine war: reports suggest that Russia has been deliberately targeting journalists – which is a war crime: At least 15 media workers have been killed in Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale war in February 2022. Along with targeting civilians, hospitals, schools, orphanages, residential buildings, communications centres and places of worship, the Russian state has been …
From advertising blackmail to physical threats, Kenya’s journalists are under attack – but they must also regain public trust: Journalists take cover during March 2023 protests in Kenya. Boniface Muthoni/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In recent months, Kenyan journalists have been harassed, intimidated and attacked by government officials, politicians and members of the public. George …
Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter latest in long line of journalists punished for doing their job: For the first time since the cold war, Moscow has accused a US journalist of espionage. Evan Gershkovich, a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg on March 29 by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). …
Journalists needs to be more critical of the way governments use ‘nudging’ to change our behaviour – here’s why: Oleg Shakirov/Shutterstock Suppose you are in a pub with friends. You drink a few beers, have a good time, and head home. The following morning you realise your headache is milder than usual. You then discover …
Freedom of speech: Scotland could derail Europe’s drive to stop rich people silencing journalists: Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb on October 16 2017, near her home in northern Malta. For years she had been reporting on a web of corruption and money laundering on the Mediterranean islands, involving places …
Increasing numbers of physical attacks on European journalists as they report on COVID and other stories: The funeral of murdered Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee in Belfast. Reuters/Alamy Rising numbers of European journalists are facing dangerous physical attacks as they try to cover news stories, according to recent reports. Data from the Council of Europe …
2021: a grim year for journalists and free speech in an increasingly turbulent and authoritarian world: A protester calls for the release of journalist, who covered the initial outbreak of COVID in Wuhan in 2019 and 2020 and was sentenced to four years in prison. EPA-EFE/Miguel Candela Hundreds of journalists killed or arrested, rising numbers …
Claims of COP26’s success have been unpicked – but political journalists have repeated the spin: If there is one thing that everyone needs from a UN climate summit, it is clarity. Deciphering the mass of decisions, deals, pacts, coalitions and pledges matters greatly if scientists, campaigners, policymakers and the public are to understand how the …
Slapps: the rise of lawsuits targeting investigative journalists: A type of legal action is increasingly being used by powerful people to shut down criticism from activists, academics, whistleblowers, and journalists. This is known as a strategic lawsuit against public participation, or Slapp. At the time of her assassination in 2017, Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana …
Official Secrets Act: home secretary’s planned reform will make criminals out of journalists: The UK government has proposed new legislation to counter state threats, including an overhaul of the Official Secrets Act. According to the Home Office, the new legislation is necessary because “the existing legislation does not sufficiently capture the discernible and very real …
South Africa in the news: South African journalists attacked and threatened amid civil unrest, 4 radio stations looted: Lusaka, Zambia, July 13, 2021 ndash; South African authorities must swiftly and thoroughly investigate recent attacks on media outlets and journalists covering civil unrest in the country, the …: “South Africa” – BingNews Springboks name first black …
South Africa in the news: US Exempts Categories Of Students, Academics, Journalists From India Travel Ban: Certain categories of students, academics, journalists and individuals have been exemption from the India travel ban announced by President Joe Biden, the US State Department said.: “South Africa” – BingNews Australian winemaker looks to sidestep China’s 218% tariffs: Australia’s …
Navalny & co: brave journalists risking all to hold Vladimir Putin to account: Over 3,500 people have been detained during rallies across Russia in protest at high-level corruption and the arrest of opposition activist Alexei Navalny. Navalny was arrested on arrival at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport on January 17 as he flew in after recovering …
Online attacks on female journalists are increasingly spilling into the ‘real world’ – new research: The insidious problem of online violence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline with potentially deadly consequences, a new global survey suggests. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of female respondents to our survey – taken by 1210 international media workers – said …
Fox News, Donald Trump’s cheerleaders and the journalists who challenged his narrative: Rupert Murdoch is famous for always wanting to back a winner. So, amid the frenzied atmosphere of the vote count, when his Fox News network started to refer to Donald Trump’s “unfounded fraud claims” with regard to the election, it was clear his …