Selling Africa’s good news stories
Feb 07,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Shayera Dark LAGOS — Anywhere in the world, freelance journalism is an extreme career choice. The job requires withstanding pitch rejections, ignored queries, stolen story […]
How ‘halal media’ can change perceptions of Muslim world
Maha Akeel January 28, 2019 Reuters’ recent State of the Global Islamic Economy Report revealed that Muslim countries are emerging as a production powerhouse for “halal media” — i.e., content […]
Paperback writers: Can ‘pop-lit’ give literary classics a run for their money?
In the traditional pantheon of ‘great literature’ there is no room for authors such as Maeve Binchy and Len Deighton, whose rollicking reads meet with mass-market appeal but critical snobbery. […]
Soldier Goes Missing In Iraq, But Turns Up Years Later With A Story To Tell
By JJ Foster, Jul 31, 2018 Who Is She? At one point, Jessica Lynch dominated the media across the states and beyond. But the soldier wasn’t prepared to be part […]
Time’s ‘Person of Year’ goes to journalists, including Reuters pair
Dec 11, 2018 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Gina Cherelus NEW YORK (Reuters) – Time on Tuesday named a group of journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and two Reuters […]
Making ‘the Guardians’ Time person of the year is courageous – but it ignores America’s relationship with power
The osmotic-parasitic relationship which still exists between power and the American media is as powerful as ever – it’s merely more discreet under the Trump regime Robert Fisk @indyvoices The […]
Arab Journalism: ‘Who did not die from bullets, died of hunger’
By Rana Husseini – Dec 02,2018 DEAD SEA — Journalists, many of whom worked in conflict zones, shared their experience with over 400 participants of an investigative reporting forum […]
Is seeing believing? How documentaries are taking liberties with historical truth
Recreating ‘authenticity’ to engage audiences risks undermining a proper reliance on archive sources, says Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent When I was five years old, my parents arranged for a local photographer in Maidstone to take a portrait picture of their beloved son. A tall gentleman arrived at our home […]
The Top 10 Podcasts of 2018
Source: Time By ELIANA DOCKTERMAN Unlike film, television or music, there’s a low barrier to entry in the podcasting world: All you need is a microphone and someone to speak into […]
Fake news in Turkey: Hunting for truth in land of conspiracy
By Mark Lowen BBC Turkey correspondent, Istanbul 15 November 2018 Image caption The BBC’s Mark Lowen has himself been the subject of absurd allegations in Turkish media A headscarved woman whose baby was kicked while she was urinated on by anti-government demonstrators. Veteran political activist Noam Chomsky championing President […]
Lack of perspective: Why journalists should be haunted by a history of blinkered reporting
When news of the Holocaust first hit papers, it didn’t make the front page – now, writers report impending wars that never materialise. Both approaches are dangerous, says Robert Fisk […]
A Saudi’s view: Issue of freedom of speech at the heart of Khashoggi debates
Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg November 06, 2018 The heated discussions about Jamal Khashoggi’s life and death have exposed several deep differences between our region and the US. An important issue underlying […]
Best way to respond to the disappearance of Khashoggi
Oct 17,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB There are two indisputable facts in the Jamal Khashoggi disappearance trauma. He was seen entering and never leaving the Saudi consulate in Istanbul […]
Explainer: The Tariq Ramadan Affair
Homepage : In-depth : Explainer: The Tariq Ramadan affair Florence Dixon Explainer: The Tariq Ramadan affair Martyr or monster? Tariq Ramadan’s case has become the centre-point of debate [Getty] Date […]
How cancer cells communicate — and how we can slow them down
Source: TED Talk When cancer cells are closely packed together in a tumor, they’re able to communicate with each other and coordinate their movement throughout the body. What if we […]
How the media helps increase terrorist groups membership
Stelter: How to report on racists without fanning the flames Source: CNN By Brian Stelter As journalists fan out to cover a hate group gathering on the one-year anniversary of the […]
The role of fake news in spreading Islamophobia
American Islamophobia’s Fake Facts Source :Huffington Post This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. By Arnold R. Isaacs […]
Watchdogs Warn of Worldwide Threats to Press Freedom
Source: Voice of America WASHINGTON — Incessant attacks on the media by populist politicians are posing a threat to major democracies, two international watchdogs said on Wednesday. In their annual reports on the state of press freedom around the world, Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House harshly criticized Western populist […]
Americans Favor Protecting Information Freedoms Over Government Steps to Restrict False News Online
Source: Pew Research Center But 56% support steps from technology companies, even if it means some limits on publishing and accessing information BY AMY MITCHELL, ELIZABETH GRIECO AND NAMI SUMIDA The widespread concerns over misinformation online […]
The Seattle Times is making it everyone’s job to grow digital subscribers
Source: The Seattle Times BY KRISTEN HARE · APRIL 11, 2018 One Monday last June, a few teams at The Seattle Times got together to sift through about 30 ideas they’d collected from the newsroom for a hack week. america an off-white conference room with exposed ductwork and windows looking out on […]
