Journalists are being expelled, investigated and raided by the Modi government. Indian journalists, especially from the region of Kashmir, have been incarcerated on terrorism charges or forced to self-censor. Elsewhere in the country, journalists’ homes have been raided and some have been charged with money laundering and income tax evasion. Many have been jailed before … Read more
Editor’s notes: The list below is CPJ’s most recent and preliminary account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not include all of these casualties until we have completed further investigations into the circumstances surrounding them. For more information, read our FAQ. The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since … Read more
Over the past week, student journalists have been working around the clock from a makeshift newsroom inside Columbia University. Due to the school’s strict lockdown, they were the only media allowed on campus as police massed outside on April 30. Palestinian journalist Samaa Khullar was one of them. © 2024 Cable News Network. A Warner … Read more
Public access to information is a key component of UNESCO’s commitment to transparency and its accountability. Based on human rights and fundamental freedoms, the 2005 Convention ultimately provides a new framework for informed, transparent and UNESCO’s e-Platform on intercultural dialogue is designed for organizations and individuals to learn from shared knowledge or experiences from infl Established … Read more
By Justine Calma, a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Attacks against environmental journalists have risen dramatically across the world, according to a report … Read more
On American campuses awash in anger this spring, student journalists are in the center of it all, sometimes uncomfortably so. (AP Video by Ted Shaffrey and Joseph B. Frederick) NEW YORK (AP) — Ordered by police to leave the scene of a UCLA campus protest after violence broke out, Catherine Hamilton and three colleagues from … Read more
The UNESCO Guillermo Cano Prize was awarded to journalists in Gaza on Thursday 2 May in Santiago, Chile, as part of World Press Freedom Day. Nasser Abu Baker, President of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) and Vice-President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), received the Unesco prize on behalf of his colleagues in Gaza. … Read more
Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile The Pulitzer Prizes are set to be announced on Monday, traditionally the most anticipated day of the year for those … Read more
