Joel Simon testified on the dangers faced by journalists reporting on human rights abuses during a congressional hearing in 2019.Credit...J.
It's clear that the constant sniping -- and much worse -- at journalists by western leaders who should know better, is undermining safety everywhere.
This is a series on Better News to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) share replicable tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole.
Quite a good news-you-can use item that several places I know could do well to consider: loving their subscribers and customers and users and not assuming there is some sort of digital nirvana with pliant subs.
“If you take steam, there is no way you will get Covid,” Swami Indradevji Maharaj assures his audience in Hindi with the conviction of somebody explaining the obvious. “If the whole family takes this steam, there is no way coronavirus will come near you. Without a mask, without any sanitiser.
Good investigation from the admirable reporters of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
Hal Crawford is uniquely well-placed to opine on the state of the New Zealand media. Already this year, the former chief news officer at Mediaworks has com...
I don't agree with Hal about the merits of a Radio New Zealand and TV New Zealand merger. It'll tie them in knots for at least two years and not necessarily deliver a more coherent approach to public interest media.
Mr. Hurwitz-Goodman is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Your uncle caught a flounder this afternoon. President Biden said something about the Middle East. It’s your boss’s birthday.
There's a good reason the newsfeed works: humans just see the flow of their lives in it, whether from their family or news organisations. They don't see their lives or news the way the news media does.
Telegram is currently used by more than 500 million people worldwide. More than a messenger app, it is used by many as a microblogging platform and creative outlet. People share ideas, distribute their content, and form more personal relationships with audiences.
Some handy sites here in another news-you-can-use item. I don't yet use Telegram this way but maybe I should.
In my weekly collection of curated news items for a New Zealand site: Mladic and the meaning of genocide; the last International Brigade member; the Israel coalition, and lab-origins for Covid. And more.