Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Journalism'
Al Jazeera: Amplifying (Global Voices) Women's Voices
by Jillian C. York, Global Voices, Netherlands - Last month, I received an interesting e-mail from my editor, Nasir Khan, at the Opinion page of Al Jazeera English. In the e-mail, Khan explained that while his goal has been to...
Budapest, the Cultural Wasteground
by Agnes Szabó, Der Freitag, Germany - He who swaps his homeland, swaps his soul, they say in Hungary. Still, in the last two and a half years, more than half a million Hungarians have left the country and spread...
Zimbabwean Women debate the issues of Violence Against Women
by Violet Gonda, WINGS, Canada - Violet Gonda, a Zimbabwean journalist in exile, interviews leading Zimbabweans for her program The Hot Seat. Guests include Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs Jessie Majome, media consultant Grace Mutandwa and gender activist Betty Makoni....
Journalists Are Fighting a Valiant Battle in the Syrian Conflict
by Nora Boustany, Daily Star, Lebanon - There is a more valiant battle being fought and it is opening new frontiers of the mind in Syria. It is that of reporters, local and foreign, and all those helping them in...
Journalism Falls Victim to Mexico Narco Wars
by Ana Arana and Daniela Guazo, Knight Center for Journalism, USA - A lack of official government information including credible crime reports has further complicated the media´s job, an investigation by Mexico City-based Fundacion MEPI found....
The Fight for Information in Italy
by Alessia Cerantola, European Journalism Centre, The Netherlands - In many countries, access to public information is guaranteed by law. Often at the constitutional level. Not in Italy....
Alternative to Wikileaks Arises in Iceland
by Lowana Veal, IPS, Italy - “One of the main motivations for the Associated Whistle-blowing Press is to unite journalists around the world and bring stories to light,” says Brazilian journalist Pedro Noel, one of the main people behind the...
Serbia's Version of 'The Onion': Humor with a Point
by Iva Martinovic, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - The writers say they hope that by highlighting public figures in their satirical stories, they will prompt those people to think about their actions -- at least for a few seconds....
Read All about It: Journalism Has a Future!
by Katharine Murphy, Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - If balance is a pillar of the new media then the truth will still win out....
Rural Radio Woman
by Frieda Werden, WINGS, Canada - Interview with Lydia Ajono, whose personal history in community radio is thoroughly embedded in the story of her community in northeastern Ghana and the major issues of her country....
Women Journalists In The Eye Of The Storm
by Katherine Ronderos, AWID, Canada - Threats and violence against women journalists are on the rise in many regions of the world. In their work exposing injustices and bearing witness to human rights violations, women journalists are women human rights...
'Being a Woman War Reporter Is an Advantage'
by Louise Gray, Telegraph, UK - Di Giovanni says that motherhood is what makes female war correspondents different. She is more likely to go into war zones after the world’s press has left to find the real story....
A Free Press Gives Tunisian Journalists a New Role
by Sana Sbouai, Daily Star, Lebanon - Looking at Tunisian media today, though, one might believe freedom of the press to be in jeopardy. The owner of the Tunisian television channel Nessma was fined for broadcasting the film “Persepolis,” which...
While Europe Seems to Be Unravelling, a Newspaper Tries to Keep It Together
by Carmen Paun, European Journalism Centre, The Netherlands - Who wants to launch a newspaper at a time when advertising revenues are increasingly migrating online and print journalists need to learn multimedia skills to keep their jobs? At a time...
A Code of Conduct in Covering Minorities
by Lorelei Mihală, European Journalism Centre, The Netherlands - “Gypsies are stealing,” “Politician cheats state with gypsies’ help,” “Another four Romanian gypsies invade British homes” - these are only a few headlines found in what are considered to be quality...
The Aggressive Tactics of the Greek Right Wing
by Xenia Kounalaki, Der Spiegel, Germany - Greek far-right parties could end up with as much as 20 percent of the vote in Sunday's elections. The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has intensified the xenophobic atmosphere in the country. Those who...
The West's Lazy Reporting of Africa
by Afua Hirsch, The Guardian, UK - These days no self-respecting western reporter dares to describe anything potentially "primitive" in Africa without a sophisticated disclaimer....
Moms Who Blog: A Powerful Force for Change in Healthcare
by Katie Matlack, Women's Media Center, USA - Women are the power users of social media and are the directors of healthcare for most families. And women–and especially mothers–frequently are the ones who have the insight, the blogs and the...
Drone Activism Takes to the Skies
by Sabine Blanc, OWNI, France - Drones are everywhere. Originally used by the military, these devices have now been adopted by hacktivists, conservationists, human rights activists, artists and even journalists....
How to Survive as a Journalist in Somalia?
by Eszter Farkas, European Journalism Centre, Netherlands - It takes immense courage and drive to be a journalist in Somalia, a country in the Horn of Africa. Reporters Without Borders in 2011 listed its capital city Mogadishu among the ten...
Foreign Funding under Fire
by Naila Hamdy, Al Ahram, Egypt - Xenophobia and prejudice have thrived on the latest allegations of foreign conspiracies, parroted by a subservient media....
A Year of Blogging, Threats and Silence
by Jillian York, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Motivations for arresting bloggers differ between countries but the goal is always to silence "threatening" voices....
On Afghan Child Brides, Drug Lords and Chatting with One Insanely Courageous Reporter
by Leela Jacinto, Newshounding the World, France - What can I say about a blonde, Afghan-American female journalist reporting – sometimes undercover – across the country, including the southern Pashtun badlands, trying to interview drug lords, mules, lackeys and hostile...
Haitian Democracy Depends on Scrutiny of Aid
by Anastasia Moloney, Alertnet, UK - Haiti is trying to build a democracy, and without good journalists and a strong media sector you can't have informed citizen participation or accountability....
"You Should Have Your Tongue Ripped Out": The Reality of Sexist Abuse Online
by Helen Lewis-Hasteley, New Statesmen, UK - Female bloggers speak out about misogynist comments, rape threats and death threats....
Dying for the Truth: Drug Cartels Target Journalists in Mexico
by Helena Hyvönen, European Journalism Centre, Netherlands - Mexico is now considered to be the most dangerous country in the western hemisphere in which to practice journalism....
The Dangers of Journalism: When Reporting Puts You in Harm's Way
by Fionnuala Sweeney, CNN, USA - Reporters often encounter danger on the job. Call it survival journalism – the fine line some journalists walk between reporting the truth and not getting killed. Four female reporters were recently honored for courage...
Anna: Five Years On
by Yelena Milashina, OpenDemocracy, UK - Five years ago today, on 7 October 2006, investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s was found murdered in her apartment block. Colleague Yelena Milashina remembers that fateful day....
Do School Newspapers Hold the Future of Print Media?
by Kornelia Trytko, European Journalism Centre, Netherlands - While newspapers all over the world are facing a shrinking readership and fierce competition from Internet news sources, some media companies are reaching out to a target group which is usually overlooked,...
Libya: Bloggers Between Dictatorship and War
by Fozia Mohamed, Global Voices, The Netherlands - How was the Libyan blogging scene before the February 17 revolution and how has it evolved over the last few months?...
Why Digital Privacy and Security Are Important for Development
by Tanya Notley, The Guardian, UK - Digital technologies, such as mobile phones and the internet, provide the development sector with new opportunities to plan and co-ordinate activities, expose hidden truths, and mobilise and engage new audiences. But it's not...
Moldova: Attack on Journalist Causes Online Debate on “Language Issue"
by Diana Lungu, Global Voices, The Netherlands - An incident of violence against a Moldovan journalist has brought about active online discussions regarding the long-protracted animosities between the Moldovan majority and the small Russian minority in the country....
Media Without Dignity
by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, Pakistan - One positive result of the fall of Rupert Murdoch’s empire in Britain is that questions are being asked about the integrity of his 200 or so outlets that span several continents. Mercifully, the first...
Free speech: The Global Balance
by Alison Bethel-McKenzie, Eurozine, Austria - Political repression of pro-democratic journalists throughout the Middle East and North Africa; serial murder of reporters caught up in Latin America's drug wars; constitutional attacks on the media in Europe: free speech faces adversaries...
Refugees as Human Rights Defenders: Can They Protect or Do They Need Protecting?
by Katie McQuaid, Pambazuka News, Kenya - A panel discussion at the recently held International Association for the Study of Forced Migration conference tackled the often precarious position of refugee human rights defenders. Katie McQuaid reports on the issues at...
Women-Run Afghan Media Offer Untold Side of Story
by Amie Ferris-Rotman, TrustLaw, UK - Farida Nekzad has faced threats of kidnapping, acid attacks and a plot to blow up her apartment since she founded her first news agency in Afghanistan seven years ago....
Journalists Should Be Hackers - But Target the Open Web, Not Private Phones
by Nicola Hughes, OpenDemocracy, UK - The term ‘hacker’ warrants re-examining in light of the unravelling News of the World scandal. The circle within which my journalistic persona travels is that of hack/hackers. I am part hacker. I am a...
‘Women Don’t Put Their Hands up as Often as Men’ in Opinion Pages
by Mallary Jean Tenore, Poynter, USA - It’s only been about the past quarter of a second, historically speaking, that women have been encouraged to take part in the public debate. Now they’re completely engaged, and I know that’s going...
Truth & Consequences in the Caucasus
by Elena Milashina, WorldPulse, USA - Despite the assassinations of many of her colleagues, Russia’s award-winning investigative journalist Elena Milashina forges into dangerous territory in search of justice....
Is the Press Serving Africa’s Agenda?
by Janet Otieno, Africa Review, Kenya - Africa is often painted in a negative way by the foreign press.Time is ripe for African journalists to focus on Africa’s agenda. All they need is Africa-centred journalism....
Podcasts Tell Stories from the Arab World
by Dalila Mahdawi, Daily Star, Lebanon - A podcast can’t change the world, but it can help change perceptions. Stories of Our City is a new non-governmental organization in Beirut hoping to transform stereotypes about the Arab world, one podcast...
The Future of the News
by Natalie Fenton, openDemocracy, UK - The collapse of the media’s business model demands a critical consideration of what we want news for and how it can be delivered....
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