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Hanaa' TameezJanuary 26, 2022

“To kill a journalist in Mexico is like killing no one”: Journalists in 40 Mexican cities protest following three murders

“Every time a journalist is killed, it silences the issue they were investigating.”

35 journalists and activists in El Salvador were spied on — possibly by their own government

As the Taliban becomes increasingly hostile towards the Afghan press, international aid needs to step up to preserve it, a new report says

As Hong Kong’s Apple Daily goes dark, the newspaper’s web, app, and social content disappears, too

Lison JosephMay 3, 2021

As Covid-19 spreads, India’s press freedom is shrinking

Here’s what Modi can do if he really wants to change India’s image of being a “dangerous place for journalists.”

Sara Torsner and Jackie HarrisonApril 21, 2021

Governments are using Covid-19 as an excuse to crack down on press freedom

Cases abound of how the “Covid-19 excuse” has led to the inability of journalists to do their job of reporting medically endorsed effective public health measures, or to challenge lethal disinformation.

The Cartel Project is a massive cross-border collaboration to finish the investigations of a murdered Mexican journalist

The Bloomberg Way appears to have gone astray when it killed an investigation into China’s richest man

In Australia, a new government policy adds protections for journalists, but leaves whistleblowers out in the cold (and leaves plenty of questions)

Heather ChaplinSeptember 16, 2018

“The cure lies within us, if we have the will and the imagination to develop it”

“Because journalism is not The New York Times, or BuzzFeed, or the Miami Herald. When you strip everything down to its essential function, journalism is a system for collecting, synthesizing, verifying and distributing news. Everything else is just form.”

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