Tag: journalism

Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:06 UTC
Pulitzer “special citation” for a teenager who caught on video the murder of George Floyd by police

A teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice was awarded a “special citation” on Friday by the Pulitzer Prize Board.
Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 09:17 UTC
US blasts Beijing's new restrictions on international press: “why is CCP afraid of an independent media?”

The United States on Tuesday accused China of fearing a free media as it denounced Beijing's new restrictions on the international press. China's foreign ministry “has informed us that they plan to further limit access for foreign journalists working in the PRC,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.
Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 09:47 UTC
Mexican journalist and bodyguard murdered in Mexico, fifth so far this year

A Mexican journalist and his police bodyguard were murdered in a hail of gunfire in the southern state of Guerrero early on Sunday, police and human rights officials said. Pablo Morrugares is the fourth journalist murdered in Mexico in 2020.
Monday, July 6th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine journalists reject a new impulse of Cristina Kirchner's harassing habits

Three hundred Argentine journalists have made public a document rejecting claims from Vice-president Cristina Fernandez that several media professionals have colluded in an illicit association to spy on her.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 09:34 UTC
Pandemic doesn't stop murdering journalists in Mexico

A Mexican journalist who disappeared over a week ago in the southern state of Guerrero was found dead close to where his family last saw him, the local prosecutor said on Saturday. Forensic tests on human remains in the seaside resort of Acapulco were identified as belonging to Victor Fernando Alvarez, who disappeared on Apr 2.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:05 UTC
BBC announces drastic cut in news division staff and new “story led” model

The BBC said on Wednesday it will cut around 450 jobs from its news division as part of an £80 million (US$103 million) savings drive and modernization program. The corporation said it would reorganize its newsroom along a “story-led” model where staff will be assigned to stories and not attached to individual programs.
Wednesday, December 18th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Latin America as deadly as Middle East for journalists, RSF annual report

Forty-nine journalists were killed across the world in 2019, Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday, the lowest death toll in 16 years.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 10:53 UTC
Journalists organization question Bolsonaro's remarks regarding The Intercept Brazil

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's remarks that Glenn Greenwald, the co-founder and editor of The Intercept Brasil, could “do jail time” and suggesting that he had married a Brazilian citizen to avoid deportation, as reported by a local outlet.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:14 UTC
Governments' hatred endangers press freedom: the Americas the worst, Reporters without borders

The global press freedom is regressing with more and more countries putting journalists at risk and authoritarian regimes tightening their grip on the media, according to a report released by media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders.
Saturday, January 19th 2019 - 08:39 UTC
The Times and Sunday Times want to share resources, to build a sustainable future for Times' journalism

Rupert Murdoch newspapers The Times and the Sunday Times are asking the government for permission to share resources, including journalists, between the two titles. The application to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is necessary as legal undertakings were made to keep them separate when he bought them in 1981.