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Reminder: Journalism can be a dangerous job
Back in December Taliban militants kidnapped two French journalist. The group now says it will kill the journalists unless their demands are met. Taliban militants threaten to kill kidnapped French...
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Pakistan journalist apparently killed for reporting on tribal practices
Twenty-first century reporting and 12th century rituals often clash. And in Pakistan this clash has led to the death of another journalist. Journalist found dead after revealing tribal marriage customs...
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Public support for French captive journalists
I just got back from a vacation in Normandy and while learning about William the Conqueror, D-Day, Impressionist art and cheese making I saw a banner on a city hall that warmed my heart. Kidnapped...
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Updates from Eastern Europe/Central Asia
Free press advocates in Turkey are awaiting a judge’s ruling concerning a multi-billion dollar fine levied against one of the country’s most influential media firms. The Washington Post reported last...
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Pakistan pols learn lesson in freedom of the press
First posted at Journalism, Journalists and the World. At first the July 16 New York Time story about Pakistani legislators claiming university degrees they never earned seemed like a fun story. One...
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Editor beaten, legislators named as attackers
First posted at Journalism, Journalists and the World Temur Tskhovrebov, editor of 21st Century in Tskhinvali, Georgia was attacked and severely beaten July 24. His friend Tskhinvali-based human rights...
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Why is Pakistan media quiet about the Kabul Diaries
A look at the deafening silence in Pakistan over the Kabul War Diary WikiLeak issue. Madiha Sattar, senior assistant editor for The Herald in Karachi, talks about how and why it took so long for...
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Cartoonists head to Afghanistan
First posted at Journalism, Journalists and the World. Cartoonists Matt Bors, Ted Rall and Steven Cloud are traveling unembedded in Afghanistan. These cartoonists are sharp-witted and unconventional....
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Pakistan: Blocks Facebook but allows militants free reign
First posted at Journalism, Journalists and the World. Thanks to Danny O’Brien at CPJ and his excellent blog, Internet Blotter, for bringing this issue up. I regularly read the Pakistan publication...
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RSF Internet Enemies List: Few Surprises
First posted at Journalism, Journalists and the World Reporters Without Borders has a great list of governments that are “Enemies of the Internet.” And there are no real surprises. The hostility...
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Kazakh Journalists Meet With Local SPJ Chapter
This item first appeared on the website of the Washington, DC, chapter of the SPJ By Alice Ollstein How do you distinguish between trustworthy news and propaganda? Is it ethical to accept gifts from a...
View ArticleEncouragement Sees No Borders
Several weeks ago I spent a week with 70 journalists from more than 50 different countries. We traded stories and frustrations, laughed, cried, debated the future of journalism, discussed the many...
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