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Journalists Dig In on the Fiscal Health of the Nation and Hospital Closures in Rural Missouri
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Afghan male journalists wear masks on-air in solidarity with female colleagues
Male journalists at several major news outlets in Afghanistan have covered their faces on-air in recent days, protesting the Taliban’s order that women, including television presenters, cover their faces in public. Their moves prompted other Afghan men to post photos with their faces covered as part of the #FreeHerFace social media campaign, Human Rights Watch …
Two more journalists slain in Mexico, bringing 2022 total to 11
Two more Mexican-based journalists have been killed in the country by unidentified assailants, bringing the total number of journalists killed there this year to 11. The Guardian reported that journalists Yesenia Mollinedo Falconi and Sheila Johana García Olivera were murdered Monday afternoon in the town of Cosoleacaque. Initial reports said the reporting duo was killed …
Reporter's Notebook from: Society of Environmental Journalists 2022 Conference, Day Three
Details By Valerie Vande Panne April 14, 2022 Today we are hosting a panel discussion at the Society of Environmental Journalists 2022 Conference: Covering Indian Country for Non-Natives. Our panelists are: Sierra Clark, reporter; Sandy WhiteHawk, source; and Francine Compton, journalist and Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) president. These are three powerful people from tribes …
Lightfoot Says She Will Only Give 1-on-1 Interviews to Journalists of Color – NBC Chicago
As Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot approaches the two-year anniversary of her inauguration, reaching the halfway point through her first term, she told the city’s media outlets that she would grant one-on-one interviews to mark the occasion, but with one condition: she will only speak with journalists of color. “I ran to break up the status …
Dumpling delivery fundraiser raises $17K for mental health resources for Asian American journalists
NEW YORK (WABC) — There was a massive dumpling delivery operation around New York City. Throughout the day on Saturday, volunteers brought half a ton of frozen dumplings to buyers in all five boroughs. The effort was a fundraiser for the Asian American Journalists Association. The goal was to raise money for journalists who want …
Netherlands: Churchgoers breaking COVID rules attack journalists | News | DW
Police in the Netherlands arrested a man after he hit and kicked a journalist outside a Protestant church that had opened for a full congregation on Sunday despite the country’s strict lockdown. Reporters showed up at the Mieraskerk church in the town of Krimpen aan den Ijssel near the city of Rotterdam. The church made headlines after …
Release man accused in Daniel Pearl’s death
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. The court also dismissed an appeal of Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh’s acquittal by Pearl’s family and the Pakistani government. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Sheikh would be …
Australian journalists evacuated from China after five-day diplomatic standoff
The exodus leaves Australia’s media without any journalists working in China for the first time in nearly 50 years. The diplomatic standoff began when the two men — Bill Birtles, Beijing correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and Mike Smith, Shanghai correspondent for the Australian Financial Review (AFR) — were told they were “persons …
Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots | Microsoft
Dozens of journalists have been sacked after Microsoft decided to replace them with artificial intelligence software. Staff who maintain the news homepages on Microsoft’s MSN website and its Edge browser – used by millions of Britons every day – have been told that they will be no longer be required because robots can now do …
