Journalism

A man wearing a red cardigan with dark hair walks near a police officer.

After raid and arrest, Russian journalist ‘will just keep doing my job,’ he says

Media

On Wednesday, police in Russia raided the home of Roman Dobrokhotov, editor-in-chief of The Insider, an independent, investigative media outlet. Dobrokhotov joined The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about the pressure journalists are under in Russia.

A man speaks in front of a crowd of journalists with microphones.

‘Downward spiral’ of press freedom echoes in ABC police raid in Australia

Conflict & Justice
Several men wearing hard hats work together to carry an injured man

On World Press Freedom Day, ‘a wake-up call’ as violence toward journalists rises worldwide

Free speech
A closeup of Maria Ressa with her hand up in front of her face.

Maria Ressa says journalism is democracy’s ‘first line of defense’ and Rappler won’t back down

Media
A large oil tanker docks amid ice and snow in the Arctic. On the side, the ship's name is written in Russian characters.

An environmental newspaper fights for press freedom in the Russian Arctic

The Big Melt
Journalist E.B Furgurson talk on the phone as police officers respond to an active shooter inside a city building at the Capital Gazette newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S., June 28, 2018.

‘Deadly day’ at Maryland newspaper mirrors dangers for journalists around the world

Media

Five people were killed Thursday in an attack on a community paper in Annapolis, Maryland. But local journalists around the world are vulnerable to attacks, says the head of the Committee to Protect Journalists. And violence against them is on the rise in the United States.

Copenhagen Police's Special prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen is seen during a news conference in front of the Copenhagen Police Headquarters after the prosecutor's office announced the charge in the submarine murder case against Peter Madsen, in Copenhagen

Denmark to seek life sentence for inventor who killed journalist Kim Wall

Media

Prosecutors in Denmark will seek a life sentence for inventor Peter Madsen for killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his homebuilt submarine in a premeditated murder.

As stories of harassment and assault continue to arise, journalists are grappling with how best to corroborate a victim’s story.

How journalists corroborate sexual harassment and assault claims

Media

Reporting on sexual harassment claims can be difficult. Here’s how some journalists are taking that challenge on.

Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's sons Matthew and Paul carry the coffin of their mother

The car bomb and the journalist: the murder that showed the ‘Two Maltas’

Conflict

It was just before three o’clock in the afternoon on Oct. 16 when Malta’s most famous, outspoken blogger got into her car for what was to be the last time. Minutes later, a bomb planted under the driver’s seat flung the vehicle into a field beside the road. Daphne Caruana Galizia, who’d relentlessly attacked corruption in the tiny island nation, was dead.

Jimmy Wales

Wikitribune will rely on a broad online community of journalists and readers as fact checkers

Media

Wikitribune uses the same crowdsourcing model pioneered in the “wiki” system behind Wikipedia.