The Trump administration claims to defend free speech, but is quick to attack any critical journalists or media outlets.
- Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University
This account of the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency is full of direct quotes from White House insiders.
The BBC must now recruit two high-level executives, just as it should be readying for its 2027 royal charter renewal.
Israel has blocked international journalists from entering Gaza since the start of the war.
Public broadcasting regularly sends out alerts related to extreme weather and emergency news – but Trump has had these media outlets in his sights for a while.
Recent comments from the White House suggest that a campaign to undermine public trust in the media is not going away.
A legal fight over a US news organisation’s ability to report from the White House has significant parallels to a new play on Broadway.
The Washington Post has won an international reputation for its journalism. But recent changes are threatening its status as an icon.
The Trump administration has moved to control which journalists have access to the US president.
Al Jazeera is facing another challenge to its reporting on the Israel-Gaza conflict: it is now being banned by the Palestinian Authority.
The Democratic candidate is trying to use the last few weeks to improve her relationship with the media, and win over new allies.
The BBC, ITN and Sky have still managed to keep the story in front of UK viewers’ eyes by reporting from inside Israel, the occupied territories and Egypt
The release of Gershkovich and his fellow hostage highlights the way some authoritarian regimes have cynically used such people as pawns in geopolitical manoeuvres.
China’s attitudes to journalists who expose stories that criticise the government are reflected in a recent case.
Israel continues to restrict international journalists access to Gaza, and Palestinian reporters are being killed.
Countries around the world are debating whether free-to-air television has a future.
International press freedom bodies are concerned about the high numbers of deaths of journalists reporting from Gaza.
The Netanyahu government is pressuring Israel’s most prominent left-leaning newspaper over its coverage of the war in Gaza.
Jika korban pertama dalam perang adalah kebenaran, maka itu bukanlah kesalahan para jurnalis garis depan yang melakukan pekerjaan berat dalam situasi yang sulit.
If the first casualty of war is truth, it’s not often the fault of the journalists on the frontline who do a tough job in difficult circumstances.
As a crisis unfolded in the Sydney CBD, a journalist tweeted what she saw and heard, and was criticised for doing so. Here’s why she was right to report what she did.
The heads of News Corp, Nine and ABC talked tough on the need for stronger legal protections for journalists. But unity is meaningless unless it brings meaningful action from the government.
People are sharing the gruesome video posted by the Christchurch mosque gunman. What is the responsibility of news agencies in such a situation?
With few Western journalists remaining in Afghanistan, local reporters are shouldering the burden of covering the conflict - and are increasingly being targeted for it.
Does the media coverage of the Manchester terrorist attack suggest we are becoming inured to them?
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