Kristin Skare Orgeret

Trump’s aggressive mouthpiece: White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. EPA/Will Oliver

February 11, 2026

Democracy dies in broad daylight: the Trump administration’s frontal assault on the free press

Kristin Skare Orgeret, Oslo Metropolitan University and Lea Hellmueller, City St George's, University of London

Trump’s second term has seen an intensifying of attacks on media freedom.

Relatives of Palestinian journalist Akram Al-Shafi'i mourn his death at the European Hospital in Gaza. Al-Shafi'i was killed during an airstrike on his home in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 6 January 2024. Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock

January 7, 2025

‘The international legal system has collapsed, and journalism is collapsing with it’: why 2024 was the deadliest year on record for reporters

Kristin Skare Orgeret, Oslo Metropolitan University

2024 was the deadliest year for journalists in modern history, with most killed in Palestine.

Mykola Tys / EPA-EFE

March 22, 2022

Ukraine coverage shows gender roles are changing on the battlefield and in the newsroom

Kristin Skare Orgeret, Oslo Metropolitan University and Bruce Mutsvairo, Utrecht University

War is a gender issue in many ways, but the coverage of Ukraine shows how the portrayals of men and women are changing.

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Democracy dies in broad daylight: the Trump administration’s frontal assault on the free press

‘The international legal system has collapsed, and journalism is collapsing with it’: why 2024 was the deadliest year on record for reporters

Ukraine coverage shows gender roles are changing on the battlefield and in the newsroom

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