Vivian Yee and Hwaida Saad, who cover the Middle East, have found Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and YouTube vital to getting information out of Syria.
Tag: News and News Media
Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content, E.U.’s Top Court Rules
Comments posted on the social network about an Austrian politician became a battle over the reach of European defamation laws on the internet.
Naga Munchetty, BBC News Anchor, Has Reprimand Overturned
Tony Hall, the BBC’s director general, reversed a ruling that the television anchor had breached editorial standards by criticizing President Trump’s comments.
Moroccan Journalist Sentenced to Prison for Abortion and Premarital Sex
A doctor convicted of performing the abortion was sentenced, along with Hajar Raissouni and her fiancé. They denied any abortion had taken place.
BBC Rebukes Anchor Who Criticized Trump ‘Go Back’ Tweet. Now, It’s Under Fire.
The reprimand of a morning anchor, Naga Munchetty, for her remarks about the American president and racism, outraged many.
One Brother Stabbed the Other. The Journalist Who Wrote About It Paid a Price.
The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law has broadened, illustrated by two Italian brothers, a stabbing and the journalist who wrote about them.
How One Journalist Covered Robert Mugabe’s Rise to Power: Cue the Carrier Pigeons
After the recent death of Zimbabwe’s longtime ruler, we look back at how a former correspondent covered the country’s independence.
Hometown of Canadian Teenage Murder Suspects Grapples With Infamy
Port Alberni, the birthplace of the two teenagers who the police say went on a bloody rampage, says it is unfair for the town to be tarnished by the crimes.
In Russia, Days of Fake News and Real Radiation After Deadly Explosion
Russians vented their anger online and to local officials about the absence of reliable information after the explosion of a small nuclear reactor at a military test site last week.
With Pens, Paper and Motorcycles, Journalists Chronicle Kashmir Crackdown
Kashmir’s newspapers, cut off from technology by the Indian government, are rising to the occasion to serve readers desperate for information in the war-torn region.