On the eve of the World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2004, the United Nations Department of Public Information launched “Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About.” Half of these under-reported stories deal with humanitarian emergencies and conflict or … Read more
Since the fatwa was issued in 1989 against Indian-born author Salman Rushdie, writers from five continents have been convened each year by Car-refour des Littératures in Strasbourg, France to discuss how to respond to increasing outbursts of intolerance. In July … Read more
Among the strongest Web sites displaying the complexities of the continent and her news are South Africa’s News24. co.za and Africamediaonline.com. There is a relatively new and ambitious site, Africaalmanac.com, which is a fact-filled destination for those in a hurry, … Read more
The Bangkok Post managed to avoid Prime Minister Thaksin’s wrath “at a time when less august watchdogs within the Thai press were being systematically silenced,” says Philip J. Cunningham, who writes for the South China Morning Post and other … Read more
During the most turbulent years in China’s recent history, photojournalist Li Zhensheng documented the “human tragedies and personal foibles” of the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath for the Heilongjiang Daily in Harbin, China. Now many of these images and … Read more