‘South Africa’s crackdown on press freedom comes at a treacherous time, as numerous countries have regressed, rather than progressed, on this front.’ Read more
‘Through networking, journalists contribute their part in shaping this European public sphere by investigating and illuminating its common issues.’ Read more
‘… after my father was murdered, our family founded the Ugur Mumcu Investigative Journalism Foundation … to encourage young people who are concerned about social problems and have ideals of hard work and humanity to enter the field of journalism.’ Read more
The intertwined, global array of media assistance funders and implementers has become almost too complex to describe. RELATED ARTICLE “Questioning the Western Approach to Training”Money comes from international organizations (e.g., the World Bank, Unesco, … Read more
Farm subsidies in Europe is a natural topic for journalists. Investigative reporters know what comes from following the money. Since close to half of the European Union’s total budget goes toward subsidizing agriculture, trying to obtain information about these payments … Read more
Once beaten and tried in court for his investigative reporting, Stanimir Vaglenov now teaches young journalists and manages uncensored Internet projects for the nation’s leading news group. Read more
‘International journalism training can have the feel of a quite rigid, institutionalized sense of what must be done even while operating in an environment of increasing contingency and dynamic change … ’ Read more
Here is my 10-point checklist for enterprise projects—stories that I choose to do. There are some stories that are so important or timely that a checklist is irrelevant or misguided. But for discretionary projects—ideas that begin from scratch—I find this … Read more