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In May 2004, Tom Curley, president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press, delivered the 38th Annual Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture in Riverside, California. His address was entitled “Why Access…

Working for an independent press is an act of extreme courage in many of the continent’s countries.

In setting out to better understand the roots of the Iraqi resistance, a journalist learns how controlling the press can affect the course of events.

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…

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…

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,…

African events are often not reported because Western news coverage is strongly connected to a nation’s wealth.

‘What is practiced these days is not censorship with a U.S. government stamp.’

In February 2002, The York Daily Record/Sunday News wrote about a convicted killer sitting on death row for 20 years, longer than anyone else in the United States. In its…

Covering violence ‘chews at the vitality of those who must cover it day after day.’