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Documentaries Raise Questions Journalists Should Ask Themselves

‘Have they delved deeply enough into issues surrounding the nation’s war on terror and its homeland security?’

‘Infoganda’ in Uniform

The Bush administration creates media outlets to tell its story.

‘Homeland’

A journalist reveals America in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

When FOIA Requests Become a Reporting Habit

At the York Daily Record/Sunday News, reporters don’t hesitate to push agencies for undisclosed information.

Priorities in the Struggle for Press Freedom

There are areas at The Namibian that we’ve possibly failed to address rigorously but that should be made priorities in the struggle for press freedom. These include the following:Advocacy: Although…

Journalist’s Trade “Africa: Stories to Be Told” Introduction (Fall 2004)

Africa is portrayed in the Western media by its extremes, observes Ugandan journalist Charles Onyango-Obbo, a managing editor with the Nation Media Group in Nairobi, Kenya. Stories about its civil…

When African Governments Stifle Press Freedom

In many countries in southern Africa, journalists face harsh consequences when they try to hold governments accountable.

Journalism at a Crossroads in Liberia

War devastated the nation’s independent media, and now the job of restoring the foundation for news reporting begins.

Photographing a Nation Under Siege

In Liberia, a photojournalist finds death, despair and destruction.

Africa Through the Eyes of African Reporters

If local journalists reported more of the news to Western audiences, their sources and the story’s context would be different.