International Journalism

Cultural traditions have continued to constrain women's lives and voices even five years after the end of Taliban rule.

Despite gains in press freedom, news organizations and reporters engage in self-censorship as a strategy to protect themselves and their business.

Rarely do photographs accompany words on the op-ed page of The New York Times. But earlier this year Times columnist Nicholas Kristof connected four gruesome images of the genocide taking…

In Jakarta, an admirable venture was in need of organizational training.

‘… bullying calls from the presidential administration or local governors act as a covert substitute for the rule of law.’

Mikhail Khodorkovsky on trial in Moscow. Photo by Misha Japaridze/The Associated Press.To get a better idea of our options—when it came time for us to decide how to report on…

‘Newspaper bosses are unlikely ever to return Africa staffing to what it was in the 1990’s.’

‘The challenge for journalists in a situation like Darfur is to remember that our job is to cover history, albeit on the fly, and not just events or press conferences.’

In Eastern Europe, journalists struggle to find their footing.

‘… our newsrooms are impoverished, and it will take much more than training courses to correct the situation.’