International Journalism

‘We would work to capture and convey the human dignity not often found in stories painting statistical portraits.'

Statistics don’t matter when disease and disaster exact such high human tolls in Africa.

A BBC foreign correspondent pleads with journalists to move past their relentless focus on Africa’s misery.  

Gwen Lister, editor of The Namibian, an independent daily newspaper in Namibia, spoke to delegates at the UNESCO conference on “Freedom of Expression and Conflict Management in Crisis Situations and…

At The Namibian, we’ve experienced successes and some failures due to a number of factors both within and outside our control. Our success in ensuring the survival of the newspaper…

‘Revealing the facts about their corruption and mismanagement really makes bad rulers mad.’

With survivors telling their stories, U.S. News & World Report describes life inside North Korea’s gulag.

The Web provides a good opportunity for ‘niche’ audiences to find more international news.

Relying on defectors, experts and occasional glimpses, a reporter tries to provide information and insights about this closed society.

“Is Internet censorship worth fighting?,” Jonathan Zittrain asks in his article, “China and Internet Filters,” in the Summer edition of Nieman Reports. While the Berkman Center for Internet and Society…