International Journalism

“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…

How foreign news will be covered is a question—with a few possible answers.

‘The new correspondents are reshaping foreign news in ways that have potential for good and, without interventions, for bad.’

Zambia’s orphaned children portray many dimensions of the human toll of AIDS.

Foreign CorrespondenceWhile traditional Western foreign correspondents are decreasing in number at many news organizations, their work is not becoming extinct, but is “evolving into new forms,” argue John Maxwell Hamilton,…

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

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.