International Journalism

After a contested election, President Aleksandr Lukashenko cracked down on dissent; professional and citizen journalists responded with innovative coverage

Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts in 47 languages to over 280 million people around the world, including in countries such as Iran, North Korea, and Myanmar. VOA, founded in 1942,…

When Zimbabwean journalist and 2010 Nieman Fellow Hopewell Chin’ono started speaking out against corruption in the government, using his Facebook and Twitter accounts as primary channels, he knew the precedent…

After Assad’s regime made the country inaccessible for journalists, Syrian citizens stepped in, creating safety concerns and ethical dilemmas

More reporting that educates the public about gender stereotypes is needed

Much reporting tends to blame women for their own deaths while providing sympathetic coverage of alleged perpetrators

A new law making domestic violence a civil infraction is increasing awareness of the abuse one in four married women have experienced

There is growing pressure on the media not to romanticize femicide as a “crime melodrama”

If there is anything African journalists have learned from their American compatriots, it’s the role of a free press in fostering the growth of Africa’s fledgling democracies. Through its diplomatic…

Examining what lies beneath the misinformation implicit in the president’s remark