International Journalism

Former South African President Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013. Photo by Greg MarinovichAs the world grapples with the death of Nelson Mandela, journalists are reflecting on the man…

‘It’s an emerging craft, one that combines an eye for a good story with a flair for connecting the dots and, above all, a human touch.’

Mohammed Nabbous, honored posthumously; his widow Samra Naas; and their daughter Mayar. Photo by Lisa Abitbol (right).During the early days of Libya’s revolution, Mohammed “Mo” Nabbous was the first in…

Knowing where you are coming from helps in charting where you want to go. The Arab mass media, like many other sectors of society, need to gauge how to take…

‘… in this disheartening traditional media landscape, we find encouraging signs of independent media—in the truest sense of the phrase …’

After the Arab Spring, media restrictions tighten in ways unprecedented in Randa Habib’s 24 years as Agence France-Press bureau chief in Amman, and her life is threatened because of what…

‘Social media now hold a vital place in this media ecosystem, filling informational voids left by the still bridled state and traditional media.’

TelQuel ("As It Is"), the French-language weekly I founded in 2001, has been the best-selling newsmagazine in Morocco since 2004. Time magazine mentioned its history of "breaking press taboos," The…

A visibly corrupt government but a wide space for journalists to denounce it, relentlessly harassed newspapers but still a vivid, daring and popular press—welcome to the kingdom of paradox.

‘In Armenia, the shutdown of A1+ was a valuable lesson to all nonstate-run TV companies in showing what happens to a company that acts in ways considered to be unloyal…