Journalist’s Trade

‘Inestimable value comes out of making a human connection visible through something as ordinary as a half-time pep talk by a coach to his players.’

‘In community journalism, there is no place to hide, and if you want to hide, then you have no business in this business anyway.’

Last year ‘we declared ourselves war correspondents in our own land.’

‘Panama’s La Prensa and [Enrique] Zileri’s Caretas [in Peru] were exceptional places where investigative journalism was encouraged and defended, though both had to pay a price for doing it.’

‘Unveiling corruption throughout Latin America awakens dreadful instincts in powerful politicians while judicial systems … have repeatedly turned their backs on journalists or, in some cases, even helped to suppress…

‘In the Balkan context, what Westerners call corruption is seen as the customary tool of political organization.’

‘Through networking, journalists contribute their part in shaping this European public sphere by investigating and illuminating its common issues.’

‘… after my father was murdered, our family founded the Ugur Mumcu Investigative Journalism Foundation … to encourage young people who are concerned about social problems and have ideals of…

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