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Libel Laws Pose Obstacles to Ukraine’s Investigative Journalists

‘If we decide to pursue the story, they [lawyers] guarantee a lawsuit will be filed in London, the libel capital of the world, where the burden of proof is on…
April 20, 2011

In Poland, Pressures Plague Investigative Reporting

‘Most censorship is of an “inner” nature. Journalists self-censor because they are aware of their employer’s political position and thus do not submit stories in opposition to it.’
April 20, 2011

Enduring Pressures: It Goes With the Job in Armenia

‘… we have an unwritten understanding in our office not to speak about these pressures if they aren’t life threatening; our problems remain within our office walls.’
April 20, 2011

Spring 2011: Class Notes

Max Hall, 1910-2011; Longtime Editor at Harvard and AuthorRELATED LINKRead his obituary in The Boston Globe.Max Hall, NF ’50, died January 12th in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 100 years old.A…
April 6, 2011

Russia: Corruption Isn’t Only a Threat to the System—It Is the System

Russia has surpassed Pakistan and Zimbabwe in corruption levels, according to Transparency International’s 2010 report. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s administration says that in just one year corrupt government contracts drained…
March 28, 2011

Spring 2011: Introduction

Barriers to reporting on corruption are numerous. Pushing past them can be risky, especially in countries where powerful interests are entrenched in business, media organizations, and government. Arrest. Legal action.…
March 14, 2011

The Shady Dash for World Cup Cash

Questions arose in South Africa about improprieties in a major World Cup soccer contract after it was learned that a black security guard who, on paper, was a 26 percent…
March 11, 2011

Investigative Reporting in China: Progress, Setbacks and Surprises

In her introduction to a book about investigative journalism in China, Ying Chan traces the progress and setbacks of news reporting under Communist rule, a history that has actually seen…
March 11, 2011

China’s Propaganda Department: New Restrictions on the Press

On January 5, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported on the annual meeting of the media propaganda ministers. A few weeks later, China Media Project editor David Bandurski wrote on…
March 11, 2011

Measuring Progress: Women as Journalists

In ‘The Edge of Change’ the perspective is forward-looking, even if many of the challenging issues of the past endure for female reporters and editors.
January 10, 2011