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‘My Job is for Humanity’: Afghan Journalists...
For years, independent Afghan newspaper Etilaatroz has published hard-hitting investigations into corruption, discrimination, and nepotism. In 2017, the Afghan parliament stopped the sale of government land due to an investigation by the paper, which showed that then-President Ashraf Ghani sold ... |
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Recapturing the Narrative in Egypt
By Fatemah Farag In a moment of euphoria on March 17, the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate elected independent journalist Khaled El-Balshy chairman of the organization. After a heated election race against the chief editor of a state-owned newspaper, El-Balshy’s victory presents an opportune moment ... |
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“Television and the Afghan Culture Wars:&#...
By Noah Arjomand In August 2021, the Taliban upended two decades of international media development efforts in Afghanistan. Both the press and the entertainment industry had been relative success stories amid an otherwise bleak landscape of a corrupt and ineffective donor-dependent state and persist... |
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Assessing the Media Development Challenge in the...
As over 40 media experts settled into the sunny conference room in Beirut, casual exchanges hinted at the breadth of challenges they had assembled to discuss. Some were absent, waylaid at border crossings; some would arrive late bearing news from election observation efforts in Tunisia. The room was... |
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When Media Capture Backfires: Local Elections an...
Duygu Güvenç and Jérémie Langlois Turkey captivated the world’s attention recently as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s seemingly unstoppable accumulation of power ground to a halt in a series of humiliating defeats in local elections. To the surprise of many, digital news media emerged as a... |
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Gulf Journalism in Exile: An Independent Press S...
To say that Mohammed Alfazari is an unsung hero would be misleading; a reviled hero might be a more apt description. Through his online magazine Muwatin, he is trying to create a voice for critical journalism in his home country, Oman. For his efforts, Alfazari has been arrested and harassed by the ... |
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Erdoğan’s clutch on free media tightens with ...
Update: Late on Wednesday, March 21, the Turkish Parliament approved the bill to give the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) authority to regulate online broadcasting. A daunting blow to one of the country’s few remaining spaces for free expression, the regulation will require online out... |
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Lack of Press Independence in Iraqi Kurdistan Un...
By Nawaf Haskan Throughout Iraqi Kurdistan, journalists currently face violence for reporting on sensitive issues, such as endemic corruption, leaving many reporters with a difficult choice to either flee the country or seek patronage and protection from specific political parties. This dynamic forc... |
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The Other Threat Against Journalists in Turkey: ...
The dismal state of press freedom in Turkey is now incontrovertible. Report after report has documented the growing numbers of imprisoned journalists, shuttered newspapers, and banned news sites (here, here and here). Researchers have demonstrated the impacts of political-economic alliances between ... |
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Tunisia’s Path Toward a More Diverse and T...
By Alex Norris In October 2016, the Tunisian High Authority of Audiovisual Communication (HAICA) made headlines when it suspended the popular television program Andi Mankolek (“I have something to tell you”) for three months. The suspension followed a controversial episode in which host Alaa Che... |