By Daphna Baram After a few strong and busy months of news, there’s always a slow one. The reasons for it are not always lack of news happening. Sometimes we are looking at the weeks ahead, making sure we have correspondents in all of our “forward planning” spots, securing feed points and sorting out insurance …
Monthly Archive: March 2012
Mar 19 2012
Small Fish, Big News
International news are normally associated with the domain of the big global news organisations – BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera – flashy brand “idents” and anchors in suits speaking directly to correspondents on the ground. When it comes to local media and regional television and radio broadcasters, the assumption is that they should stick to affairs nearer …
Mar 13 2012
In the Company of Women
Last week, on International Women’s Day, Reuters hosted an event at their headquarters in Canary Wharf, London, to celebrate the publication of No Women Land – On The Frontline With Female Reporters. The discussion was chaired by the BBC’s Lyse Doucet, on behalf of the International News Safety Institute (INSI) with Sarah Whitehead (Head of …
Mar 05 2012
Real Journalism is Alive and Kicking
A group called Matter has illuminated a fascinating fact about journalism in our time this week. The San Francisco based group has posted a project on kickstarter.com, a website which enables entrepreneurs to raise money from the public. Matter asked to raise $50,000 for publishing a weekly “single piece of top-tier long-form journalism about big …
World News
- WATCH: Anger after anti-immigrant senator wears a burka in parliament - Independent.ie August 17, 2017Independent.ieWATCH: Anger after anti-immigrant senator wears a burka in parliamentIndependent.ieAn Australian senator provoked an angry backlash from politicians by wearing a burka in Parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign for a national ban on Islamic face covers. Pauline Hanson, leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation ...An Australian senator wore a burqa in […]
- Why the fuss over Confederate statues? - BBC News August 17, 2017BBC NewsWhy the fuss over Confederate statues?BBC NewsIts been over 150 years since the last shots were fired in the US Civil War, but a debate still rages over how history will remember the losing side. Hundreds of statues dedicated to the Confederacy - the southern states which revolted against the US ...Confederate memorials: An excuse […]
- South Africa issues 'red alert' to prevent Mugabe's wife leaving - Financial Times August 17, 2017Financial TimesSouth Africa issues 'red alert' to prevent Mugabe's wife leavingFinancial TimesSouth African police have issued a “red alert” to prevent Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's wife from leaving the country after she was accused of assaulting a model with an electrical chord. The whereabouts of Grace Mugabe, a potential successor to ...South Africa borders on 'red […]
- China: US Military Damaged Mutual Trust With 'Wrong' Actions on Missile Defense and South China Sea - Newsweek August 17, 2017NewsweekChina: US Military Damaged Mutual Trust With 'Wrong' Actions on Missile Defense and South China SeaNewsweekA high-ranking Chinese military official criticized U.S. actions in the Pacific as detrimental to the “mutual trust” between the countries' militaries. Fan Changlong, a vice chairman of the Chinese Central Military commission, made the remarks on ...North Korea crisis: War […]
- Las Ramblas attack: van hits crowd in tourist area of Barcelona - The Guardian August 17, 2017The GuardianLas Ramblas attack: van hits crowd in tourist area of BarcelonaThe GuardianEmergency works attend the scene of the crash on Las Ramblas in Barcelona. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images. Barcelona. Las Ramblas attack: van hits crowd in tourist area of Barcelona. Crash on Las Ramblas being treated as terror incident by ...The Latest: Report: Suspect holed […]
- Rape victim, 10, delivers baby after Supreme Court bars abortion - Reuters August 17, 2017ReutersRape victim, 10, delivers baby after Supreme Court bars abortionReutersMUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied an abortion by India's top court gave birth on Thursday in a case that has drawn outrage about the sexual abuse of children. The girl did not know she was pregnant and was ...Indian rape […]
- The Latest: French president supports counter-protesters - SFGate August 17, 2017SFGateThe Latest: French president supports counter-protestersSFGateCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that erupted into deadly violence (all times local):. 10:30 a.m.. French President Emmanuel Macron is offering support for counter-protesters in what ...Emmanuel Macron's power struggle with the militaryNew StatesmanWhat French President Macron's Dispute With Chinese Trade […]
- 'Front brake would not have made a difference' in case of cyclist who killed mother-of-two, court hears - The Independent August 17, 2017The Independent'Front brake would not have made a difference' in case of cyclist who killed mother-of-two, court hearsThe IndependentA young cyclist accused of killing a mother-of-two by ploughing into her on a racing bike claims having a front brake would have made no difference. Charlie Alliston, then aged 18, was allegedly going 18mph when he […]
- Latest: Ballymun shooting victim named; Gardaí had warned target of threat to his life - Irish Examiner August 17, 2017Irish ExaminerLatest: Ballymun shooting victim named; Gardaí had warned target of threat to his lifeIrish ExaminerUpdate 11.18am: The mother of six killed in yesterday's shooting in Ballymun has been named locally as 48-year-old Antoinette Corbally. Also, the target of the shooting in Balbutcher Drive had been warned by Gardaí that there was a threat to […]
- Editorial: Why is it so hard for Trump to denounce white supremacy? - Roanoke Times August 17, 2017Editorial: Why is it so hard for Trump to denounce white supremacy?Roanoke TimesPresident Trump's latest remarks on the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville are so egregious and so far out of the mainstream of normal political thought that they require a point-by-point response. REPORTER: Why did you wait so long to denounce ...and more »