journalism

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spars with Univision reporter Jorge Ramos before his "Make America Great Again Rally" at the Grand River Center in Dubuque, Iowa, August 25, 2015.

Jorge Ramos: We can't "be neutral" with a president like Trump

The Univision journalist, who has a new book out, discusses covering the Trump administration as a Mexican American dual citizen living in the United States.

Jorge Ramos: We can't "be neutral" with a president like Trump
Valdez protest

Mourning a journalist in Mexico who said 'no to silence'

Mourning a journalist in Mexico who said 'no to silence'
A mural of then President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Belgrade, Serbia, December 4, 2016.

Russian journalists' advice to US reporters: 'Don't be nervous' and 'keep working'

Russian journalists' advice to US reporters: 'Don't be nervous' and 'keep working'
Donald Trump refuses to answer a question from Univision's Jorge Ramos at a 2015 press conference in Iowa

How journalists of color walk the line in newsrooms

How journalists of color walk the line in newsrooms
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany.

How US journalists normalized the rise of Hitler and Mussolini

How US journalists normalized the rise of Hitler and Mussolini
A stack of National Geographic magazines

How I stumbled across a pristine copy of a famous National Geographic issue

Katie Nelson is a freelance photographer and reporter in Nairobi. On a recent trip to a bookstore, she picked up some old National Geographic magazines, including one that is quite famous. The timing, though, was quite ironic.

How I stumbled across a pristine copy of a famous National Geographic issue
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi speaks during the opening of the first and second phases of the housing project "Long Live Egypt", Egypt May 30, 2016.

Egypt deports TV host as Sisi's crackdown on dissent continues

Prominent British-Lebanese TV presenter Liliane Daoud was arrested and deported out of Egypt this week. She says her deportation is the latest in a long series of crackdowns on vocal journalists in Egypt.

Egypt deports TV host as Sisi's crackdown on dissent continues
Screenshot of man beating another man, who is on the ground

New footage shows diamond diggers being tortured with a machete in Angola

“We are in 2016 and still have diggers being tortured with a machete,” says on Angolan journalist who has dedicated his life to covering blood diamonds.

New footage shows diamond diggers being tortured with a machete in Angola
South Sudan journalist

South Sudan is a dangerous place to work as a journalist

Five newspapers have been forced to close over the past year.

South Sudan is a dangerous place to work as a journalist
Bangladesh Bloggers

Bloggers under fire: The fatal consequences of free thinking in Bangladesh

With six writers killed, the government, the judiciary and police forces have taken no significant measures to deter extremists from targeting bloggers and publishers.

Bloggers under fire: The fatal consequences of free thinking in Bangladesh
GRUPA makes comics about the state of press freedom in Malaysia.

'Spotlight' celebrates journalism that couldn't have happened in these countries without press freedom

The Oscar winner featured Boston Globe journalists who hope the film will inspire other journalists to always hold the powerful accountable. But that's not possible for everyone in the profession.

'Spotlight' celebrates journalism that couldn't have happened in these countries without press freedom
The World

Why a book about reporting in Afghanistan looks like a hit on the big screen

Kim Barker's book about her time in Afghanistan didn't exactly fly off the shelves. Sure, it sold a respectable 11,000 copies, but it was no best seller. But a new movie based on the book looks like it will be a hit.

Why a book about reporting in Afghanistan looks like a hit on the big screen

Journalism Shines in “Spotlight”

Print may be doomed, but Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight,” about The Boston Globe’s investigation into the Catholic church’s sex-abuse cover-up, makes the case for journalism. 

Journalism Shines in “Spotlight”
BB Bisma Ndoye defeats the wrestler Maraka Dji in the Demba Diop stadium in Dakar, Sierra Leone, 05 April 2015.

The 2016 World Press Photo winners — in pictures

The topics range from the war in Syria to the illegal ivory trade in many parts of Africa.

The 2016 World Press Photo winners — in pictures
Tamar Charney's Rolodex.

What's a Rolodex? And should she keep it?

For a journalist, your Rolodex once equaled your sources — and your sources equaled your ability to do your job. But what about now?

What's a Rolodex? And should she keep it?