Al Jazeera Journalism Review
‘Focus on the story, not the storyteller’ - the dilemma of a diaspora journalist
When reporting on their homelands, diaspora journalists walk a fine line between emotional connection and objective storytelling
Why does Arab media fail so badly at covering refugee issues?
Arabic media discourse on refugees and migrants frequently aligns too closely with the Western narrative, often spreading fear of migrants while emphasising the burdens of asylum
What does Zimbabwe’s new ‘Patriot Bill’ mean for journalists?
As Zimbabwe heads into elections this week, a new law dubbed the ‘Patriot Bill’ will further criminalise journalism
Verify everything: What I learned from covering the Qatar World Cup
Last year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar was not the flop so many in the Western media predicted it would be. It taught me one thing - verify everything!
How do we determine ‘newsworthiness’?
Digital media and the algorithms used by platforms to determine the news they send out to their audiences have fundamentally changed the face of news planning
What Zimbabwe’s news rooms must learn from global media closures
A flourishing media needs more than just capital and a few good ideas - it needs innovation
Journalists beware! The silly season is upon us
With parliaments on recess and all the movers and shakers off on their holidays, journalists can find themselves scrabbling about for any old news to report. But be careful what you resort to
Guatemalan media needs to talk about the consequences of corruption
The media in Guatemala has a responsibility to demonstrate how corruption affects people’s human rights
Donald Lu is dangerously wrong - India does not have a ‘free press’
The US must stop whitewashing Prime Minister Modi’s crackdown on Indian journalists
Sudan shows us why Africans must tell their own conflict stories
Africa lacks freedom of expression because its stories are told by others
What happened when I asked ChatGPT to write my article
It got quite a lot right, and quite a lot very, very wrong
Shireen Abu Akleh’s forgotten murder
Over the past year, many in the media profession in the US have deliberately chosen to forget the assassination of their colleague
The correspondent's job: Ask people, don't tell them
Should foreign correspondents and their media organisations ever take a stand on another country’s political divisions?
Why won’t Zimbabwe’s media report truthfully on the Gold Mafia?
When it comes to government corruption, mainstream media only reports what the government tells it to - as can be seen by their response to a damning Al Jazeera documentary
A ‘Culture of Fear’ - the Scourge of Racism in UK Newsrooms
Always ready to expose prejudice and hypocrisy within political and social elites, the bosses of Britain’s newsrooms have completely failed to address their own