Al Jazeera Journalism Review
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
Good Correspondents Ask People; They Don’t Speak for Them
This piece reflects on the ethics of foreign correspondence, arguing that journalists covering another country should not endorse political actors or try to shape outcomes; their role is to listen, observe and report what people think rather than tell societies what they should do.
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
Is the media responsible for the Auckland violence?
The media is failing to adhere to well-founded principles of journalism in its coverage of transgender issues. Violence is the result
How Do We Decolonise Journalism?
It is our place as journalists to lead the way in challenging oppressive social and political structures - here’s how to do it
