Al Jazeera Journalism Review
International media has abandoned Afghanistan
The international community will be vital in helping Afghanistan to survive Taliban rule - but it has to start with a change of approach by Western media

‘You will be silenced’ - investigating human traffickers in Nigeria
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: Philip Obaji Jr has devoted years to uncovering and reporting on the sexual abuse and human trafficking of displaced women and girls in Nigeria. This is his story

Let’s help refugees escape from the media’s ‘Ghetto of Compassion’
We must not lump all migrants and asylum seekers together when we report about refugees - ignoring nuance doesn’t solve problems

‘Like walking on a tightrope’ - navigating a career as a journalist in Vietnam
THE LONG READ: Through a series of in-depth interviews with journalists in Vietnam, our writer - who remains anonymous for security reasons - paints a picture of censorship and journalists facing fines and even prison for mentioning ‘toxic’ subjects

The occupation of Palestine is not a conflict of equal sides - media needs to start telling the truth
Western media's response to the killing of veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces in Palestine is shameful. Until the media starts reporting the truth about Israeli brutality in Palestine, the killing of journalists doing their jobs will continue

The US is on its way to criminalising journalism
Billed as a ‘super fact checker’, Joe Biden’s new ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ is the first step on this path

Beware of activist journalists - they won’t always tell the ugly truth
It is the job of journalists to report the full truth - even when that might cast the ‘good’ guys in a ‘bad’ light

‘It takes courage to be a journalist in India’ - charting the collapse of press autonomy
THE LONG READ: With a rising number of journalists in India receiving ‘summons’ from the police and even finding themselves in prison just for doing their jobs, we ask - why has the profession come under so much pressure in recent years?

Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act is criminalising journalism
Bangladesh has been quietly strengthening its laws curtailing freedom of expression - with dangerous results

Beyond bystanders: Citizen journalism during the Egyptian revolution
A journalist looks back at the founding of RASSD News Network during the Egyptian revolution, which trained and supported ordinary citizens to become journalists

‘The bottom of human misery’ - reporting on Rohingya refugee women and girls
THE LONG READ: How should we go about reporting on members of vulnerable communities in an ethical way? We examine the case of Rohingya refugees, overwhelmed and struggling for survival in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Moscow’s journalistic lights are dimmed, but their story needs to be told
Russia is waging a war on independent journalists who dare to question or contradict the official government line - we must do more to support them

How smartphones are changing the face of news journalism
The telegraph transformed the way that newspapers could report the news more than 150 years ago. Now, smartphones are doing the same for TV news organisations

Why healthy democracies need news junkies
Studies show that news junkies are more likely to register to vote and be politically engaged, but they are not better at predicting future events

Telling the stories of brutality - reporting on political prisoners in Belarus
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Constructing a long-form feature to document the narratives of Belarusians imprisoned for protesting after the 2020 presidential election was a pain-staking, months-long task fraught with danger

We need more raw coverage of conflict zones to make people care about all refugees
Coverage of Ukrainian refugees has been more sympathetic because it is usually accompanied by images of the crisis they are fleeing
‘Not an easy ride’ - the long and winding road to digital journalism in Cameroon
How do you mark yourself as a professional reporter in Cameroon when everyone has a Facebook page and claims to be a ‘journalist’?

Facebook is showing its double standards over freedom of speech
Hate speech is a bad idea. A good idea would be for platforms to show consistency in their content moderation, particularly when it comes to Palestine

When women are being smeared - listen to what they are saying
Cassandra was cursed to always see the future, but to never be believed. For female journalists like Carole Cadwalladr, long dismissed as a 'mad cat lady', it’s a familiar tale

From Syria to Ukraine - telling the stories of Russian aggression
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Omar Al Hajj, a Syrian journalist working for Al Jazeera, explains what it’s like to go from covering war in his own country to bearing witness to another on a different continent

Zimbabwe’s Fourth Estate is under siege
With few job opportunities, harassment by the authorities and a global pandemic, the picture for balanced and truthful journalism is not a pretty one
