Al Jazeera Journalism Review
Risking their lives on the frontlines, journalists in Brazil’s favelas struggle for recognition
By all measures, journalists from Rio’s favelas are among the bravest war reporters in the world, facing a constant threat of violence from all directions. Still, favela journalists continue human rights violations and serve their community.
Female journalists struggle for representation in the Arab Gulf
The “glass ceiling” that prevents women journalists from progressing in the Gulf is not due to a lack of competence, but rather a product social norms that encourage the press to favour men over women when filling posts.
Fake news in the era of migration and the theory of ‘moral panic’
How are certain media outlets weaponizing fake news against refugees to cause a "moral panic?" How can media practitioners fight against this phenomenon?
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Importing credibility: Why does foreign private media invest in the Arab media market?
Why are western media companies all of a sudden interested in opening channels in the Arab World?
Post-Arab Spring media: Politicized, for better or worse?
How Arab media changed in the aftermath of the Arab Spring? Is its ongoing politicization for the better – or the worse?
How are cell phones changing the face of journalism?
In this new era of narratives, whoever can tell stories better will come out on top.
Reporting under occupation in Palestine
As a Palestinian, you live and sometimes die covering the story of your own people.
Foreign Funding and Orientalism: On the Need for an "Organic Journalist"
When many North African countries achieved their independence, nationalists began to repeat a sentence of great importance: Colonization will leave out the door, only to come back through the window. The sentence has proved to be prescient, as colonization has come back through the gateway of media, with an orientalist view that detaches reality from its cultural, and socio-political contexts.
What is the CNN Effect and why is it relevant today?
To what level is the news media independent, and to what degree can it influence policymakers?
The "CNN effect" suggests that intense media coverage of humanitarian crises can sway public opinion and pressure governments into foreign policy action. It highlights how the media influences political agendas while also raising concerns about journalistic independence and manipulation by political elites.
Close up and personal
Can Arabs accurately report their own affairs? Can Muslims be reliable
sources of objective information about their daily lives and historic changes? We from the Arab and Muslim world are rethinking the news.
