Al Jazeera Journalism Review
‘People need to stop blindly obeying the law’ - journalists fighting on the fringes in Vietnam
THE LONG READ: Imprisoned, exiled and forced to base themselves overseas, independent journalists in Vietnam are punished harshly if they publish the ‘wrong’ sort of content. Some, such as Luật Khoa tạp chí, are fighting back

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

Ethics and safety in OSINT - can you believe what you see?
OSINT is increasingly important for journalists in a digital world. We take a look at ethics, safety on the internet and how to spot a ‘deepfake’

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!

‘Other journalists jeer at us’ – life for mobile journalists in Cameroon
Journalists in Cameroon are using their phones in innovative ways to report the news for many different types of media, but major news organisations have still not caught up

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

‘Life of journalists is cheap’ - how the Philippines became deadly for reporters
Forging ahead with a career in journalism is fraught with difficulty in the Philippines - and many are walking away. What went so wrong?

Analysis: Could Artificial Intelligence Replace Humans in Journalism?
Recent advances in AI are mind-blowing. But good journalism requires certain skills which, for now at least, only humans can master

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

Understanding the pitfalls of using artificial intelligence in the news room
We’ve all been amazed by new advances in AI for news rooms. But we must also focus on ensuring its ethical use. Here are some concerns to address

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

AI in the newsroom - how to prompt ChatGPT effectively
Interested in using ChatGPT in your work as a journalist? Here’s how to do it more efficiently

Analysis: Comparing coverage of the Titanic submersible and migrant boat disasters
Two disasters costing human lives have occurred at sea in the past two weeks, but the media coverage of each was markedly different. How and why?

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

AI in the newsroom - how it could work
AI is now our colleague in the newsroom and is poised to become even more helpful as it gets smarter and we see more opportunities - we look at the potential uses and problems

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

What is ChatGPT and why is it important for journalists?
AI is taking the world by storm. In the first of a series of articles about the latest developments, we explain what it's all about

The silencing of Sudan's journalists - again
THE LONG READ: Detained, beaten and their cameras smashed - Sudan’s journalists are enduring a renewed crackdown on the media

'Rebuilt memory by memory' - recreating a Palestinian village 75 years after the Nakba
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: How it took the collective memories of several generations, painstaking interviews and a determined search through tall grass and prickly plants to recreate a destroyed community

Sudan shows us why Africans must tell their own conflict stories
Africa lacks freedom of expression because its stories are told by others

Suffering in silence - the Kashmiri journalists facing a mental health crisis
THE LONG READ: Al Jazeera Journalism Review has interviewed more than 20 journalists in India-controlled Kashmir who are facing exhausting, insurmountable obstacles to doing their jobs safely every single day