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When Citizens Become Journalists and Journalists Become Influencers
As citizen journalists increasingly document and shape public events, professional journalists risk surrendering their civic role to algorithms, personal branding and the pursuit of attention.
Latest Articles
Safety Strategies Female Journalists Use in Hostile Environments
Female journalists across Africa face layered physical, gender-based, digital, and psychological risks while covering protests, elections, conflict, and crises, forcing them to rely on hard-earned survival strategies as much as newsroom support.
RSF's World Press Freedom Index: How Balanced Is the Ranking System?
The 2026 World Press Freedom Index analysis reveals a troubling gap between global media rankings and the violent reality facing journalists in Gaza. The pressure on the Index’s credibility appears set to intensify as critics argue that its Western-centric methods fail to accurately count Palestinian casualties or hold those responsible for the "journacide" accountable.
The Vanishing Foreign Desk: What U.S. Media Cuts Mean for South Asia
Recent restructuring at Voice of America and The Washington Post marks a significant withdrawal from global journalism, particularly affecting coverage in South Asia. As these major institutions cut staff and close foreign bureaus, the loss of experienced expertise threatens the visibility of critical regional issues like human rights and climate change. This shift forces a move toward narrative independence for local media, yet leaves a dangerous gap in the global conversation that smaller newsrooms struggle to fill.
The Afterlife of an Image: How Photojournalism Contests Shape Visibility and Responsibility
As photojournalism contests elevate certain images to global prominence, they also influence how violence, dignity, and memory are constructed in the public imagination.
US-Iran Islamabad Talks: How Journalists Report from Outside Closed Doors
The "Islamabad Talks" highlight a growing contradiction in modern diplomacy where journalists are physically present but denied direct access to negotiations. The pressure on transparency appears set to intensify as reporters are forced to trade traditional eyewitnessing for outside in investigation and geopolitical speculation.
Malawi Investigates Poor Pay and Working Conditions for Junior Journalists
Malawi’s investigation into poor pay for junior journalists exposes a deeper crisis where economic hardship is eroding media independence and forcing reporters to choose between ethical integrity and survival.
Opinion
Nawaf Al-Tamimi
When Citizens Become Journalists and Journalists Become Influencers
As citizen journalists increasingly document and shape public events, professional journalists risk surrendering their civic role to algorithms, personal branding and the pursuit of attention.
Yaser Ahmed Ali
The Impact of Israeli Occupation Authorities’ Impunity on Journalism in Palestine
The Israeli occupation’s impunity has intensified attacks on Palestinian journalists, forced media organisations to withdraw their crews and severely undermined independent reporting from Gaza.…
Sara Ait Khorsa
Where Did the Arab Audience Go? Beyond Technology, Towards Trust and Relevance
Arab newsrooms cannot rebuild audience trust simply by chasing platforms and investing in AI while their journalism fails to reflect people’s lives, address their concerns and hold power to…
Diaries
Anas al-Sharif: “I am the owner of a cause before I am a journalist”
From documenting the occupation's crimes on social media platforms to covering the war of genocide on Al Jazeera, journalist Anas Al-Sharif defied harsh field conditions and the lenses of snipers. He lost his father and a number of his loved ones, yet he chose to convey the "Palestinian narrative to the world." In this interview, we get to know the face and features of a Palestinian journalist stripped of protection and faithful to the belief that "coverage continues."
In Gaza… Testimonies That Have Not Been Told
Beyond the frontline dangers, reporting during the Israeli war involves enduring arrest, torture, systematic incitement, and assassination. This reality forces journalists into a relentless struggle to keep reporting from the depths of mass displacement, starvation, and a complete breakdown of daily infrastructure.
Journalism in Gaza: A Struggle for Survival
In Gaza, journalism becomes inseparable from the life it documents: reporting continues not from a distance, but from within the same fear, grief, and instability it tries to record.
Reports
The Victims' Digital Resorrection…Reviving legacy or Commodifying Pain?
As artificial intelligence brings the dead back to life on screen, the article examines the troubling line between preserving victims’ memories and exploiting their suffering for digital engagement, raising urgent questions about consent, journalistic integrity, and accountability.
How to Protect Sources when Police Seize a Journalist’s Phone?
The increasing seizure of journalists' digital devices by authorities using advanced forensic tools and spyware poses a severe threat to source confidentiality and press freedom, forcing reporters to rely on strict digital hygiene and minimized data storage to mitigate risk.
Gaza’s Images in the World’s Memory
Among the thousands of images that have documented the genocide in Gaza, from famine and the demolition of residential towers to the faces of victims, some have appeared
News In the Race for Attention
As audiences turn to Reels, social media and AI for news, journalists are adapting to new demands while trying to protect the depth and quality of their reporting
How Has Social Media Affected Television in Yemen?
Social media has transformed television in Yemen from a one-way broadcast medium into a more interactive, audience-driven system in which viewers help shape, source and even produce the content they watch.
Why should journalists be cautious with Israeli sources?
Journalists should treat Israeli sources with particular scrutiny because anonymous briefings, military censorship, strategic leaks and recycled analysis can blur the line between verified information, speculation and propaganda, with real consequences for audiences on the ground.
