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The recent death of ‘fixer’ Oleksandra Kuvshynova in Ukraine should remind us of the importance – and the risks- of journalism’s unsung heroes. Photo: A platform that makes foreign reporting a little easier. Photograph: Screen grab 18 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News This report includes an article on the deaths of Oleksandra…
The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine’s English-language media outlet, was created by journalists after The Kyiv Post went silent on 08 November 2021. Photo: The Kyiv Independent Masthead 04 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Read The Kyiv Independent About The Kyiv Independent The Kyiv Independent is Ukraine’s English-language media outlet, created by journalists…
Robert Fisk was said to be ‘fearless, uncompromising, determined and utterly committed to uncovering the truth and reality of the Middle East at all costs.’ 02 November 2020 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News I will admit, when I started working for Al Jazeera English as Visual Archivist in Washington, DC I knew almost…
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Mr Biden told his so-called Summit for Democracy that ‘global freedom’ has been in retreat for 15 years. He appears determined to make it 16 years out of pure spite. Supporters of Julian Assange gather outside the high court in London on Friday. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The Guardian view on the US pursuit of Julian Assange:…
There are many challenges facing shuttered newspapers that might have decades or even centuries of archival material to preserve. Photo: (Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr) 24 November 2021 | Andrew Egan | Tedium A slow death by a thousand paper cuts Newspapers and print journalism in general have been dying a slow death for more than 20 years…
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Photo: Lam Man-chung, executive editor-in-chief of Apple Daily, applauds colleagues on the paper’s last day. Photograph: Lam Yik/Reuters 27 June 2021 | Anonymous | Guardian A Hong Kong police national security operation has forced the closure of the city’s most vocal and pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily. Its senior executives arrested, companies charged, and accounts frozen, the paper survived for…
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More trouble at Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong newspaper with the arrest of Chan Pui-man for allegedly violating National Security Law. 18 June 2021 | Staff | Apple Daily Junior journalists generally like to refer to Chan Pui-man as “Man Ze” (“older sis Man”). She is the associate publisher of Apple Daily and gatekeeper of the…
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