Journalism

Egypt’s media crackdown draws international outcry after Mada Masr closure

Six young Christians were also arrested over a TikTok recreating a comedy scene about Quranic verses for prayer, raising fresh concerns over restrictions on digital expression.

Members of Mada Masr work in their office on January 25 2015 in Cairo, Egypt.Mada Masr is a Cairo-based independent news website.
 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

What the hell is journalism? In Oct. 7 anniversary podcast, BBC Arabic reporters forgot - opinion

The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency is shown at the entrance of the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, US, September 24, 2022.

FBI arrests CIA contractor for allegedly leaking secret defense, Middle East intel to journalist

CNN's Christiane Amanpour said during a broadcast on April 3, 2019, that Haifa is located in the West Bank.

Christiane Amanpour exits CNN with a legacy shaped by the debate over Israel


Remembering Rochelle Furstenberg: A groundbreaking writer, editor, and literary critic

Rochelle grew up in Chicago, and later moved to New York to continue her studies. Her husband, Prof. Hillel Furstenberg, was born in Berlin and escaped with his family to New York in 1939.

Rochelle Furstenberg at work at WholeFamily.com where she was  Grandparent Center editor, 1999-2000.

When journalism fails, democracy fails - opinion

Today, we face another contagion: the erosion of our collective capacity for critical thinking.

What happens when Israeli citizens lose the ability to distinguish facts from fiction?

IDF: 170 Hamas, PIJ terrorists killed in Gaza were misrepresented as 'innocent journalists'

The journalists' identities and terrorist affiliations were verified using documents released by the terrorist organizations themselves and materials recovered by IDF troops during Gaza operations.

IDF reveals that 170 alleged "journalists" killed in Gaza were Hamas, PIJ terrorists.

Turkey's latest crackdown on independent media targets outlets pushing 'LGBT propaganda'

A court in Istanbul shut down T24, an independent news outlet, over allegedly publishing 'LGBT propaganda.'

People rally in solidarity with LGBTQ+ community in Ankara Tuesday, 15th September 2026

Imprisonment of hardline Iranian MP over Ghalibaf feud ignites fierce conservative backlash

Mohammad Manan Raeisi said that he contacted Ghalibaf’s office to recommend that they cancel the judgment, insisting that the imprisonment would lead to officials losing respect for the speaker.

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf visits the grave of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a commander of Hashed al-Shaabi, an armed Iraqi alliance that includes pro-Iran groups, at Wadi al-Salam cemetery in the central holy city of Najaf on August 21, 2026.

Egyptian police arrest entire newsroom of investigative outlet over alleged Muslim Brotherhood ties

The arrests comprised the entire newsroom of Matsaddash, a digital platform that has operated since 2018, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).

Two women cross a street as a vehicle drives past the Rabaa (Rabia) al-Adawiya mosque in the Nasr City district of Cairo, which was the epicentre of a Muslim Brotherhood sit-in movement against the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.

BBC reviewing inclusion of 53 terrorists on list of journalists killed in Gaza during war - report

According to the Telegraph, the 53 alleged journalists have been claimed by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations as martyrs after they were killed. 

The BBC logo outside the BBC Broadcasting House. November 15, 2025.

Twenty Gaza journalists removed from CPJ's war casualties list after combat roles uncovered

CPJ maintains that affiliation with a militant organization is not sufficient for exclusion if a person was working as a civilian journalist and was not directly participating in hostilities.

Scott Pelley of CBS, hosts the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Awards at the Waldorf Astoria on November 26, 2013 in New York City. The annual awards ceremony recognizes journalists who risk their lives and liberty defending press freedom.

Israeli TV presenter, journalist, director Menashe Raz dies at 80

Raz served as the presenter of several programs on Channel 1.

Israeli editor, television and public radio reporter Menashe Raz. September 12, 2007.

Gaza journalists operating under Hamas media controls were given platforms in Westminster

HJS reported that several journalists who operated within this Hamas-controlled media environment have subsequently been welcomed into Westminster as authoritative witnesses to the war.

A journalist prepares equipment inside a vehicle in northern Gaza.