Journalism

Court freezes order requiring journalist Omri Assenheim to hand over raw interview footage

In a short decision issued on Tuesday, Judge Ami Kobo ordered that the enforcement of the magistrate’s ruling be stayed until at least February 1.

Eli Feldstein and Aaron “Ari” Rosenfeld, two of the suspects in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on July 15, 2025.
An Israeli soldier serving at Army Radio holds a microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025 (Illustrative).

Ahead of High Court hearing, legal advisory warns closure of Army Radio threatens press freedom

An Israeli soldier holds an Army Radio microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025

As High Court review nears, state defends decision to shutter Army Radio

 The High Court of Justice held a hearing on a petition challenging the state’s continued refusal to allow journalists to enter the Gaza Strip without a military escort on Monday January 26, 2026.

High Court hears challenge to ban on independent journalistic access to Gaza


Bomb explodes outside home of top Italian investigative journalist

Sigfrido Ranucci, who hosts RAI's weekly Report, Italy's best-known investigative journalism program, has been under police protection for years.

Sigfrido Ranucci.

The book that holds a thousand truths

Chen Schimmel on the profound meaning behind her newly published book: “It serves as both a document and a testimony.”

Award-winning photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel

Grapevine: Our dear city

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 The city of Jerusalem.

Did Hamas have a secret army on October 7? - opinion

Probe questions why 14 Gazan photographers were on the roofs before sunrise.

MAHMOUD ISSA of Reuters, photo from Oct. 7, 2023: Rockets fired from Gaza City into Israel. Issa posted photos like this one on Instagram – of sunrise during the attacks.

Israeli journalists in foreign newsrooms face editorial bias after October 7

Over the past two years, Israeli journalists working for international media have struggled with increasingly slanted editorial bias.

Reporting from a funeral in Moshav Netiv Ha’asara following the October 7, 2023, attack.

Marking Two Years Since October 7

Award-Winning Photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel Launches First Book, 7 October | Testimony

Award-winning photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel

Behind the bylines: Ethan Freedman - interview

An unconventional journalist capturing the human condition.

Ethen Freedman.

Frontline heroes: The untold story of Israel’s rescue unit after October 7

Photojournalist Chen Schimmel joined the IDF Field Medical Rescue Company and witnessed courage and devotion in their ourest form: “I wanted to show not just what happened, but who these people are.”

‘RED ALERT’: The PLMR is composed of combat soldiers and medical professionals.

BBC, AFP, AP, Reuters launch video urging entry of foreign journalists into Gaza

Israel has prohibited the entry of foreign reporters into Gaza since October 7, 2023, unless they are under Israeli military escort.

Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri, who was killed by an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on August 25, 2025, works at the hospital in Khan Yunis, August 7, 2024.

Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says

Zhang Zhan, the Chinese journalist who exposed early COVID-19 conditions in Wuhan, has been sentenced to four more years in prison for her reporting, Reporters Without Borders says.

Pro-democracy supporters protest to urge for the release of 12 Hong Kong activists arrested as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan outside China's Liaison Office, in Hong Kong, China December 28, 2020.