Appalling scenes in Jerusalem at the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh. As one post says, "a picture says a thousand words."

I have never seen anything like this before. It is truly shocking. https://t.co/V79DWILuLq

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Martin Chulov, The Guardian, Massacre in Tadamon: how two academics hunted ...

Rachel Younger, ITV, The Russian journalists hitting back at Putin's propaganda "... enterprising Russians are still managing to access Meduza’s output. Some get its newsletters sent to their emails. Others use VPN’s, a service which helps ...

Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, The Myth of the 'First TikTok War' "The world is viewing the Russian invasion of Ukraine with startling intimacy on social media. But how or whether this matters remains unclear." The article refers to ...

NYT, Documents Reveal Basic Flaws in Pentagon Dismissals of Civilian Casualty Claims, 31 Dec 2021

"An analysis of confidential Pentagon documents by The Times’s Visual Investigations unit found that a number of allegations of civilian casualties had been ...

Andrew Glazzard, Alastair Reed, ICCT, The Battlefield of the Media: Reporting Terrorism in Conditions of Conflict and Political Repression "This report synthesises the findings of four country case study papers which explored the challenges for journalists in ...

The Guardian, Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful "The Pandora papers reveal the inner workings of what is a shadow financial ...

Secunder Kermani, BBC News, Afghanistan: Life under Taliban rule one month on

Recommended: "At Afghanistan's border with Uzbekistan a cargo train rolls over a bridge and into the newly created "Islamic Emirate". The Taliban's white and black flag flutters next to the Uzbek ...

Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 'The Other Afghan Women', 6 September 2021

Brilliant. A must read. "More than seventy per cent of Afghans do not live in cities. In rural areas, life under the U.S.-led coalition and its Afghan allies became pure hazard; even ...

Spare a thought for the local journalists and reporters who continue their work in Afghanistan. Some news channels continue to operate, under pressures and in some cases intimidation, while the Taliban has one eye - at this time - on its social media and international broadcasting profile.

Freedom ...

Andrew Quilty, Harper's Magazine, Letter from Sher Toghi: When the Raids Came

The human dimension of conflict and its implications are explored in this article:

"Nabil agrees that along with ideological and cultural forces, ...

CNN, 4 Iranian nationals charged with alleged kidnapping plot of US journalist, court documents say

"Masih Alinejad, an activist with over 5 million followers on Instagram, said she is the journalist targeted in the plot. Authorities ...

The Local.es, Syrian civil war reporters launch Spain’s first refugee-led news site

"Before ...

New York Times, 5 Reader Comments Just Cost a News Website $124,000

"A seven-judge appeals court panel found Malaysiakini guilty of contempt of court and ordered it to pay a fine of nearly $124,000, more than double the amount sought by prosecutors, ...

Daily Beast, NYT Returns Peabody Award for ‘Caliphate’ Podcast After Admitting Reporting Was Crap

"The New York Times announced late Friday that it was returning a Peabody Award it won in 2018 ...

PA/Evening Express, Islamic State claims responsibility for murder of female reporter in Afghanistan

"The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed a female TV ...