Pandemic Accelerates Global Decline in Digital Freedom
Governments around the world are using the global pandemic as an opportunity to tighten their grip on information flow. Brian Perlman writes.
The Forensic Methods Reporters Are Using to Reveal Attacks by Security Forces
A guide to how reporting teams have applied forensics to the new open source journalism.
Beyond the Illustrated Text: Choke
Omar Willey puts together words and stuff about Gregory Hatanaka’s latest film.
Searching for Sidney Easton
Dennis Nyback returns with this piece on connecting the dots in Black film history.
Saving Journalism Will Require Some New Thinking
There is a way to take journalism beyond the decaying advertising model, but it’s going to require some new ideas. Dean Baker writes.
Radio in Ghana: From Mouthpiece of Coup Plotters to People’s Voice
As a country that has had more military than civilian administrations, the major challenge to the growth of radio in Ghana has been political. Jacob Nyarko writes.
We Shouldn’t Have to Beg Mark Zuckerberg to Respect Democracy
Facebook has moved away from being a common carrier to being a media company. Why don’t we treat it like one? Dean Baker writes.
Women Investigative Journalists on Work and Life
Women journalists pay a high personal price for their dedication to the truth. Here are some survival strategies and stories from around the world.
Is ‘OK Boomer’ the ‘New N-Word,’ or Are Millennials Still Destroying Everything? – How media coverage of intergenerational divides obscures class conflict
Corporate media love to pose economic strife as generational strife. Alan MacLeod on the latest round of tommyrot.
