On Nov. 3, 2023, the BBC World Service and BBC News Arabic launched an emergency radio service in Gaza, 27 days into the current conflict. The broadcast is a BBC Lifeline program — a radio newscast specifically for … Read more
I first discovered Casa Xochiquetzal, a shelter for older and independent sex workers in Mexico City, in January 2008, when I was invited to make a portrait of Carmen Muñoz, the home’s founder, for ELLE Québec magazine. Muñoz, a … Read more
In February, just before I joined a Zoom call with Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, I saw posts on social media that Vice News might shut down. This would add to what has been … Read more
The ebb and flow of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been very present in Jordan, where one of every five of its inhabitants is a Palestinian. Of these 2.3 million registered Palestinian refugees in Jordan, most have obtained Jordanian citizenship … Read more
The Virginia Press Association has awarded an annual prize for “editorial leadership in the community” since 1988, recognizing one newspaper in the state for crusading editorial writing each year. That is, it did until last year when no award was … Read more
You’re the politics reporter for a local newspaper and you find out the press conference you’re supposed to cover isn’t at City Hall. It’s in a remote rural community, where the politician has assembled a crowd of cheering fans and … Read more
As editor-in-chief and executive producer of Frontline, PBS’ flagship investigative news program, Raney Aronson-Rath oversees the production of about 20 documentaries every year. But last year, one Frontline documentary stood out from the rest. “20 Days in Mariupol” is … Read more
I grew up in Mumbai, where I worked as an independent photographer for many years, before relocating to Doha in 2014. I was immediately struck by the affluence of the Persian Gulf, as well as the gulf between the displays … Read more
What answer does ChatGPT, the program that can generate text or answer questions based on prompts, give when you ask it why journalism is so often used to train generative artificial intelligence? ChatGPT will tell you that the news is … Read more
The heavy rain had been pounding for three days straight. I peered through the raindrops running down my window as streaks of lightning crackled and thunder echoed in the distance above the mountains. News started to trickle in. Record rains. Read more
