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In Kenya’s election, reporting what’s there, not what’s assumed
Much western coverage has seemed like a cheerleading competition for violent news
By Mohammed Ademo Mar 6, 2013 at 04:37 PM
During Kenya's post-election crisis in 2007, which saw thousands dead and many more displaced, inflammatory messages sent via SMS and... More
Imprisoned Ethiopian reporter wins a Courage in Journalism award
Reeyot Alemu, Azerbaijani reporter Khadija Ismayilova and Palestinian Asmaa al-Ghoul were honored by the International Women’s Media Foundation
By Mohammed Ademo Oct 25, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Imprisoned Ethiopian Columnist Reeyot Alemu was honored with a Courage in Journalism Award at a luncheon in New York on... More
Zenawi’s legacy and the future of free press in Ethiopia
The architect of press-squelching laws is gone, but his policies seem to be thriving
By Mohammed Ademo Aug 25, 2012 at 04:08 PM
Ethiopia’s new rulers waited just one day after the death of dictator Meles Zenawi was announced to confirm that little... More
Media restrictions tighten in Ethiopia
One of the last remaining independent newspapers was recently shuttered by the government
By Mohammed Ademo Aug 13, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Government charges against one of Ethiopia’s last remaining independent newspaper editors on Friday and a recent forced shutdown of that... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
