As reporters for major news outlets turn in their government-issued press badges rather than accept new restrictions, some argue that the best military journalism is yet to come.
The dispute over plans for MediaFest, the nation’s largest conference of student journalists, reflects the polarization of the news industry that awaits them.
In a new survey from the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association, 85 percent of respondents say their reporting has been held to a “higher standard of neutrality.”