A satellite company popular among journalists issued an indefinite blackout in the Middle East. Open-source investigators got to work—and challenged official narratives.
“At least some of these big companies look for communities that are news deserts to build projects,” a local journalist said, “because it’s easier for them when there’s less public scrutiny.”
Estefany Rodríguez was reporting on an ICE raid in Nashville. The next day, she was detained. She has since been released on bond, but her fate is uncertain.
To Dave Zirin, a journalist who writes about sports and politics, “the newsroom just isn’t the newsroom anymore.” So he bought a bar for drinks, tacos, and gathering.
A nation that helped shape modern war reporting is now treated as peripheral. In the wake of journalist killings, the consequences are clear not only for members of the press, but for how the story of Lebanon is being told.
Africa Uncensored has survived legal threats, intimidation, and politically motivated attacks on its funders to become a prominent force in Kenya’s investigative journalism landscape.
A judge ruled that Kari Lake’s tenure at USAGM was unconstitutional and ordered employees back to work. But a new appointee and legal challenges could make a fresh start difficult.
