Tag: Journalism
Belarus government blocks top media outlet, detain reporters
KYIV, Ukraine — The Belarusian authorities on Thursday blocked the website of a leading online media outlet and detained several of its journalists, the...
Philanthropies eagerly back ex-UNC professor Hannah-Jones
NEW YORK — Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones used major philanthropic donors to build her future as a tenured professor at Howard University, just as other...
Judge jails editor over reporter’s use of recorder in court
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina Superior Court judge put a small-town newspaper editor behind bars last month after one of his reporters used...
Nikole Hannah-Jones she will not teach at UNC-Chapel Hill
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Among Iraqis, the name Rumsfeld evokes nation’s destruction
BAGHDAD — When he heard on the news that Donald Rumsfeld had died, Ali Ridha al-Tamimi and his wife sat down with their four...
University trustees to vote on Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Weeks of tension over the hiring of investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will...
Russia targets investigative journalists with raids
MOSCOW — Russian authorities on Tuesday morning raided the apartments of several investigative journalists and their family members, a move that comes amid mounting...
Report: University to vote on Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The trustees of North Carolina's flagship public university are meeting behind closed doors later this week amid intense criticism of...
Should reporters challenge or ignore election disbelievers?
NEW YORK — Matt Negrin's campaign to ban “election deniers” from television news failed to achieve his original goal, which was to prevent a...
Belarus opposition: Jailed dissident a “hostage” at briefing
KYIV, Ukraine — The dissident Belarusian journalist who was arrested when his airliner was diverted to Minsk was brought to a Foreign Ministry news...