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Fighting for facts in the era of Trump and Musk. The alliance between Donald Trump and social media platform bosses such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg represents a global threat to free access to reliable information. Le Monde has therefore decided to stop posting its content on X and increase our vigilance on platforms such as TikTok and Meta
Flight and fight: supporting journalists in exile. Journalism is under siege worldwide, and the rising tide of media organizations operating in exile is a glaring indictment of our global failure to protect press freedom. Every year, more journalists are forced to flee their home countries, victims of increasingly authoritarian regimes that see independent reporting as a threat to their power. Entire media sectors now function from outside the borders of the nations they aim to serve, a sobering testament to the erosion of democratic norms and freedoms
‘Not a mouthpiece of the regime’: Syria’s state news agency enters new era. Journalists and broadcasters at Sana wait for ‘actions, not words’ but look to future after fall of Assad government
Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the murder of Gastón Medina Sotomayor. The Peruvian journalist was fatally shot on 20 January 2025 while leaving his home to host his second program of the day on Cadena Sur TV, the television station he owned. During his earlier broadcast, Gastón had countered misleading information released by the Provincial Municipality of Ica regarding irregularities in the procurement of garbage trucks — and promised to reveal further details in his next program
The storm inside. There are many journalists hiding from the stigma of mental health, addiction, or both, trying not to appear as damaged goods and to keep on working. I want them to know that they are not alone
Closing the women’s health gap could unlock $1 trillion in annual global GDP by 2040. In a new report by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the McKinsey Health Institute, Lucy Pérez and coauthors provide a blueprint for developing a comprehensive, global view of women’s health and opportunities to help close the gap.
Getting started with user needs: lessons from Ringer Media International. Journalists love covering the latest developments and breaking news. Audiences often want completely different content
Amid war, vicious attacks and political turmoil, global fact-checkers fear the impact of the end of Meta’s programme. Fact-checkers from Brazil, Croatia, Italy, Nigeria, Ukraine and the Philippines explain the potential effects for their revenue and their news ecosystem
Should the media eliminate “ghost articles”? The issue divides the media industry, which wants to increase attention, while journalists denounce an accounting vision of journalism
The big chill. The press anticipates Trump’s imminent return to office
From journalism to agriculture or “forced unemployment” for Sudanese journalists. How did the war in Sudan push dozens of journalists to change their professions in search of a decent life? In this article, colleague Muhammad Shaarawi recounts the journey of journalists who were forced by war conditions to work in agriculture, selling vegetables, and other professions
The militia and the mole. John Williams sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement
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