On World Press Freedom Day, Journalism Is Under Fire
Joshua Scheer On this World Press Freedom Day, we honor not only the courage of journalists who risk everything to tell the truth, but also the relentless work of organizations…
‘We’ve All Been Changed By This’: Sharif Abdel Kouddous On Documenting Israel’s (Ongoing) War Crimes In Gaza And Lebanon
Marc Steiner for TRNN Sharif Abdel Kouddous has reported from war zones and disaster areas across the world—from Egypt, Syria, and Libya, to Iraq, Algeria, Haiti, and the United States—but…
Israel Kills Journalist in Lebanon After “Hunting” Down Her and a Colleague
By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout Israel targeted the slain journalist’s colleague with three strikes, including one on an ambulance she was in. Israeli forces killed…
Press Freedom Groups Demand International Probe Into Israel’s Killing of Journalist Amal Khalil
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams Global press freedom organizations are demanding an immediate international probe into the Israeli military’s apparently targeted killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who died trapped…
When Journalism Becomes a Crime: From Israel’s War Zones to Kash Patel’s FBI
Joshua Scheer The Associated Press has surfaced yet another episode in the ongoing normalization of federal power being turned inward—this time aimed not at activists, whistleblowers, or dissidents, but at…
We Need ‘More Muckrakers and Fewer Buck-Takers’
Mickey Huff for Project Censored Fifty years ago, Carl Jensen founded Project Censored because he knew that journalism was the lifeblood of democracy. He argued that the news media, despite…
Kuwait Arrests Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin for Reporting the Truth
Joshua Scheer There are moments when the mask slips—when the language of “national security” is exposed for what it is: a weapon used to silence truth. The arrest and ongoing…
Kuwait Must Release the Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Kuwait has arrested a prominent international reporter for doing his job. The Kuwaiti government is threatening to imprison him under a set of new and harsh national security laws. Chris…
From Risk to Target: The New Reality for Journalists in War Zones
Joshua Scheer As Journalists Are Killed, the World Looks Away We reported on one of these deaths yesterday. Today, there are more. The killing of journalists—already at record levels—continues at…
100 Strikes in 10 Minutes: Lebanon Bombed as Gaza Burns and Journalists Are Killed
Joshua Scheer Al Jazeera English reports that Israel has carried out one of its most intense assaults on Lebanon since March 2, unleashing a rapid and coordinated wave of airstrikes…
Silencing Student Reporters Threatens Public’s Right to Know
Jim Rodenbush for Project Censored I faced a decision last October that would dramatically change my professional and personal life. I could enforce a directive from Indiana University administrators to…
‘A Media System Built on Profit Is Incredibly Fragile’
CounterSpin interview with Jim Naureckas on MAGA vs. the First Amendment Janine Jackson Janine Jackson: When FAIR started in 1986, US news media were harming people through nightly stories blaring…
We Need Honest Journalism About the US-Israel War on Iran
Ramzy Baroud for Common Dreams US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred style of declaring unsubstantiated victories, whether…
Inside The Independent Ink: Mr. Fish on Free Expression, Censorship, and the Fight for an Unmuzzled Press
ScheerPost Staff At a moment when American institutions are sprinting away from dissent as if truth were radioactive, The Independent Ink remains one of the rare spaces where artists and…
‘There Is a Cost to Telling the Truth.’But Georgia Fort Is Undeterred
Erin Aubry Kaplan for Capital and Main Last month, on her 38th birthday, Georgia Fort told me that she finally feels like an adult. Not because her three kids are…