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Published in: Home: Interview‘We are not where we were’: Why Gary Younge still has hope
The journalist and academic on the Rwanda plan, voter ID, progress on racism and where there's cause for optimism
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment ‘misinformation’ unit flagged investigative journalism and critics
Exclusive: openDemocracy investigation on Westminster secrecy was monitored by shadowy Cabinet Office unit
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisRussia’s recently exiled media learn hard lessons abroad
Russian independent media outlets are making a painful transition from Kremlin censorship to life in exile
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Published in: oDR: NewsReporting on Kazakhstan’s chaos amid internet shutdowns and violence
Journalists have been subject to detentions or attacks, while internet blackouts left them unable to communicate for days
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionArron Banks vs Carole Cadwalladr shows how badly UK is failing press freedom
Why can journalists be violently abused online, yet ‘free speech’ doesn’t protect their reporting?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy is support for nuclear power noisiest just as its failures become most clear?
The UK government and mainstream media agree we need nuclear to avoid the worst climate change. They’re wrong – so...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionCulture wars: It’s the Right that is trying to cancel free speech
While the powerful try to silence those who speak back to them, working-class cultures all over the world are...
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureHow did a journalist who knew she would be killed live?
Regina Martínez suffered threats and censorship. She revealed Mexico’s corruption, organised crime and human rights...
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Published in: Home: OpinionJournalists’ Nobel Peace Prize casts a shadow on failures of our democracy
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were honoured today. But 2021 has also seen record numbers of journalists jailed
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy, as an American transgender woman, I don’t feel it’s safe to visit the UK
The BBC prides itself on its impartiality. But its new podcast about Stonewall is another example of the UK media’s...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureAfghanistan’s women journalists don’t need saving – they need supporting
The knowledge and rights of Afghan women journalists must be protected as we look to ensure an independent media...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionChannel 4: Is there value in privatisation?
An industry veteran explains why fears for the broadcaster may be misplaced
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionGoodbye, Source: Providing independent journalism in a turbulent year
Scottish political commentary platform Source was launched amid the chaos of March 2020. As it winds down, its...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionVoters deserve a media that tells them the truth about inequality
The public is being let down by journalists who lack the knowledge or will to give them vital information about the economy.