Democracy cannot survive without free media.
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Finding the right balance between media freedom and limits remains one of the greatest challenges modern democracies face.
When someone humiliates themselves on TV, you want to look away, but you can’t.
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What does secondhand embarrassment say about your own anxieties and biases?
Crimestoppers provides a link between the public and the police.
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Crimestoppers was originally founded in 1988 and now receives more than half a million reports each year.
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These findings suggest there is room for improved recruitment and reporting practices in the news industry
Carolyn Bryant Donham, left, reads newspaper accounts of the Emmett Till murder trial in 1955.
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While Bryant Donham was never charged for her involvement in Till’s death, the Justice Department continued to investigate the case and consider the potential for an arrest as recently as 2021.
The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich faces up to 20 years behind bars on espionage charges.
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A scholar of Russia’s legal code explains the case against the Wall Street Journal reporter accused of espionage.
Journalists take cover during March 2023 protests in Kenya.
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There is a growing public wariness about the performance of the media, which are increasingly accused of being partisan.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich being taken into custody on March 30, 2023.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is far from the first American journalist to be accused of spying, a media historian explains.
A new book titled ‘The Love Jones Cohort’ examines the lifestyles of middle-class Black Americans.
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A sociologist interviewed dozens of middle-class Black singles about their friendships, freedom and dating lives.
Family members with Debbie Kilroy at coronial inquest into the murder of Ms Constance Watcho
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Public inquiries are held to inform the public of misconduct and begin discussion on how to address issues. So why have we heard nothing about the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women?
Hundreds of thousands of hours of broadcasting history are available for the first time.
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The Wales Broadcast Archive in Aberystwyth brings together the archives of the BBC, ITV and S4C under one roof.
The Online News Act, or Bill C-18, is Canada’s attempt to address the imbalance between digital platforms and news publishers.
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The Online News Act could result in the formation of new agreements between news organizations and digital platform giants, which could give rise to a number of worrying developments.
What Adams writes and draws rarely attracts scrutiny – it’s what he says that has gotten him in hot water.
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Cartoonists throughout the nation’s history have been jailed, beaten, sued and censored. But Scott Adams’ work is being rejected for what he expressed off the page.
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Though concerns about online harassment were legitimate, with 38% of participants saying they had experienced trolling in response to giving a media interview.
Balloon sellers during the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Fitr.
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Local journalism should be recognised as an essential element for nurturing the UK’s diverse, civic communities.
BBC Wales sports presenter Catrin Heledd.
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The BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting in Wales.
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What’s kept out of the news is just as, if not more, important than what is included.
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There have been several failed attempts to dilute government influence over the BBC chair.
Being able to verify how information is produced is important, especially for academics and journalists.
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ChatGPT is a sophisticated AI program that generates text from vast databases. But it doesn’t understand the information it produces, which also can’t be verified through scientific means.
Oscar nominees Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis in the film Everything Everywhere All At Once.
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Ageism is pervasive and these women are still exceptions in society.