

World May 07

After nearly 18 months, two Reuters journalists have left prison in Myanmar. The crime that put them there: Revealing information the country’s government wanted to suppress, about its persecution campaign against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. John Yang talks to Priscilla…
World Oct 08

Jamal Khashoggi, a singular voice willing to criticize Saudi leaders, has disappeared in Istanbul at the Saudi consulate. The Washington Post columnist and prominent former editor has previously spoken out about some of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman's actions, including…
Nation Aug 16

A free press is central to our democracy and journalists are not the enemy of the state. That was the message shared by more than 300 newspaper editorial boards in an extraordinary step Thursday, sparked by a call-out from the…
Nation Aug 16

Newspapers from Maine to Hawaii pushed back against President Donald Trump's attacks on "fake news" Thursday with a coordinated series of editorials speaking up for a free and vigorous press.
By David Bauder, Associated Press
After 23 years of restrictions under President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, 10 Tunisian youth share their thoughts with student reporter and photographer Ahmed Medien of Speak Out Tunisia, a citizen journalism training project.
Aug 01

By PBS NewsHour
A divided Federal Communications Commission ruled Friday that Comcast Corp. violated federal policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers. The cable giant has been ordered to change the way it manages its network.
Since Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule more than two weeks ago, Pakistan's media has been forced to cope with strict regulations and sporadic news blackouts. Margaret Warner reports from Pakistan on how the country's media is dealing…
Boris Yeltsin, who pushed for democracy and a market economy as the first freely elected president of Russia, died Monday at age 76. A journalist and a professor discuss Yeltsin's legacy.
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