Journalism

Anonymous sources can become powerful tools of political manipulation - opinion

Protecting sources is essential, but anonymity can be abused. Journalists must examine who is speaking, what they know and what they want.

|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
An illustrative image of a shadowed Israeli security official.
Writer and activist Gloria Steinem attends the "Make Equality Reality" event held in Beverly Hills, California November 3, 2014.

Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem dies at 92

Steinem "passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her," according to the statement. 

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
Israel Police officers operate against suspected extremist settler vandals who allegedly targeted a mosque near Nablus, West Bank, published September 1, 2026.

Israel Police arrest eight suspected extremist vandals after graffiti sprayed on West Bank mosque

The graffiti also denounced KAN News journalists who wrote news reports, and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee who condemned West Bank extremist settler violence as "terrorism."

|ByJAMES GENN
Washington Post Editor Karen Attiah leads a discussion on Saudi hacking techniques at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2019 on May 28, 2019 in Oslo, Norway.

Washington Post columnist rehired after being laid off for comments on Charlie Kirk's assassination

The ruling, made public by the Democracy Defenders Fund on Monday, comes as the Post's opinion section faces scrutiny following a push by owner Jeff Bezos to focus on personal liberties.

|ByREUTERS

Mexican authorities identify remains of kidnapped journalist, arrest four police officers

Roxana Guzman, director of crime news outlet Pulso Informativo del Sureste, was abducted from her home on June 2 after armed, masked men broke down the front door.

JULY 3, 2026ByREUTERS
A police vehicle stands outside the home of journalist Roxana Guzman, who was abducted by unidentified armed men at her residence on June 2, in Nanchital, Veracruz state, Mexico, June 12, 2026.

Danon challenges UN with images of UNRWA staff, 'journalists' tied to terror in Gaza, Hamas

Among the terrorists shown off by Danon were Ahmed Samir Muhammad Washah, Mohamed Naser Abu Huwaidi, and Mohammad Abu Itiwi.

JUNE 30, 2026ByTZVI JASPER
Israel's Permanent Representative to the UN Danny Danon speaks at a United Nations Security Council meeting, after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, at the UN headquarters in New York City, US on February 28, 2026.

New York Times hires Atlantic’s Yair Rosenberg to cover Jewish American life

It is the first time that the New York Times, published in the city with the world’s largest Jewish population, has a beat dedicated to Jews.

JUNE 30, 2026ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Yair Rosenberg, who writes The Atlantic's "Deep Shtetl" newsletter, was named to a new religion beat at The New York Times focused on Jewish American life.

Press watchdog CPJ reviewing Gaza casualty database over 'journalists' tied to Hamas, PIJ

A Meir Amit Center study from December found that 60% of individuals who identified as journalists and were killed in Gaza were members of or affiliated with terrorist organizations.

JUNE 29, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
A journalist holds the blood-covered camera belonging to Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Dagga, a journalist who freelanced for AP since the start of the war and who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, during her funeral on August 25, 2025.

Reporter for Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya TV killed by car bomb in Yemen

Mohammed Aydah, a Yemeni who reported for Saudi channel Al Arabiya, was killed by a car bomb in Mukalla, in eastern Yemen.

JUNE 25, 2026ByREUTERS
Car of Mohammed Aydah, a Yemeni journalist at the Saudi-owned television network al-Arabiya, is pictured at the yard of a police station after an explosive device planted in the car detonated and killed him, in Mukalla, Yemen June 25, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Journalists forced into exile rise sharply worldwide, Afghanistan accounts for almost half

Reporters Without Borders, known by its French acronym RSF, said it supported 1,468 journalists between 2021 and 2025 who fled threats, imprisonment, or threats to their lives.

JUNE 24, 2026ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
A 2011 display by Reporters Without Borders showing reporters have been held hostage for over 500 days

Spanish Jewish groups defend journalist Pilar Rahola amid hate speech complaint

Jewish organizations in Spain have rallied behind journalist Pilar Rahola after prosecutors opened preliminary proceedings over a complaint tied to her pro-Israel views.

JUNE 23, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
Pilar Rahola attends an autograph session for her latest book during Sant Jordi on April 23, 2017.

UK weighs forcing social media firms to boost trusted news

The UK is weighing new rules that would require Meta, TikTok and YouTube to prioritize trusted news content in feeds and search results.

JUNE 23, 2026ByREUTERS
Social media and the algorithm move faster than facts and claims can be verified.

Erdogan’s grip on Turkey deepens as NATO gathers in Ankara - opinion

Erdogan’s NATO spotlight comes as opposition figures face prosecution, economic turmoil grows, and democracy erodes in Turkey.

JUNE 22, 2026ByNEVILLE TELLER
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Turkey’s irredentist policies, from its actions in Cyprus to its growing involvement in Syria, highlight a policy of territorial expansion and ethnic dominance, the writer maintains.

After 15-year sentence for Israeli interview, Lebanese journalist says courts protect Hezbollah

Maria Maalouf was sentenced for speaking to KAN News in 2021, where she complained, "Hassan Nasrallah and Iran’s party in Lebanon have taken the state hostage and returned it to the stone age."

JUNE 16, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Journalist Maria Maalouf.