Journalism

Egypt’s media crackdown draws international outcry after Mada Masr closure

Six young Christians were also arrested over a TikTok recreating a comedy scene about Quranic verses for prayer, raising fresh concerns over restrictions on digital expression.

Members of Mada Masr work in their office on January 25 2015 in Cairo, Egypt.Mada Masr is a Cairo-based independent news website.
 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

What the hell is journalism? In Oct. 7 anniversary podcast, BBC Arabic reporters forgot - opinion

The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency is shown at the entrance of the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, US, September 24, 2022.

FBI arrests CIA contractor for allegedly leaking secret defense, Middle East intel to journalist

CNN's Christiane Amanpour said during a broadcast on April 3, 2019, that Haifa is located in the West Bank.

Christiane Amanpour exits CNN with a legacy shaped by the debate over Israel


'Nothing is inevitable': Veteran journalist Oren Nahari on Israel, history, and battle with ALS

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: After decades covering the world’s defining conflicts, veteran journalist Oren Nahari now faces a deeply personal battle with ALS.

VETERAN JOURNALIST Oren Nahari, once a fixture of Channel 1’s foreign news coverage, poses with his latest book on the battles that shaped history. Today, Nahari faces a personal battle with ALS while continuing to write, lecture, and reflect on Israel, democracy, and mortality.

Trump administration proposes NDAs for federal workers to crack down on leaks to journalists

Current and former government employees would need "written permission from an authorized agency official" to speak to journalists about information the Trump administration deems "confidential."

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Memorial Amphitheater during a Memorial Day event at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 25, 2026.

The battle over the narrative - opinion

Perhaps we ought to stop being so self-righteous when we are called upon to look at ourselves.

Illustration of The New York Times application displayed on a smartphone held in hand in Corsica France April 18, 2026.

Ahmadinejad, ‘The New York Times,’ and media lies - opinion

Public opinion shapes political pressure. Political pressure shapes military decisions. And media narratives shape public opinion.

MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD former president of Iran, speaks at a press conference after registering as a candidate for the presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran June 2, 2024.

The alleged newspaper of record needs a crash course in journalism - opinion

Have others now taken their cue from The New York Times? Has it now become okay to cite every hateful idiot that says he was raped by an Israeli?

The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, pictured September 16, 2025; illustrative.

Israel must fight back against antisemitic bullying disguised as journalism - opinion

Biased reporting on Israel is shaping a dangerous alternative reality with worldwide consequences for Jews.

 Headquarters of the New York Times in Manhattan, which has thus far only been the site of anti-Israel demonstrations.  Where is the New York Jewish community?

Will Trump strike Iran or choose diplomacy at the last minute? - opinion

Rising Iran tensions leave Trump weighing military action while allies watch closely.

US President Donald Trump gestures at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, March 11, 2026.

Exposing Hezbollah’s tunnels triggers debate in the Arab world - interview

Yehia Kassem's rare on-the-ground reporting in Arabic from an area controlled by Hezbollah for decades caught attention across the Arab world.

Yehia Kassem, chief correspondent for the Arabic-language Al-Hurra.

Channel 14 presenter reveals allegedly sensitive US-Iran security information live

During the segment, Riklin indicated that he possessed information he was not permitted to publish. “It does not matter who hinted it to me. They hear me. I cannot speak,” he said.

An Illustration of channel 14 outside a court hearing on the government's drafting of orthodox Jewish religious studies students for the military, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024.

Iranian gov't paid Romanian men to carry out stabbing attack on UK-based journalist, court told

They had "committed a planned attack preceded by reconnaissance, and which was ordered by a third party acting on behalf of the Iranian state," the prosecutor said.

Police officers work as people gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024.