Journalists

Reporting in Afghanistan: Listen, Ask Questions. You Are Not the Story, an Award-Winning Journalist Says

• May 30, 2022

Kathy Gannon never wanted to be a journalist. That changed when she was urged by a journalist brother to give the profession a try. She became a successful reporter and editor of local newspapers in Ontario and British Columbia. With that experience, she ventured into the Middle East, Central Asia and finally into colorful, …

Asia, Gender Violence, Journalists, Women as Changemakers

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THIS WEEK @UN

Trending UN News: Week Ending May 27

Damilola Banjo

• May 27, 2022

This week, UN peacekeepers are commemorated, an ex-UN staff member is convicted for assault and lying to the FBI and the war in Ukraine enters its third month. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other …

Africa, Asia, Human Rights, Journalists, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN

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The Public-Relations Industry Grabs a Foothold in the UN

Barbara Crossette

• July 14, 2021

As the final round of the Generation Equality Forum was about to open in Paris in late June, some reporters, including from PassBlue, were directed by a few United Nations agencies most involved in the event, to ask their questions to public-relations companies. Knowledgeable communications specialists in the UN system were “too busy,” reporters …

Journalists, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Careers

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The UN Can Do Much More to Resolve Khashoggi’s Murder, Says Agnès Callamard

Stéphanie Fillion

• October 2, 2019

Exactly a year after Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi-born, American-based journalist, was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnès Callamard, remains categorical: UN Secretary-General António Guterres can and should do more about the murder, and so should member states. “I am asking the …

Human Rights, Journalists, Middle East, Security Council

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TOPIC: WOMEN

For Journalists Seeking Female Experts on Global Affairs, Here’s a New Source

Kacie Candela

• February 25, 2019

The scarcity of female experts that journalists can readily rely on for objective, accurate information for reporting on an international news story couldn’t be clearer: 81 percent of experts interviewed for global news stories were men, according to a 2015 study by the Global Gender Monitoring Project, which promotes gender equality in the news …

Journalists, Women

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A Record Year of Death and Demonization for Journalism Globally

Barbara Crossette

• December 23, 2018

After the savage murder of Jamal Khashoggi, major organizations monitoring the freedom and safety of journalists worldwide are reporting, albeit coincidentally, that 2018 has been an exceptionally dangerous year everywhere. The deaths of journalists have risen sharply, to 53 from 47 in 2017, the Committee to Protect Journalists announced on Dec. 19. “The recent …

Gender Violence, Journalists

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GEOPOLITICS

Fake News and the UN: An Item Since 1945

Laura E. Kirkpatrick

• April 30, 2018

In the world of fake news, the United Nations has been a prime target since it opened its doors in 1945. These days, spending just a few minutes on Facebook and Twitter, two sites located at the epicenter of the fake news epidemic, reveals claims — real and imagined — pushed by critics of …

Geopolitics, Journalists

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TAKE A LOOK

A Trove of Resources for Navigating Our Angry World

Barbara Crossette

• February 6, 2018

In the dark shadows of rising populism and hypernationalistic leaders, attempts to intimidate reporters and curb the exchange of information are taking on less visibly crude but still dangerous forms. The menace, highlighted in the United States by Donald Trump’s contemptuous accusations against the press, television and social media, has global echoes. There is …

Governance, Journalists, Peace and Security, Take a Look

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Afghan Women Write New Narratives About Themselves, With Courage

Elizabeth Walsh

• October 24, 2017

Throughout the world, Afghan women are often portrayed as victims by the media and other institutions, needing foreign rescue or summoning deep pity for their oppression. Women’s literacy rate is less than half that of men’s in the country, and it remains one of the worst places in the world for a girl to …

Asia, Gender Violence, Journalists, Women

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NIKKI HALEY WATCH

The US Ambassador’s Love Affair With TV News Shows

Kacie Candela

• August 25, 2017

Nikki Haley has been appearing on American TV news programs an awful lot lately, so what gives? Some observers point to Haley as a refreshing and stable face amid an unpredictable White House and uncannily quiet secretary of state, while others herald her visibility as a sign of higher political ambitions. Another possibility is …

Journalists, Nikki Haley Watch, Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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NIKKI HALEY WATCH

On a Light Note: 10 Tips for Nikki Haley, New US Ambassador to UN

Laura E. Kirkpatrick

• February 9, 2017

A recent email sent out by a member of the United States Mission to the United Nations, then tweeted and possibly subtweeted, contained the following statement: This is to let you know that Ambassador Haley will be spending her first few months learning about the UN and Security Council and its members. She will …

Journalists, Nikki Haley Watch, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Murders of Journalists by Militants Just Keep Coming, a Report Finds

Barbara Crossette

• November 2, 2016

Somalia, Iraq and Syria lead the world in the killing of journalists by Islamic extremists who get away with their crimes, but militants also continue to target the media with impunity in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan, according to the latest report from the Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit group based in New …