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“The Duterte administration filed eleven criminal charges against me in a little over a year, until today I still need Supreme Court approval to be here. [pause] But I’m here.” Maria Ressa’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 23 September 2025
Seeking the truth, in the midst of a country in crisis: Haiti’s AyiboPost. “Journalism has never been more necessary yet too often the price we pay, both psychologically and physically, feels unbearably high.” Widlore Mérancourt, AyiboPost editor-in-chief
Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital. The Israeli military had said they targeted a Hamas camera in an August strike, but a Reuters investigation found the device actually belonged to the news agency. An Israeli military official now says troops fired without required approval. Five journalists died in the attack
Investing in a healthy information ecosystem: lessons from Adessium Foundation. Ebru Akgün explains why supporting journalism is central to the foundation’s mission and highlights both the opportunities and challenges of sustaining a healthy information ecosystem in Europe
From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia. By Mzia Amaglobeli. My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security
Green to grey: how Europe is squandering the little nature it has left. A cross-border, collaborative data project about Europe’s disappearing nature
Inside The Economist’s AI playbook. On Newsroom Robots, Nikita Roy interviews Ludwig Siegele, Senior Editor for AI Initiatives at The Economist
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Floodlight Gaming connects investigative reporting to game developers for adaptation into interactive media experiences. Hunting the Hunter – based on an investigation by Ghanaian undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas – wins top award at inaugural Floodlight Investigative Journalism Gaming Summit
The line. Some final reflections on seven years of writing CJR’s newsletter
Ukrainian media fund launches with €400,000 EU backing, seeks millions more. An initiative by RSF and Ukrainian NGOs targets private investors to support independent Ukrainian outlets facing the fallout of Russia’s invasion and USAID shutdown
Journalists in Peru seek protection from justice system amid rising threats, harassment by officials. A verbal threat by Lima’s mayor against veteran reporter Gustavo Gorriti rocked the journalism community
Mainstream US media is catastrophically failing to meet the moment. Mainstream media has become so terrified of appearing biased that they’ve abandoned their basic responsibility to clearly communicate truth to the public
News media and the light we cannot lose. By Branko Brkic. An opinion piece commissioned as part of the World News Day campaign
‘Letters to the citizens of Georgia’: the newspapers delivered by the mothers of the jailed. The mothers of Georgians arrested during the protests have been travelling across the country to share letters from their imprisoned children
Reddit is winning the AI game. Since the site struck licensing deals with Google and OpenAI, its traffic—and its importance to legacy media outlets—has surged
Photo credit: Maria Ressa at #ijf25 by Diego Figone