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Israeli tank fire killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon. An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six reporters in Lebanon on 13 October by firing two shells in quick succession from Israel while the journalists were filming cross-border shelling, a Reuters investigation has found.
Journalists killed and injured in Lebanon: an Agence France-Presse investigation points to Israeli army. The investigation into the 13 October strike in southern Lebanon that killed a Reuters journalist and injured six others points to a tank round used only by the Israeli army in this high-tension border region. Agence France-Presse photographer Christina Assi, 28, later had a leg amputated and remains in hospital.
Transnational repression: understanding and responding to global authoritarian reach. Transnational repression directly endangers journalists and exacerbates the already daunting challenges of reporting from exile. Freedom House interviewed 16 media professionals from around the world to spotlight this increasingly worrisome reality.
Two years, 400 journalists and 50 climate experts: here’s what we learnt about how to report on climate change. Find a climate angle for something your audiences really care about and 13 more takeaways from the Oxford Climate Journalism Network.
Into The Guardian cinematic universe: publisher movie deals explained. News organisations selling their content to film studios is more common than you may think.
Despite a rapidly changing business landscape, the business case for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) not only holds, but grows even stronger. In a new McKinsey report, Celia Huber, María del Mar Martínez Márquez, Sara Prince, and coauthors explore the link between diversity and holistic impact.
The Daily Mirror strikes victory for honest opinion as Sir James Dyson loses £1m libel action. Mr Justice Jay said in his judgment that the case was “not about free speech as such… but its permissible limits” after noting Dyson “does not dispute the right of his detractors to take issue with him in a free society”.
Nieman Lab predictions for journalism 2024. Each year Nieman Lab asks some of the smartest people in journalism and media what they think is coming in the next year. At the end of a trying 2023, here’s what they had to say.
What do young audiences really need from the news? Newsrooms must develop products and relationships with Gen Z and Gen Alpha just like tech companies and social platforms who figured that out long ago.
Changing Newsrooms 2023: media leaders struggle to embrace diversity in full and remain cautious on AI disruption. The RISJ Changing Newsrooms report is based on a survey of 135 senior industry leaders from 40 countries and ten in-depth interviews.
Facebook faces €550 million lawsuit from Spanish media. A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets has filed a €550 million lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms, citing unfair competition in the advertising market in a case that could be replicated across the European Union.
Image credit: screenshot of the opening of the 7 December 2023 Reuters Special Report into the killing of Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon on 13 October 2023.