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Members of the media raise their hands for questions. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Bring Back the Ombudsman

by David Ignatius | Sep 18, 2017 | Opinion

How can news organizations avoid the trap that President Trump has laid for them in his attacks on the media as a one-sided “opposition party” that caters to anti-Trump elites and purveys “fake news” to readers and viewers? Part of the answer is simply for journalists...

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News-Writing Robots Make their Way into Editorial Bureaus

by Abeer Mishkhas | Sep 15, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- Western media, especially in the US, have increasingly relied on “automated journalism.” Over the last few years, news-writing bots have made their way into editorial offices. The Washington Post has used the gift of artificial intelligence to help in...

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Much of the footage coming out of Syria has been shot on mobile phones by citizen journalists. (AFP)

Self-Censorship: Silencing the Voice to Stay Alive

by Raneem Hannoush | Aug 21, 2017 | Features

New York – Journalism is a profession of relaying facts and documenting the news whether through the lens of a mobile phone during an Arab Spring demonstration or an in-depth report that uncovers corruption at European banks or a blog that speaks of the suffering of a...

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An employee walks inside an office of Qatar-based Al-Jazeera network in Jerusalem June 13, 2017. (Reuters)

Israeli Communications Minister Shuts Down Jazeera Local Office

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 7, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – Despite being the Arab channel that hosts Israeli government and army spokespersons the most, Israel plans to revoke media credentials of al-Jazeera TV journalists. Communications Minister Ayoub Kara, the only Arab minister in Benjamin Netenyahu’s...

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Turki al-Sudairi (Asharq Al-Awsat)

On the Departure of Dean of Saudi Journalists

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 15, 2017 | Opinion, Uncategorized

In certain cases, an individual’s history is the same as that of a group, a phase and a place. The history of a prominent media figure like Turki al-Sudairi is our history as journalism and journalists as well as the history of a long period of journalism. With...