Each month, IJNet features an international journalist who exemplifies the profession and has used the site to further his or her career. This month, meet Chama Darchoul, an online broadcast journalist from Salé, Morocco.
Attendance for the World Press Freedom Day conference in Washington this week was the largest in the event's almost 20-year history, with more than 800 participants.
Gathering information for a story can involve collecting website URLs, photos, screenshots, text messages and tweets. Here are four great tools that will help you keep it together on the go.
An editorial team in the U.K. enters week two of its strike against budget cuts in the hopes of opening talks with the publisher. IJNet followed up with features editor Jonathan Lovett, who helped organize the strike.
The Viewspaper is a news site in India at the forefront of citizen journalism and media innovation for youth. IJNet interviewed founder Shiv Dravid in anticipation of his session during World Press Freedom Day.
For the first time in the history of the Pulitzer Prize, no winner was named in the breaking news category this year. Pulitzer Prize Administrator Sig Gissler explains why.
Budget and staff cuts force writers to resort to "churnalism," the practice of rewriting press releases as original news. But one U.K. editorial team is going on a two-week strike against the churn. IJNet talked to features editor and strike organizer Jonathan Lovett.
World Press Freedom Day 2011 sponsors include the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Omidyar Network, the Open Society Foundations and The Associated Press.
