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Prominent media outlet shuts down operations for one day to highlight global journalism crisis

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen The Daily Maverick, a prominent publication, made a bold move by shutting down its operations for a day. This temporary closure was intended to draw attention to the global crisis in journalism. Neesa Allie, associate editor for Business Maverick, spoke about this decision with VOC Drive Time on Monday. “This was something that was a calculated bold move, it was something that we put a lot of […]

16 April 2024

International

Israeli spyware maker behind new attack on journalists, cybersecurity firm says

INTERNATIONAL Security researchers have linked the discovery of an actively exploited, but since-fixed, zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome to an Israeli spyware maker known to target journalists in the Middle East. Avast Threat Labs, a global cybersecurity company, attributed the attacks to the Tel Aviv-based spyware vendor commonly known as Candiru. Last year online security firm ESET revealed that Middle East Eye was targeted by the hacking for hire group […]

22 July 2022

Opinions

Navigating War: Has the War in Syria Also Destroyed Journalism?

OPINION by Ramzy Baroud When a veteran war reporter like Robert Fisk constructs his argument regarding the siege of Aleppo based on 'watching' video footage, then one can truly comprehend the near impossibility of adequate media coverage on the war in Syria. In a recent article in the British Independent, Fisk reflects on the siege, uprising and atrocious Nazi massacres in Warsaw, Poland in 1944. The terribly high cost of […]

17 December 2016

journalism

Prominent media outlet shuts down operations for one day to highlight global journalism crisis

Israeli spyware maker behind new attack on journalists, cybersecurity firm says

Navigating War: Has the War in Syria Also Destroyed Journalism?

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