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Russia frees Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko, detained since March 2021, and Belarus frees Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei, detained since July 2023 (Lauren Wolfe/Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/06/russia-and-bel

Russia and Belarus release two journalists who had been detained for years - Committee to Protect Journalists
Paris, June 23, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko and Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei, who had been unjustly detained for years by Russia and Belarus, respectively.   Russia freed Yesypenko on June 20 after he served a five-year prison sentence on charges of possessing and transporting explosives, which he denied. Karnei, detained for nearly 2...

Azerbaijan gives eight journalists prison sentences ranging from 7.5 to 15 years, as part of a series of media trials set to obliterate independent reporting (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/06/8-journalists-g…

8 journalists given lengthy jail terms as Azerbaijan crushes free press - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, June 23, 2025— Eight Azerbaijani journalists have received prison sentences ranging from 7 ½ to 15 years, as part of an ongoing series of media trials likely to obliterate independent reporting in the Caucasus nation. In a closed-door trial on Monday, columnist and peace activist Bahruz Samadov was sentenced by a court in...

"Journalism screwed itself over by betting
on Meta and its profit-over-society peers.
Now, nobody trusts “the media” and
everyone is going bankrupt. The next bet
is on generative AI, with its inability to
distinguish truth from “hallucinations” –
fabrications that on the page become lies.
The Continent is an attempt to prove
journalism can be done differently.
Expect more of this in what our team
has decided to call our “serious era”.
We’re no longer a start-up. We’re going
to empower more people with quality
journalism. We’re going to help others
launch newspapers. We’re going to
stay sane. And we’re going to prove
that African excellence can set global
standards."
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This weeks highlights are an extraordinary story about how Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe directly interfered with Mozambique's election. Plus a frankly beautiful photo piece on Addis Ababa

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56% der Deutschen vertrauen Lokalzeitungen, das Interesse an lokalen Nachrichten bleibt hoch. Doch wenn Medienanstalten Online-Portale pauschal als Gegensatz zu #Journalismus darstellen, wird’s schief: Wer Journalismus will, muss ihn auch digital denken – statt nur nostalgisch Druckerschwärze zu verteidigen.

Kolumne: Das Altpapier am 19. Juni 2025 – Es rauscht
Bei Nachrichtenkonsum und Medienvertrauen gibt's nix Neues. Sind das gute Nachrichten? Die ARD scheint einen spektakulären Relaunch zu planen. Und können "Online-Portale" Lokalberichterstattung?

'[D]efending free and ethical journalism is ... a duty of all those who yearn for a solid and participatory democracy. Wherever a journalist is silenced, the democratic soul of a country is weakened. Freedom of the press is an inalienable common good. Those who conscientiously exercise this vocation cannot see their voices silenced by petty interests or fear of the truth.'
Pope Leo made a 'pointed remark' apparently aimed at Trump's big grudge: reports - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/pope-leo-shot-trump-journalist/

lol at Ian Hislop hosting the Paul Foot awards:
(1/2)
"Boris Johnson, fellow journalist, wrote about Keir Starmer. He said Keir was the orange ball-chewing manacled gimp of Brussels. And we always tell young journalists: write about what you know!
Some of you will remember that a lot of Tory MPs were actually found with orange balls in manacles at various stages of the last government.

„Was passiert, wenn Plattformen journalistische Inhalte noch mehr gezielt diskriminieren – algorithmisch oder manuell? Was, wenn der Rechtsruck weiter voranschreitet und die Pressefreiheit auch bei uns systematisch beschnitten wird? Was, wenn Informationsfreiheitsgesetze, Pressegesetze, Datenschutzstandards ‚abgeräumt‘ werden – in einem Klima der Gleichgültigkeit oder des Zynismus?"
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Plattformen und Journalismus: Die Entkernung der Demokratie
Auf der Jahrestagung von Netzwerk-Recherche in Hamburg habe ich heute die Keynote gehalten. Das ist der Redetext. Meine Texte hier erscheinen in der Regel auch als Newsletter. Rechts kann dieser abonniert werden. Die reichsten und mächtigsten Menschen der Welt reihen sich hinter einem autoritären Herrscher ein, während die US Demokratie

A must-read by Mark Jacob, Stop the Presses
Please, media, don’t turn the war into entertainment
#Journalism #Press

Q&A with comedian Andrew Schulz about becoming America's "foremost political journalist", interviewing Donald Trump and others, "podcast bros", and more (David Marchese/New York Times)
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Andrew Schulz, ‘Podcast Bro,’ Might Be America’s Foremost Political Journalist
The comedian and host has a huge audience and many thoughts on what podcasters like him are responsible for now.