Author: Hamdi Baala
2019 WPI Fellow
Bio: Journalist based in Algiers, Algeria.
Twitter: @hamdibaala
Ces jeunes vendaient des pins et des goodies lors des manifs à Alger. Relâchés le 2 janvier, ils avaient purgé une peine de 6 mois de prison ferme pour "atteinte à l'unité nationale" présumée.
Ils viennent d'être relaxés en appel.
Cc @AlHudoodNet
Posts by Hamdi Baala:
Hey, where are you going with that post-truth in your hands?
To the extent that there is such a thing as objective truth, I always thought that the “fake news” trend was just an exaggerated new spin put on an old phenomenon that we used to call rumors or hoaxes, with no real new danger. Long before this WPI fellowship,...
Do you believe in life after impeachment?
To enter the Paramount Theater last Saturday afternoon, you needed to stand in line for at least two hours in the Austin, Texas, heat. The star of the show was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Texas Tribune Festival’s closing guest. I did not want to stand in...False notes in the Immigrant Song
“Our only goal will be the western shore,” goes Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.” I thought of this line a lot whenever the immigration came up when we, the 2019 WPI fellows, met with different think tanks and media outlets. In my interpretation, the “western...
So, what has Trump done right ?
Two and a half years into Donald Trump’s term, the U.S. president has often stated that what he calls the “Fake News Media,” e.g. mainstream media outlets, do everything they can to downplay his accomplishments in order to make him look bad. “The Fake News Media...
We are happy to announce the selection of the 2019 World Press Institute (WPI) fellows! Read more about the 2019 WPI Fellows and view their photos here: https://t.co/PEepuQI8Lu
Happy Holidays from WPI! If you are a foreign journalist looking to immerse yourself in the governance, politics, business, media, journalistic ethics and culture of the US, we are now accepting applications for our 2019 fellowship program: https://t.co/UuT18UAzyw.