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Lessons to take back home
This year I have had the opportunity to visit America as a World Press Institute Fellow. When an email this spring confirmed my selection to the program, I couldn’t believe it. But it was real. I am a journalist from Uganda, a country famous for the worst record of...
The return of partisan journalism
In my home country, Finland, the great majority of newspapers are non-affiliated and independent. Party newspapers and reporters are a curiosity. That is why I have been surprised to notice how openly partisan many American journalists are. Some of them don’t seek...
How I met the Mooch
I had a run-in with ”the Mooch” recently. I spoke to former White House adviser Anthony Scaramucci outside an event of his in Austin, Texas, and, um, it got a bit awkward. When he learned I was from South Africa, the Mooch said sarcastically that he supposed things...
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,...
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Nelson Castro (1985) named as one of Argentina’s most respected journalists
Nelson Castro, WPI 1985, a radio broadcaster, has been named one of the top ten most respected journalists in Argentina, in a nationwide poll reported in La Nacion, the country’s most respected newspaper. Castro also has a widely ...
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If you missed our Impact of the COVID Pandemic on Press Freedom webinar (#WPICovidWebinar) last week, you can now watch it on our website!
https://worldpressinstitute.org/news/the-impact-of-the-covid-pandemic-on-press-freedom/
Our recent journalism webinars covered the #PresidentialElections at the end of 2020, and #PressFreedom as it relates to COVID-19 at the beginning of this month.
As we explore more webinars throughout 2021, we'd like to know: What do YOU want to hear about?
Great to see my global sister-friend 💞 & SA-based Africa correspondent @bartlettkate discussing the media on @SoWhatNow_enca.
Did I mention she's a Fellow of @risj_oxford AND @worldpressinst? https://twitter.com/SoWhatNow_enca/status/1356541214779183105