Media
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CPJ releases safety kit for journalists working in risky, dangerous enviornments
A photographer running away from a burning vehicle – Photo Credit Aziz Ahmed The Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP), a leading watchdog body, has released a Safety Kit to promote greater safety as working journalists face...September 10, 2018 1195 0 -
Murder of Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari shocks international media organizations
Photo: Shujaat Bukhari Twitter Shujaat Bukhari, editor of the newspaper Rising Kashmir, was shot dead on Thursday evening by unknown assailants in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. The death of the prominent journalist shocked international...June 15, 2018 1232 0 -
World media shocked as 10 journalists lose lives to attacks in Afghanistan
Photo: Screenshot/ABC News An AFP cameraman and a BBC reporter were among 12 journalists killed in separate attacks including suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, taking one of the heaviest tolls on media representatives during...April 30, 2018 957 0 -
Marketing: Ad-supported content dominates expanding media landscape
Two smartphones a Samsung Galaxy J5 and an iPhone 6S, Photo: Senado Federal (Fotos produzidas pelo Senado)/Wikimedia Commons Marketing, branding and advertising involve approaches to introducing or publicizing a huge variety of products and services through the...March 28, 2018 1014 0 -
Pakistani-American entrepreneur commits to funding journalism scholarship
A prominent Pakistani-American businessman has pledged to fund journalism undergraduate scholarship through Pakistani-American Press Association, a newly formed body of journalists. Mossadaq Chughtai said at an event on Saturday he will contribute a minimum of $...March 26, 2018 5366 3 -
IFJ’s new UN Convention for protection of journalists gathers support
A photographer running away from a burning vehicle Photo Credit: Aziz Ahmed A ground-breaking United Nations Convention aimed at giving greater protection for journalists and journalism in the face of a tide of violence and threats...November 18, 2017 1354 0 -
Journalists face increasing online and physical threats – IFJ
A photographer running away from a burning vehicle – Photo Credit Aziz Ahmed The ongoing wars and conflicts are not the only threats journalists face in the line of duty. A variety of vested interests and...May 3, 2017 1408 0 -
A Kashmiri photographer saves life of an injured girl
AP photographer Yasin Dar carrying injured Kashmiri girl to safety Photo courtesy Faisal Khan It was another day of troubles in the Indian controlled Kashmir. But it was no ordinary moment for a workaholic photojournalist of...April 25, 2017 1769 0 -
How to be a real journalist in the age of fake news
Image: Reading the newspaper: Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, Credit: Pollinator Wikimedia Commons Trawling aimlessly through my Twitter feed it dawned on me that it sometimes has a lot in common with the Lancashire...March 6, 2017 1374 0 -
The Media’s Trump-inspired Identity Crisis
As the large swath of the USA formerly known by the city elites as “the flyover zone” continues to gloat at Donald Trump’s ascendancy to the White House, the mainstream media are feeling his “shoot the...February 21, 2017 1115 0