Calm seems to have descended in Tehran after week of historic protests and people’s uprising against election results. But local people call it “calm of the grave”. The mass protests may not be visible anymore but the storm of dissent is still brewing. Every night after 10 pm people go on the rooftops and voice [...]

A recent report by Freedom House, an organization founded by the U.S. government and private groups, reveals that freedom of expression and the right of expression continue to decline throughout the world for the seventh consecutive year. Out of the 125 journalists imprisoned in 2008, half of them are behind bars in China and Cuba.
The [...]

International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) distributed dense black highlighter pens to journalists attending a press conference on ‘Freedom of the Press at the 2008 Olympic Games’. There can be no better way of creating awareness about freedom of press and governmental censorship.
The symbolic black highlighting pen which would leave a censor bar instead of [...]

Peace has eluded beautiful Swat valley for past two years. The once buzzing tourist spot became bloodied after two years of constant fighting between Taliban militants and Pakistani troops. Taliban even bombed the famous mountainous international resort at the valley to stamp out all “un-Islamic activities”. Finally rebels have agreed to ceasefire. But under hardliner [...]

Imad Ghanem happens to be Palestinian cameraman who works for a Palestinian TV station that is connected to Hamas. He was covering the Al Burieg refugee camp in Gaza city during the Israeli offensive at the place. He was severely wounded, and eventually lost his legs. Israeli tanks fired at him while he was on [...]

Journalists and PR professionals have found a new interface in social media, which helps them to forge professional relationships successfully.  There are many websites and companies that have been allowing the media professionals to interact and communicate with each other.
Many media professionals are huge fans of Help A Reporter Out, where the reporter can directly [...]