Media

'We work under siege': the journalists who risk death for doing their jobs

In at least a dozen countries worldwide, the sword is proving mightier than the pen

David Agren in Mexico City, Jonathan Watts in São Paulo, Shaun Walker in Moscow, Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul and Michael Safi in Delhi

01, Dec, 2017 @6:00 AM

Red Symons announces dumping live on air: 'Why am I going? They haven't said' | Weekly Beast

ABC Radio Melbourne host shocks listeners. Plus: what’s the to-do over Justine Clarke’s Ta Da!?

Amanda Meade

01, Dec, 2017 @12:56 AM

BBC Radio 4 defends Ann Coulter interview on Today programme

Presenter Nick Robinson defends criticism on social media after programme interviewed rightwing US commentator over Donald Trump’s tweets

Graham Ruddick

30, Nov, 2017 @7:04 PM

Matt Lauer 'ashamed and embarrassed' by reports of sexual misconduct

Former NBC host disputes details but says allegations had ‘enough truth’, adding: ‘To the people I have hurt, I am truly story’

Amanda Holpuch and Adam Gabbatt in New York

30, Nov, 2017 @5:05 PM

The Vortex: why we're all to blame for the nightmare of online debate

When we feud over Trump or Brexit, it’s easy to believe our in-group is the lone voice of sanity. But our tribalistic clashes send us spiralling deeper into the void

Oliver Burkeman

30, Nov, 2017 @7:00 AM

'You can get killed': journalists living in fear as states crack down

Independent journalists are under siege in a growing list of supposedly freer countries such as Brazil, Turkey, India and Mexico

Michael Safi in Delhi, Jonathan Watts in São Paulo, Oliver Holmes in Bangkok, Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul and Shaun Walker in Moscow

30, Nov, 2017 @12:01 AM

'Local media are simply disappearing': how financial pressures are killing independent media

From Poland and Hungary to parts of Africa and South America, states are using commercial ruses to squeeze out liberal media

Andrew MacDowall in Belgrade and Bibi van der Zee

30, Nov, 2017 @12:01 AM

Global press freedom plunges to worst level this century

Study finds freedom of expression at lowest point since 2000 with reporters facing violence, prosecution and financial rout in dozens of countries

Graham Ruddick

30, Nov, 2017 @12:01 AM

Guardian wins Walkley for film on Bolivian disability rights campaign

Gold Walkley goes to Fairfax’s Michael Bachelard and Kate Geraghty for coverage of Islamic State occupation of Mosul

Amanda Meade

29, Nov, 2017 @9:26 PM

Behind Matt Lauer's lovable image, the TV host was a divisive figure

The longtime Today show anchor who was fired after a complaint about his behavior was popular and influential, but not a stranger to awkward incidents

Amanda Holpuch in New York

29, Nov, 2017 @8:24 PM