Jared Malsin, editor of the English section of Ma’an News Agency was deported by the Israeli authorities on Wednesday. Following a week in custody at Ben Gurion International Airport, the American journalist was flown to New York City yesterday morning. Malsin was detained on 12 January at the airport after landing, as he and his […]

The Foreign Correspondents Club of China warned its members in a statement on the Club’s website on 18 January that “foreign correspondents in a few bureaus in Beijing have recently discovered that their Gmail (Google) accounts have been hijacked.” Last week, Internet giant Google announced that its servers had been the targets of a highly […]

It wasn’t lost on us on Saturday when U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton landed in Haiti, was swarmed by reporters and immediately asked, “Where is the Haitian press?” Her question prompted organizers to move members of the Haitian media to the forefront so that they would have as equal access as the throngs of […]

Three years ago today, a young man approached renowned Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor Hrant Dink in an Istanbul street, and shot him dead. Today – two-and-a-half years into the trial of the alleged gunman and his accomplices – justice has yet to be served in the brutal murder. “The Hrant Dink murder case has been a […]