Journalism

The journalist smashing your stereotypes of the American South
Film

The journalist smashing your stereotypes of the American South

Understanding Alabama — In 'Whitman, Alabama,' Jennifer Crandall mixes documentary and poetry to introduce a radical idea: we should all get to know one another a little better.

Written by: Marta Bausells

Unpicking the fake news phenomenon
Reportage

Unpicking the fake news phenomenon

Unpick the bullshit — If you listen to Donald Trump, everything in the media these days is fake news and barefaced lying. The reality is far more nuanced, but understanding the state of journalism in 2017 is key to ensuring the media can continue to hold those in power to account.

Written by: Oscar Rickett

Cristina de Middel: The photographer of the Post-Truth age
Photography

Cristina de Middel: The photographer of the Post-Truth age

Let me tell you a tale — Photographer Cristina de Middel willingly plays with fact, fiction and storytelling. But her games with reality are all about helping her audience find grains of truth in a world of lies.

Written by: Alex King

Óscar Martinez: the journalist investigating the world’s most ferocious gang war
Reportage

Óscar Martinez: the journalist investigating the world’s most ferocious gang war

A History of Violence — Journalist Óscar Martinez is creating political earthquakes with his up close and personal investigations into the street gangs of El Salvador - the most violent country in the world outside an official war zone.

Written by: Alex King

Amy Goodman's fierce brand of independent journalism
Culture

Amy Goodman's fierce brand of independent journalism

You can't arrest the truth — Democracy Now! journalist Amy Goodman is facing arrest for her frontline reporting on the North Dakota pipeline protests. But that’s just a chink in the chain of global injustice she’s tackled head on.

Written by: Andrea Kurland

Unseen Rio: Independent photojournalists reveal the darker side of the Olympics
Photography

Unseen Rio: Independent photojournalists reveal the darker side of the Olympics

Protests, prostitutes and police violence — Featuring citizen journalism collective Mídia Ninja, the Real Game project shows the Rio Olympics in a way you won’t see in the mainstream media.

Written by: Alex King

How Rwanda’s genocide liberator became an absolute dictator
Activism

How Rwanda’s genocide liberator became an absolute dictator

This is Paul Kagame — Two decades after the 1994 genocide, journalist Anjan Sundaram watched leader Paul Kagame crush press freedom and political opposition. But why are the international community still supporting his regime? And could their support be sowing seeds for more bloodshed?

Written by: Alex King

The street kids documenting their lives at the foot of Kilimanjaro
Photography

The street kids documenting their lives at the foot of Kilimanjaro

Lenses can change lives — Club Sanaa work with Msamariakids Centre for Street Children in Moshi, Tanzania to empower marginalised young people through photography.

Written by: Alex King

The Bristol Cable: A community-run newspaper holding power to account
Print

The Bristol Cable: A community-run newspaper holding power to account

Taking back the media — The Bristol Cable is a media co-operative shaking up local news with hard-hitting investigative journalism.

Written by: Alex King

Video: Meet the Nightcrawlers of Phnom Penh
Culture

Video: Meet the Nightcrawlers of Phnom Penh

Life and death in the car-crash capital of the world — Visceral short profiles the freelance reporters who cover crime and grisly road accidents in Cambodia’s capital.

Written by: HUCK HQ

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