Vodcasts – from the golden age of narrative podcasts to the talk show gold rush
Today, well-coiffed podcasters – increasingly, celebrities – with gleaming smiles chat with their guests in set-designed studios. Funded by Big Tech, which has snapped up the formerly independent studios that used to produce podcasts, now most successful podcasts have some sort of video component.
Why some wars don’t make headlines
As media attention is focused on Iran and the wider region, journalists from Uganda, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia reflect on why so many conflicts go ignored.
Two decades of fact-checking: Louis Jacobson on a profession under pressure
Speaking to iMEdD, Louis Jacobson of PolitiFact, described a profession constantly adapting to a fractured and fast-moving information ecosystem.
10 data projects win 2026 Sigma Awards
Ten outstanding data-driven journalism projects, from as many countries, were chosen from among the 31 finalists – 26 individual projects and five portfolios – by a diverse Prize Committee of 17 judges.
China’s “double-use” vessels and the journalists that mapped their movements
The journalists from Mongabay and CNN behind the recent investigation into the activity of the Chinese deep-sea mining fleet discuss the idea, the data-centric approach, the methodology, and the steps they followed for a collaborative investigation that lasted one year and was carried out with the support of the Pulitzer Center.
Who is left to cover Lebanon?
A nation that helped shape modern war reporting is now treated as peripheral. In the wake of journalist killings, the consequences are clear not only for members of the press, but for how the story of Lebanon is being told.
The quiet absence: disability in the newsroom
Across newsrooms from India to the U.S. and the U.K., disabled journalists struggle to be seen, even as diversity, equity, and inclusion policies promise fairness. Their numbers are unknown, career advancement is stalled, and accommodations are inconsistent.
RSF Index 2026: Press freedom worldwide hits record low
Press freedom is at its lowest level in 25 years worldwide, according to Reporters Without Borders’ 2026 World Press Freedom Index.
Inside three women-led Afghan newsrooms
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