By Mairead Maguire/Inter Press Service Belfast – I recently visited Assisi, the home of St. Francis and St. Clare, two great spirits whose lives have inspired us and million... Read more
Boni Yayi, president of Benin, wrote the country’s media regulator to complain about television coverage by Canal 3. (AP/Seth Wenig) Benin Republic’s parliament is set to vote on... Read more
By Anthony Akinola* It is an indisputable fact of life that we all want to be proved right when we have made predictions. The prophet, who has predicted doom and gloom, praises the Almighty... Read more
By Tom Rhodes Police arrest one of the protesters who gathered in Nairobi on December 18 to oppose the security bill. (AFP/Simon Maina) The Kenyan press is being caught in the crossfire as a... Read more
By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — To the Catholic Church’s “seven deadly sins,” Pope Francis has added the “15 ailments of the Curia.” Francis issued a bli... Read more
During a demonstration in Pakistan, journalists hold photos of Anja Niedringhaus, an AP photographer who was killed in Afghanistan in April. (Reuters/Faisal Mahmood) Syria is the world’s dea... Read more
By Lara O’Reilly The once-modest photo sharing app Instagram is beating Twitter on yet another front: Engagement. Flickr CC/Henry Burrows Earlier this month Instagram revealed it had o... Read more
By Joel Simon Regardless of whether WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is considered a journalist, he is part of the new global information ecosystem Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press As... Read more
By Alejandra Xanic Independent Mexican journalist Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab shared a Pulitzer Prize with New York Times reporter David Barstow for their investigation into Walmart... Read more
Jessica Weiss With more than 2 billion people actively using social media each month, its stake in journalism is a no-brainer. Though Facebook makes up more than half of these users,... Read more