Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced that all accredited and yellow card journalists in the state will be included in the list of frontline warriors in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Journalists declared frontline warriors in Punjab

The annual report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday that journalism was at least partly blocked in nearly three-quarters of the 180 countries surveyed.

Freedom index finds journalism blocked in 130+ countries 

Out of 9 have been pleaded guilty in Hong Kong and have been sent on trial. Jimmy Lai, a newspaper publisher is being held on bail on other charges for his Pro-democracy activities. Lee Chuk Yan, democracy advocate and defendant said that Hong Kong's rule of law is deteriorating and is quickly becoming a rule of fear.

Hong Kong: Martin Lee, Jimmy Lai on trial

The number of journalists killed as a result of their work more than doubled in 2020, an international media watchdog group said Tuesday, with armed conflict and gang violence making Mexico and Afghanistan among the deadliest countries for reporters globally.

Number of journalists killed for their reporting doubled in 2020

A US-based watchdog revealed that a record number of journalists were jailed in 2020. On Tuesday, the annual report by the Committee to Protect Journalists was released as the watchdog accused governments around the world of suppressing the media, and fuelling misinformation amid the ongoing pandemic.

Record number of journalists jailed in 2020, China leads list of offenders: Report

As news channels hit rock bottom, WION's Palki Sharma Upadhyay argues that brands should save themselves by pulling out of some networks. Why lose consumers by sponsoring fake news, when you can make a statement by supporting real journalism?

Gravitas Plus: Dear advertisers, don't sponsor toxic news

Amid China's recent feuds with multiple nations including the ongoing border standoff with India, a media report has claimed that a technology firm with links to the Chinese government is snooping on over 10,000 Indian individuals and organisations through a global database.

'Staggering scale of data': P Vaidyanathan Iyer, journalist who unearthed China's 'Snoopgate' speaks to WION

The United States accused China on Tuesday of "threatening" and "harassing" foreign journalists after the Asian country refused to renew press credentials for several employees of American media organisations.

US accuses China of 'threatening' and 'harassing' foreign journalists

The Chinese foreign ministry has not yet divulged any details surrounding the disappearance of a foreign journalist, Cheng Lei. A Chinese-born Australian journalist, Lei used to work for the Chinese state media, but has been missing for two weeks.

China's silence on the disappearance of Australian journalist Cheng Lei speaks volumes

Journalists who have faced China's wrath for defending liberties

Maria Ressa, a journalist who runs a Philippine news website known for its tough scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to tax evasion charges in a case she has described as a form of harassment.

Philippine journalist Maria Ressa denies tax evasion charges

A Sri Lankan journalist working for The New York Times has said police raided her home and seized her laptop over the alleged kidnapping of a Swiss embassy staffer last year.

Sri Lanka police seize journalist's laptop over Swiss kidnap claim

Oriana Fallaci, the late and legendary Italian journalist who died in 2006, was a role model to others who followed her. She likened journalism to history- saying that it was history being written, simultaneously, to events as they unfolded.

The joys of journalism

A judge in the Philippines prepared to deliver a verdict on Thursday on the massacre a decade ago of 58 people, among them 32 journalists, in one of the country's most high-profile cases and its worst single instance of election violence.

Philippine court to rule on 2009 political massacre

Facebook on Friday began rolling out its dedicated "news tab" with professionally produced content, the latest move by the social network to promote journalism and shed its reputation as a platform for misinformation.

Facebook's 'news tab' seeks to reboot its role within media

Pakistani journalists on Wednesday held a country-wide protest against police brutality on a local reporter in Lahore. The protest took place after police officials hit Pakistani journalist Usman Ahmed Bhatti for covering the appearance of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz PML(N) leader Hamza Shahba in court, Geo News reported.

Journalists hold protests against police brutality in Pakistan

Nepalis have stashed Rs 35.8 billion in Swiss banks, violating the country's law which bars them from transferring funds abroad, according to an investigation carried out by the Centre for Investigative Journalism.

Nepalis stash Rs 35.8 billion in Swiss banks: Report

A day after Rahul Gandhi referred to a journalist as "pliable" and accused her of having a soft stance towards PM Modi while interviewing him, his comments made rounds on the internet drawing criticism from the centre and several media organistaions.

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