by cminter@uoregon.edu | Jun 17, 2015 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Press Freedom
On March 11, 2014, Galina Timchenko was the editor in chief of Russia’s most popular news website – Lenta.ru. The next day, she was jobless. According to a statement issued by 73 of the 81 journalists who worked at Lenta, Timchenko had been sacked so the Kremlin...
by cminter@uoregon.edu | Jun 17, 2015 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Press Freedom
Hamid Mir is an intrepid journalist who believes in the power and the right of free speech. This belief has awarded him a life of bullets and bombs, yet his conviction is strong. He speaks on the situation in Pakistan, his familial connection to writing and...