by Tarek Anthony | Aug 25, 2025 | News, Press Freedom
Exiled Afghan journalist Baktash Siawash visited the University of Oregon, sharing his family’s story of loss, survival, and the rising global threat to press freedom — even in exile. For exiled Afghan journalist Baktash Siawash, a trip to the United States once...
by Sydney Seymour | Aug 4, 2025 | News, WPFD25
By James Lejeune and Sydney Seymour “AI is an innovative and safe way to bypass the information blockade and hurdles to journalistic content,” said “La Chama,” an AI-generated Venezuelan news anchor. In Venezuela and other parts of South America, journalists face...
by Zachary Jones Neuray | Jun 30, 2025 | News, WPFD25
Editor Peter Laufer’s “Don’t Shoot the Journalist: Migrating to Stay Alive,” launched officially at the Bozar Center in the heart of Europe’s capital, Brussels, Belgium, on May 7th. The volume assembles conversations, anecdotes, reflections, detailed experiential...
by Ellie Johnson | May 8, 2025 | News, WPFD25
Today’s media landscape is confronting unparalleled challenges— from rising restrictions against press freedom to the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence. Media professionals around the world have been discussing how these circumstances are reshaping the media...
by Tarek Anthony | May 8, 2025 | News, WPFD25
Written by Tarek Anthony, Ellie Johnson, James Lejeune and Sydney Seymour UNESCO’s 2025 World Press Freedom Day conference, “Reporting in the Brave New World: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and the Media,” was held at Bozar Center for Fine Arts in Brussels,...
by Site Manager | Jun 5, 2024 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, News
Jason Rezaian speaks at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication’s 2024 Ruhl Lecture. Rezaian, who spent 544 days in an Iranian prison as a wrongfully detained journalist, discusses international policy, advocacy for hostages around the...