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2021-12-09. Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Matt Murray shares his thoughts on the developments of the organisation’s strategy and journalism. “The strategic shorthand of what we’re pursuing right now is quality at scale,” said Murray, during a presentation at WAN-IFRA’s recent Virtual World News Media Congress. “We’re the biggest we’ve ever been, but our basic premise is that […]

Instagram’s chief Adam Mosseri has called on US lawmakers to help regulate the platform. He made the remarks on Wednesday during a Senate hearing which examined the harmful impact of social media on the mental health of teen users. Mr Mosseri argued that Instagram is actively working to address the app’s negative effects. However, he

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by yesterday’s murder of Jesus Yutrago Malabanan, a Philippine reporter for national and international news media who had to relocate three years ago after being threatened in connection with his reporting on the drug war. A team of investigators must be sent immediately to gather evidence while still fresh

Far-right groups are using Twitter’s new private media policy to target anti-extremism accounts, activists say. The social media giant last week said images or video of private individuals shared without permission would be removed on request. Activists report that members of the far-right are using the policy to have accounts identifying them suspended. Twitter said

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sounds the alarm about an escalation in the military junta’s use of terror against journalists in Myanmar after two journalists with the Myanmar Pressphoto Agency were physically attacked and injured, and then arrested, while covering an anti-regime protest on Sunday in Yangon, the country’s leading city. One of the two journalists,

OBC Transeuropa from Italy, the Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re : Baltica from Latvia, and Fundacja Reporterow (FR) from Poland have been awarded a combined total of 75.000 EUR to enhance collaborative and investigative journalism in the Baltic States, Visegrád Four and Southern Europe. The grants are part of the “Collaborative and Investigative Journalism

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) call for an immediate end to the Israeli travel bans that prevent dozens of Palestinian journalists, including Majdoleen Hassona, winner of this year’s RSF Press Freedom Prize for Independence, from leaving the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The travel ban placed on Majdoleen Hassona two

Donald Trump’s new social media firm says it has entered into agreements to raise $1bn (£755m) from investors ahead of a planned stock market listing. The Trump Media & Technology Group is working to launch a social media app called Truth Social early next year. It comes as Mr Trump remains banned from Twitter and