The New York Times said Wednesday it was offering buyouts to its newsroom employees in a move aimed at eliminating multiple layers of editing, to focus more on reporting. A memo to staff cited by the newspaper said an unspecified number of buyouts would be offered to the newsroom staff, with the savings used to … Read more
This newborn baby defied nurse’s belief, normal developmental goals and gravity to take to her tiny feet and walk in the hospital just minutes after being born. The stunned workers in the Brazilian maternity hospital were trying to bath the little girl with the very large will for the very first time. But the newborn … Read more
A massive partisan split has opened among Americans on the role of the news media since the election of President Donald Trump, a new poll showed Wednesday. In the Pew Research Center poll, nearly nine in 10 Democrats (89 percent) said the media serves as a check against political leaders while just 42 percent of … Read more
Trump puts his interests before the national interest True to form, Donald Trump put himself first — this time ahead of the national interest — as he suddenly fired Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey on Tuesday. The action evoked memories of Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, which led to a … Read more
One major concern about the advent of social media in news gathering and reporting is the phenomenon of “fake news.” Fake news is mostly traced to news websites or sometimes mainstream news media who deliberately publish fake news for example-hoaxes, propaganda and disinformation purporting to be real news often using social media to drive web … Read more
The New York Times said Wednesday it added more than 300,000 digital subscribers in the first quarter, helping the media group swing to profit. Net profit for the prestigious US newspaper group was $13.2 million, compared with a loss of $8.3 million in the same period a year ago. Total revenues rose 5.1 percent to … Read more
India’s most brash and controversial TV news anchor Arnab Goswami, renowned for his hectoring style, is about to launch a new channel and he’s unapologetic about what viewers should expect. ‘I’m patriotic and nationalistic and so will the channel be,’ the 43-year-old tells AFP in a mellow tone drastically different from his manner on-screen where … Read more
A clear theme running through the meetings was the need to protect the growth momentum The world’s economic leaders and stakeholders came together at the 2017 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings amid a more positive outlook on the global growth, which is forecast to hit its fastest pace in five years. A clear theme … Read more
India’s most brash and controversial TV news anchor Arnab Goswami, renowned for his hectoring style, is about to launch a new channel and he’s unapologetic about what viewers should expect. “I’m patriotic and nationalistic and so will the channel be,” the 43-year-old tells AFP in a mellow tone drastically different from his manner on-screen where … Read more
Global press freedom has hit a 13-year low, threatened by US President Donald Trump’s media bashing and restrictions pursued by both democratic and authoritarian governments, a watchdog said Friday. A survey by Freedom House, a US-based human rights organization, highlighted growing concerns over efforts by governments around the world to clamp down on media and … Read more
Press freedom has never been as threatened as it is now, in the “new post-truth era of fake news” after the election of US President Donald Trump, Reporters Without Borders warned Wednesday. Its annual World Press Freedom Index warned of the “highly toxic” media-bashing of Trump’s election campaign and Britain’s Brexit referendum. The situation is … Read more
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is launching a project aimed at reshaping the news media called WikiTribune — using the same principles as the popular online encyclopedia. “The news is broken and we can fix it,” WikiTribune says on its website, after Wales announced the plan late Monday focused on “evidence-based journalism.” WikiTribune aims to tackle … Read more
The Government is planning to transform state-owned media organisations to financially independent and self-sustaining institutions. The phenomenon of some of these state media outfits being puppets of governing parties has for years dominated public discussions. The Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid, says the current administration is committed to staying out of the affairs of the … Read more
Campaign reporting that exposed misleading claims by now US President Donald Trump about charitable giving and commentary about last year’s divisive US presidential campaign won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday. David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post won the national reporting award for what the board called “a model for transparent journalism” that cast doubt on Trump’s … Read more
The return of All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams to the playing field was not without controversy, after he blocked out the logo on his jersey of an Auckland Blues sponsor. Williams, a frequent user of social media, has not commented on his decision to cover up the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) logo but … Read more
An emaciated female body found in a suitcase floating near the Italian port of Rimini has been identified as a Russian woman who had been suffering from anorexia. Police believe the distraught mother of Katerina Laktionova put her remains into the suitcase after she died from her condition, Italian media say. The body was found, … Read more
It is one news item that has succeeded securing a spot on almost every aspect of Ghana’s news media. Ordinarily, topical issues in my country take at most a week to be talked about in the media then we find it a ‘resting’ place. However, like the dreaded disease called Ebola, illegal mining popularly referred … Read more
One of the proverbs our Ga Elders have taught us is “Ke ote ni ogbee shi le, kaa kwe heni ogbee; kwemo heni ote ye” – If you trip and fall, do not look where you fell, look where you tripped at. And it came to mind the day after Wednesday, March 15, 2017 when … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused Germany of owing “vast sums of money” to NATO, and said Berlin should pay Washington more for defense, a day after meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders showed little common ground Friday over a host of thorny issues, including NATO and defense spending. On Saturday, Trump tweeted: … Read more
Fighter jets bomb multiple targets, prompting Syrian retaliation with ground-to-air missiles, Israeli army says. The Israeli army says its aircraft have carried out several strikes inside Syria overnight, prompting Syrian forces to retaliate with ground-to-air missiles, one of which was intercepted. It was one of the most serious incidents between the two countries, which remain … Read more