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Mourners gather around the body of Palestinian cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a contractor for Reuters, after he was killed along with four other journalists in an Israeli ‘double tap’ attack on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis on 25 August 2025. Stringer/Reuters

Report: Israel Has a Secret Military Unit That Smears Palestinian Journalists

Harriet Williamson

Established after 7 October, Israel’s ‘legitimisation cell’ works to link Palestinian journalists to Hamas, often as the pretext for assassinating them. Harriet Williamson reports.

Opinion: The Palestine Action Ban Has Had a Chilling Effect on the Press. It Must Be Overturned

Charlotte England

Novara Media told a high court judge how the proscription of Palestine Action has inhibited our journalism. He must allow a judicial review, writes Charlotte England.

Image shows David Lloyd, police and crime commissioner of Hertfordshire Constabulary, appearing on Nick Ferrari's LBC radio show.

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

After Hertfordshire police detained journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests this week, the force’s commissioner has suggested the media should ‘reflect’ on giving activists ‘publicity’.

Novara FM: Fake News? Media and Strategy After Trump

Juliet Jacques joins James Butler and Ash Sarkar to talk media and strategy in the era of fake news.

Long Read: What Can Ghana’s Media Landscape Teach Us About Press Freedom Under Neoliberalism?

Alice McCool

How do we ensure a free press when neoliberal media institutions are so bound up with private and state interests? Alice McCool talks to Ghanaian journalists about the relationship between private enterprise, state power, and press freedom.

Whistleblowing in the Age of Trump

Tasmin Lockwood

Obama's treatment of whistleblowers provided fertile ground for Trump's running war with the media to grow. Fake news, alternative facts, and brutal repression of journalists and whistleblowers will only increase in the age of Trump.

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