Journalists

Breaking Out Of Media Group-Think

November 22, 2025 Jonathan Cook, Consortium News. Educate! Censorship, Israel, Journalism, Journalists, Media, Palestine

The past two years have seen a catastrophic failure by Western journalists to report properly what amounts to an undoubted genocide in Gaza. This has been a low point even by the dismal standards set by our profession, and further reason why audiences continue to distrust us in ever greater numbers. There is a comforting argument — comforting especially for those journalists who have failed so scandalously during this period — that seeks to explain, and excuse, this failure. Israel’s exclusion of Western reporters, so the claim goes, has made it impossible to determine exactly what is occurring on the ground in Gaza.

British Journalist Sami Hamdi Recounts ICE Detention

November 19, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Educate! Freedom of Speech, ICE detention, Journalists, Palestine, Retaliation, Sami Hamdi

British journalist Sami Hamdi, who was recently released from ICE detention in the United States, recounted what he experienced during an online discussion organized by the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Hamdi had a valid visa and a ticket for a domestic flight to Tampa, Florida, where he was scheduled to speak at a banquet for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Yet as a result of pressure from anti-Muslim activists Laura Boomer and Amy Mek, the State Department revoked his visa, and he was held in confinement for around 18 days. On October 26, the Department of Homeland Security took him into custody at the San Francisco International Airport. His detention and removal was in retaliation for his speech in support of Palestinian human rights and against the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza.

Family Of British Journalist Detained In US Say UK Has Failed To Help

October 31, 2025 Imran Mulla, Middle East Eye. Educate! Detention, ICE, ICE detention, Journalists, United Kingdom (UK)

The family of a British Muslim journalist detained by US authorities since the weekend have called for the UK government to support his immediate release from detention, criticising it for "lack of action". Sami Hamdi was held by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency at San Francisco international airport during a speaking tour in the US. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) has described the detention as retaliation for Hamdi's criticism of Israel, calling it an "abduction". Hamdi's wife Soumaya said on Wednesday that he was "abducted" over his advocacy for Palestinian rights.

US Investigator Confirms Government Cover Up Of Shireen Abu Aqla’s Murder

October 28, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Coverup, Israel, Journalists, Murders, Palestine, Shireen Abu Akleh

A former US military policeman who investigated the killing of US-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqla says an Israeli soldier deliberately shot her, but his superiors at the State Department changed the conclusions of his report to claim the killing was unintentional, the New York Times (NYT) reported on 27 October. Abu Aqla was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier in Jenin in the West Bank in May 2022 while reporting for Al Jazeera on clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinian resistance forces. Israel initially claimed that Palestinian fighters had killed Abu Aqla, but belatedly apologized for her death a full year later.

Judge Bars ICE Attacks On Journalists And Protesters While Hearing Lawsuit

October 11, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Educate! Chicago, ICE, Illinois, Journalists, Legal System, State Repression

United States District Judge Sara Ellis issued a temporary restraining order to prevent attacks by federal agents on journalists or non-violent protesters. She instructed agents to wear “visible identification” on their uniforms or helmets. Also, Ellis restricted the use of crowd control weapons on journalists, protesters, or clergy, including a prohibition against shooting individuals “to strike the head, neck, groin, spine, or female breast, or striking any person with a vehicle.” The order [PDF], which applies to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies, will remain in force for two weeks while a court reviews a lawsuit alleging significant First Amendment violations.

US Court Prohibits Attacks On Journalists Covering ICE Protests

September 12, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Resist! ICE, Journalism, Journalists, Legal System, Press Freedom

A United States court concluded that border patrol and other federal agents “unleashed crowd control weapons indiscriminately and with surprising savagery,” targeting journalists who were covering protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Hernán Vera issued an injunction against federal agents to prevent them from “dispersing, threatening, or assaulting any person whom they know or reasonably should know” is a journalist. (Vera extended the injunction to cover legal observers, too.) On June 18, 2025, three journalists—Sean Beckner-Carmitchel, Ryanne Mena, and Lexis Olivier-Ray of L.A. Taco—sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

How Administrators Failed To Stop The Presses At The University Of Texas

September 6, 2025 Aeffia Feuerstein, Unicorn Riot. Resist! Journalists, Palestine, Student Activism, Student Journalists, Texas, University Of Texas

It would have been easy for the small team of student journalists at the University of Texas Dallas to just crash. Administrators had been throwing obstacles in front of them since October 7. But the students forged a new path. A path riddled with craters, bumps, and sometimes stars. And as for administrators… University administrators are not competent. They are career bureaucrats. … They’re not there because they are the best in their field. They’re there because they had good political maneuverings to get into their position. … They’re there because they make the school look good sometimes. So if there is pressure on you, it’s not because they know the law. It’s not because you did something wrong. …They will do their violations and they will move on. You’re just another student to them unless you stand up for yourself. And I think we really show that you can stand up for yourself and be successful.

The Betrayal Of Palestinian Journalists

September 1, 2025 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. Educate! Israel, Journalists, Media, Palestine, PTSD, War Correspondents

There are two types of war correspondents. The first type does not attend press conferences. They do not beg generals and politicians for interviews. They take risks to report from combat zones. They send back to their viewers or readers what they see, which is almost always diametrically opposed to official narratives. This first type, in every war, is a tiny minority. Then there is the second type, the inchoate blob of self-identified war correspondents who play at war. Despite what they tell editors and the public, they have no intention of putting themselves in danger. They are pleased with the Israeli ban on foreign reporters into Gaza. They plead with officials for background briefings and press conferences.

Gazans Go On Hunger Strike In The Midst Of Famine

August 17, 2025 Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss. Resist! Famine, Gaza, Healthcare workers, Hunger Strike, Israel, Journalists, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

Wadea Abu Soud, a reporter for Yemen TV in Gaza and father of four, declared his hunger strike on July 20 alongside two of his colleagues. He says his hunger strike is a message to the world about the famine in Gaza, where most families can’t feed their children. “I am a starving journalist who is attempting to convey the suffering of his starving people,” Abu Soud says. Abu Soud is one of a growing number of journalists and first responders in Gaza who have declared that they are going on hunger strike in the midst of a famine. Their demand is that all of Gaza’s children must be fed. “Our voices are reaching the world,” Abu Soud says. “The occupation has failed to launder its lies to the world.”

The Hunt For Anas Al-Sharif’s Killers

August 12, 2025 Hind Rajab Foundation. Resist! Assassination, Gaza, International Criminal Court, Israel, Israeli Occupying Forces, Journalists, Press Freedom

By any measure, Anas Al-Sharif should still be alive. On the morning of 10 August 2025, the 28-year-old Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent was doing what he had done since the first days of the Gaza onslaught—reporting from the frontlines, armed only with a camera and a press vest. Outside the main gate of Al Shifa Hospital, in one of the last corners of northern Gaza where journalists could still work, Al-Sharif was filing footage of bombardments that shook the streets around him. Moments later, a missile struck the tent where he and his colleagues were sheltering. Seven people died instantly. Among them: Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa—four Al Jazeera journalists who, like Al-Sharif, had refused to stop documenting the Genocide. Mohammed Al-Khaldi, also a journalist who worked for Sahat Media Platform, and Saad Jundiya, a Palestinian civilian who happened to be present in the scene at the time of attack were also killed.

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif’s Final Message Released After Israel Assassinates Him

August 11, 2025 Anas Al-Sharif, Scheer Post. Resist! Assassination, Genocide, Israel, Journalists, Palestine, Press Freedom

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification.

600+ Journalists Renew Call To Let Foreign Press Enter Gaza

August 7, 2025 Stephen Prager, Common Dreams. Resist! Gaza, Genocide, Journalists, Media, Press Freedom

As Israel prepares for a full occupation of Gaza, foreign journalists have renewed calls to be allowed into the besieged strip. More than 600 journalists and media organizations have signed a petition released Monday by Freedom to Report (FTR) demanding "immediate, unsupervised foreign press access" to Gaza, which they said is "the worst press blackout in modern conflict." "This is not a call to be heard," said the renowned war photographer André Liohn, FTR's founder. "We demand that independent, professional journalists be allowed into Gaza. What's happening today is not only a humanitarian blackout but also an information blackout, and it must end."

Snatching A US Immigration Journalist

July 24, 2025 Stephen Prager, Consortium News. Educate! Immigrant Rights, Journalists, Press Freedom, State Repression

Press freedom and immigrants’ rights advocates are calling for the release of an Atlanta journalist from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention after he was arrested last month while filming an anti-Trump protest. Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador, has lived in the United States legally for more than two decades, where he became renowned as one of the Atlanta area’s most trusted immigration reporters. The Guardian described Guevara, an Emmy-winning reporter, as “the person that immigrants call when they see an [ICE] raid going down in their neighborhood.”

Australian Reporter Wins Suit Against ABC Over ‘Anti-Semitic’ Post

June 26, 2025 Joe Lauria, Consortium News. Resist! Anti-Semitism, Gaza, Israel, Journalists, Media, Victory

A judge in a federal court in Sydney, Australia has ruled against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for wrongly dismissing a radio presenter after she shared an instagram post from Human Rights Watch that accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon in Gaza. Judge Darryl Rangiah awarded journalist Antoinette Lattouf AU$70,000 and possibly more in damages on Wednesday in a case that undermines an organized campaign in Australia, like in many countries today, that is attacking legitimate critics of Israel’s conduct in Gaza as being anti-semitic. Senior ABC executives had testified at trial that they had been flooded with complaints — even though none of the contested content had been discussed on air — and that pressure had mounted to get rid of the presenter, which they did.

Chris Hedges Report: Journalists And Their Shadows

June 13, 2025 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. Resistance Report Journalism, Journalists, Media, Press Freedom

Journalist A. J. Liebling famously said, “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” Today, in a world dominated by corporate capitalism — including subservient politicians and careerists — the press’s freedom has been eroded to mere margins. Journalist and writer Patrick Lawrence joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to chronicle the decline of journalism, which he details in his book, Journalists and Their Shadows. Lawrence defines what a journalist is meant to do and be, a definition he attributes to John Dewey. A journalist “has to stand outside of power and present to readers and viewers the known considerations whenever a question of national policy was at issue, and engender a public debate so people could draw their conclusions and register those conclusions.”

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