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Foreign correspondents’ visa woes worsen in China, survey confirms

The number of foreign correspondents experiencing difficulties renewing their reporting credentials in China has doubled, according to results from a survey conducted by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China.

Newspapers confiscated as Sudan continues to target freedom of press

Since the beginning of the year, Sudanese authorities have taken a hardened stance against the media, even targeting publications known to be traditionally pro-government. The Constitutional Court’s decision on 5 March 2014 to lift suspension measures taken almost two years ago against Al-Tayar newspaper came amid heavy crackdowns on the press. Reporters Without Borders has counted at least 18 confiscations or suspensions of newspapers in Sudan since January 2014.

Actions in UK have placed press freedom under threat worldwide

2014-03-17. WAN-IFRA has published the findings of its unprecedented fact-finding mission in the UK after a year in which the government attempted to force a new regulator upon the press, and stands accused of partaking in mass state surveillance.

“War” against Press Freedom escalates as Operation Ukraine continues

There is a “war on press freedom” in Russia which has escalated dramatically since the commencement of ‘Operation Ukraine’, according to prominent Russian investigative journalist and Chair of the International Press Institute Galina Sidorova. William Pimlott reports.

Fetishising The Saturday Paper

“Newspapers should be fetishised, they should be craved, they should be luxurious,” says Erik Jensen, the 25 year old Editor of Australia’s newest newspaper, The Saturday Paper.

Colourful collection marks 15 years of newspaper innovation

A recent history of industry change has been catalogued in a box set of the Innovations in Newspapers world reports produced annually for WAN-IFRA since 1999.

Two journalists die while on assignment

Two journalists have died while on separate assignments in Afghanistan and Uganda this week.

Co-directors of French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur resign

The two co-directors of French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur, Nathalin Collin and Laurent Joffrin, have both resigned today. The news comes just a couple of months after the leading shareholders of Le Monde took it over. Joffrin will remain head of the company until new directors are appointed.

Newsweek is back – in Print!

A 14-month break from print is long enough. “Newsweek” went on sale again at kiosks on Friday, 7th March 2014. Since January 2012 the U.S. magazine had been available only in digital form, something that lost it many of its regular readers.

Former Le Monde director to launch new French weekly

Eric Fottorino, former director of Le Monde is to launch a new weekly news magazine called Le 1 (The One), AFP has reported. The “weekly of ideas” will deal with just one theme, tackled from a variety of different angles, a combination of literary journalism and reportage. “We are a sort of enfant terrible of the Economist and The New Yorker” Fottorino quipped to the AFP.