Journalism

Weaponizing influencers: How Iran is using access diplomacy to cement its narrative

Western media personalities who visited Iran this week have parroted the regime’s claims that foreign-backed rioters are behind the recent unrest.

Iranian women hold portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the funerals of security forces personnel killed in recent protests in Tehran on January 14, 2026
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara seen boarding the Wing of Zion ahead of a trip to the United States, July 6, 2025

Russian-Israeli journalist removed from Netanyahu's US flight amid 'security concerns'

 The silhouette of a person, with Iran's flag in the background (illustrative).

Jerusalem journalist arrested after reporting suspected Iranian recruitment attempt

When 300 journalists lose their jobs at a once-great paper (as it announced on Wednesday), democracy gets darker.

Editor's Notes: Washington Post chose comfort over survival, now journalists pay price - comment


Ex-Syrian official says he passed order for US journalist Austin Tice's execution

While former Assad advisor Bassam al-Hassan said he ordered the execution of American journalist Austin Tice, many remain skeptical about whether Tice was actually killed.

 Marc and Debra Tice, parents of US journalist Austin Tice, talk during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon December 4, 2018.

From out of Zion: The role of the Jewish journalist - opinion

The commodity journalists who write for the Jewish press in the Diaspora are offering is not so much life as Jewish identity.

JOURNALISTS REPORT furiously in the Jerusalem Theatre’s communications center during Egyptian president Anwar Sadat’s historic visit to Israel, Nov. 1977.

Israel's journalists petition High Court over controversial media reforms

Israel’s journalists push back against a new media reform bill, filing a High Court petition over its rushed advancement.

 The High Court of Justice convenes in Jerusalem

Israeli committee recommends shutting down Army Radio, Katz to issue decision

Advisory committee to Katz: Shut Army Radio down or suspend current affairs programming • Galgalatz, Army Radio's music station, is expected to remain open

Radio broadcasters seen in the offices of Galei Tzahal, the national IDF radio station, in Jaffa, on March 27, 2014.

Al Jazeera's alleged changes don't make the Qatari news outlet trustworthy - opinion

So just like with the end of the war, we will have to be patient when it comes to waiting for coverage of Israel to improve.

A screenshot of an Al Jazeera broadcast.

‘A Call at 4 AM': Extracts from Amit Segal's magnum opus on Israel's leaders

In 'A Call at 4 AM: Thirteen Prime Ministers and the Crucial Decisions That Shaped Israeli Politics,' journalist and media personality Amit Segal offers a fisheye view of Israeli politics.

AMIT SEGAL at work in the Knesset.

High Court gives state 30 days to reassess Gaza media ban post ceasefire

The High Court of Justice on Thursday gave the government 30 days to update its position on whether to allow independent journalists into the Gaza Strip

Palestinian journalists report on the war and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the central Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025.

Two women, one lens

Bearing witness after Oct. 7

ORIN ZECHARIA at her daughter’s funeral: ‘It’s so important to capture those moments of parting.’

Bomb explodes outside home of top Italian investigative journalist

Sigfrido Ranucci, who hosts RAI's weekly Report, Italy's best-known investigative journalism program, has been under police protection for years.

Sigfrido Ranucci.

The book that holds a thousand truths

Chen Schimmel on the profound meaning behind her newly published book: “It serves as both a document and a testimony.”

Award-winning photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel