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Hong Kong hands media mogul Jimmy Lai 20-year prison sentence

The sentence ends Hong Kong's highest-profile national security trial and a legal sagathat has spanned nearly five years.

FILE PHOTO: File Photo: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily arrives at West Kowloon Magistrates's Courts to face charges related to an illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, China November 3, 2020.
 US journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, accompanied by her siblings Annie and Camron, speaks in a video message, addressing anyone who might be holding her elderly mother, Nancy Guthrie, who went missing from her Arizona home several days ago,   released February 4, 2026.

'We received your message,' says Savannah Guthrie, offering to pay for her mother's return

Keshet Neev.

Keshet Neev: Making a career as a journalist in Israel

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Why understanding algorithms matters as much as reading the news


Why are Facebook and Instagram ending news access in Canada?

The Canadian parliament passed "Bill C-18" into law, requiring internet giants to pay news publishers.

 A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Facebook logo in this picture illustration.

More people are trusting TikTok for news more than traditional media

Audiences pay more attention to celebrities, influencers, and social media personalities than journalists on platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat.

 A woman holds a smartphone as a TikTok logo is displayed behind in this picture illustration.

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Likud MK calls for Israeli news channels to be silenced by gov't

Tally Gotliv addressed Israel's communications minister in a tweet, urging him to silence the channels because of "hate and lies."

 Tali Gotliv at a legislative committee meeting at the Knesset on Monday, February 20, 2023.

Upstart Ideas: Firm dedicated to preserving Israel's history

Based in Jerusalem and founded in 2001, the company specializes in unique educational initiatives and campaigns. Among those is this year’s 75th anniversary of the foundation of Israel.

 THE FRONT page of the ‘NYT’ on May 15, 1948.

Are journalists being replaced by AI? Kuwait has a virtual news anchor

The virtual anchor made her first appearance on a local Kuwait news network and delivered the latest news and headlines.

Will AI be capable of overpowering humanity?

Blinken seeks immediate release of US journalist in call with Russia's Lavrov

This conversation followed continued accusations by Russia that Evan Gershkovich, a journalist for the Wall Street Journal, had been spying for the United States.

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before their meeting, in Geneva, Switzerland, January 21, 2022

Avi Mayer named new editor-in-chief of 'The Jerusalem Post'

Yaakov Katz to step down after seven years at helm

 Incoming Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Avi Mayer

How is global media reporting Israel's judicial reform protests?

As Israel's judicial reforms progress through the Knesset, how is the information being presented on the global stage?

Mounted police stand in front of people during a demonstration, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalist coalition government presses on with its contentious judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 4, 2023.

Reporter Yair Cherki wants fellow haredim to understand that he’s gay

Cherki described how he had grappled with a secret that had tormented him.

 N12 religious affairs reporter Yair Cherki.