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James Genn: Thriving in the eye of The Jerusalem Post's newsroom storm

Behind the Bylines: From the breaking news desk, to reporters, to editors, to copyeditors, everyone works together to try to get the best output that we can.

|ByAARON REICH
Jerusalem Post breaking news desk editor and journalist James Genn
An illustration of misinformation being spread on the internet

Mossad dentists plant chips in teeth? What I learned reading Iranian media - analysis

Facts are bent, shuffled, or buried under spectacle. And aside from the occasional quote from us at the Post, this ecosystem has lately produced some of the wildest conspiracy theories in years.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
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.

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.

|ByREUTERS
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

“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us,” said news anchor Savannah Guthrie.

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF

Israel's public diplomacy crisis: The impact of negative media coverage, need of change - opinion

Out of 148 articles published about Israel in the first quarter, 67% were negative, and only 4.7% were positive (the remaining 28.3% were neutral).

JULY 20, 2023ByLILAC SIGAN
Pedestrians walk by the New York Times building in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 8, 2022.

Shas, Otzma Yehudit face off over controversial Chief Rabbinate bills

Shas controls both offices that have the most influence on religious services – the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Interior Ministry.

JUNE 27, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security and head of the Otzma Yehudit political party gives a press statement during a party meeting in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, May 3, 2023.

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.

JUNE 26, 2023ByREUTERS
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.

JUNE 14, 2023ByREUTERS
A woman holds a smartphone as a TikTok logo is displayed behind in this picture illustration.

Precious Metals IRA: Gold And Silver For Retirement

JUNE 13, 2023ByPR
What Is Gold IRA?

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."

MAY 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

APRIL 26, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
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.

APRIL 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

APRIL 2, 2023ByREUTERS
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

MARCH 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Incoming Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Avi Mayer