9c074afa-3313-47e8-b802-a9f900789975 26e627ce-a516-4b65-85fb-adc90026cacd a0190c21-edb7-4256-838b-ac44013810a6 en-US https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/9c074afa-3313-47e8-b802-a9f900789975/26e627ce-a516-4b65-85fb-adc90026cacd/d357d4b9-6e29-45ba-a677-adc90026cadb/podcast.rss https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post episodic A weekly programme that examines and dissects the world's media, how they operate and the stories they cover. Al Jazeera Podcasts podcasts@aljazeera.net The Listening Post 2021 © 2021, Al Jazeera Media Network. All rights reserved. no https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/9c074afa-3313-47e8-b802-a9f900789975/26e627ce-a516-4b65-85fb-adc90026cacd/d357d4b9-6e29-45ba-a677-adc90026cadb/image.jpg?t=1634869277&size=Large https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post Sudan's military coup and the stifling of speech | The Listening Post Sudan’s flirtation with democracy ends in a coup d’etat - how far will its leaders go to control what we know about the story? Contributors: Mohanad Hashim - journalist Jonas Horner - deputy director, Horn of Africa, Crisis Group Yassmin Abdel-Magied, writer and broadcaster Raga Makawi - editor, Africa Arguments On our radar: As Myanmar’s military courts sentence journalists arrested after the coup that removed democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi, producer Nicholas Muirhead talks Richard Gizbert about the release of American journalist Danny Fenster. Eric Zemmour: The political rise of France’s far-right polemicist Far-right French journalist Eric Zemmour has yet to declare himself a presidential candidate - but has he already set the tone for next year’s election? Contributors: Rokhaya Diallo - contributor, C8 and The Washington Post newspaper Christophe Deloire - secretary-general, Reporters Without Borders Aurelien Mondon - associate professor of politics, University of Bath
Contributors:
Mohanad Hashim - journalist
Jonas Horner - deputy director, Horn of Africa, Crisis Group
Yassmin Abdel-Magied, writer and broadcaster
Raga Makawi - editor, Africa Arguments

On our radar:
As Myanmar’s military courts sentence journalists arrested after the coup that removed democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi, producer Nicholas Muirhead talks Richard Gizbert about the release of American journalist Danny Fenster.

Eric Zemmour: The political rise of France’s far-right polemicist
Far-right French journalist Eric Zemmour has yet to declare himself a presidential candidate - but has he already set the tone for next year’s election?

Contributors:
Rokhaya Diallo - contributor, C8 and The Washington Post newspaper
Christophe Deloire - secretary-general, Reporters Without Borders
Aurelien Mondon - associate professor of politics, University of Bath]]> Sudan’s flirtation with democracy ends in a coup d’etat - how far will its leaders go to control what we know about the story? Contributors: Mohanad Hashim - journalist Jonas Horner - deputy director, Horn of Africa, Crisis Group Yassmin Abdel-Magied, writer and broadcaster Raga Makawi - editor, Africa Arguments On our radar: As Myanmar’s military courts sentence journalists arrested after the coup that removed democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi, producer Nicholas Muirhead talks Richard Gizbert about the release of American journalist Danny Fenster. Eric Zemmour: The political rise of France’s far-right polemicist Far-right French journalist Eric Zemmour has yet to declare himself a presidential candidate - but has he already set the tone for next year’s election? Contributors: Rokhaya Diallo - contributor, C8 and The Washington Post newspaper Christophe Deloire - secretary-general, Reporters Without Borders Aurelien Mondon - associate professor of politics, University of Bath full The Listening Post 61196031-893c-4f65-ab12-ade600a3d6ef 61196031-893c-4f65-ab12-ade600a3d6ef Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:57:20 +0000 1585 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/sudans-military-coup-and-the-stifling-of-speech-th Hate speech and misinformation in Ethiopia’s war | The Listening Post As Ethiopia stares down the barrel of all-out civil war, a government-imposed communications blackout is allowing hatred and disinformation to thrive. Contributors: Berhan Taye - Digital researcher Nima Elbagir - Senior international correspondent, CNN Claire Wilmot - Research officer, LSE On our radar: This week, a routine news conference in Athens turned into a shouting match between a Dutch journalist and the Greek prime minister. Meenakshi Ravi tells Richard Gizbert about the media furore that ensued. War and PiS: An attack on Poland’s biggest news channel: Back from the brink, still on the air - the Polish 24-hour news channel that remains in the government’s crosshairs. Contributors: Brygida Grysiak - Deputy editor-in-chief, TVN24 Tomasz Lis - Former anchor, TVN & editor-in-chief, Newsweek Poland Elżbieta Rutkowska - Journalist, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Beata Tadla - Former anchor, TVP & host, Onet.Pl
Contributors:
Berhan Taye - Digital researcher
Nima Elbagir - Senior international correspondent, CNN
Claire Wilmot - Research officer, LSE

On our radar:
This week, a routine news conference in Athens turned into a shouting match between a Dutch journalist and the Greek prime minister. Meenakshi Ravi tells Richard Gizbert about the media furore that ensued.

War and PiS: An attack on Poland’s biggest news channel:
Back from the brink, still on the air - the Polish 24-hour news channel that remains in the government’s crosshairs.

Contributors:
Brygida Grysiak - Deputy editor-in-chief, TVN24
Tomasz Lis - Former anchor, TVN & editor-in-chief, Newsweek Poland
Elżbieta Rutkowska - Journalist, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
Beata Tadla - Former anchor, TVP & host, Onet.Pl]]> As Ethiopia stares down the barrel of all-out civil war, a government-imposed communications blackout is allowing hatred and disinformation to thrive. Contributors: Berhan Taye - Digital researcher Nima Elbagir - Senior international correspondent, CNN Claire Wilmot - Research officer, LSE On our radar: This week, a routine news conference in Athens turned into a shouting match between a Dutch journalist and the Greek prime minister. Meenakshi Ravi tells Richard Gizbert about the media furore that ensued. War and PiS: An attack on Poland’s biggest news channel: Back from the brink, still on the air - the Polish 24-hour news channel that remains in the government’s crosshairs. Contributors: Brygida Grysiak - Deputy editor-in-chief, TVN24 Tomasz Lis - Former anchor, TVN & editor-in-chief, Newsweek Poland Elżbieta Rutkowska - Journalist, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Beata Tadla - Former anchor, TVP & host, Onet.Pl full The Listening Post 5374266d-9e8d-49e0-b4a4-addf009fcae2 5374266d-9e8d-49e0-b4a4-addf009fcae2 Sat, 13 Nov 2021 09:43:07 +0000 1560 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/hate-speech-and-misinformation-in-ethiopia-s-war-t Climate crisis: Can journalists make the world care? | The Listening Post Climate change: News organisations, fossil fuel companies and audiences all need to do better on the story that could mean the end of us. Contributors: Meera Selva - deputy director of the Reuters Institute Genevieve Guenther - founder and director, End Climate Silence George Monbiot - author and columnist David Gelber - co-founder, The Years Project On our radar: A year after war broke out in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has declared a six-month state of emergency. Producer Flo Phillips joins Richard Gizbert to discuss the effect it is having on freedom of expression. The hate crimes going viral in India: Violence against Muslims, filmed by the perpetrators, is the latest ugly trend among India’s Hindu vigilantes. Contributors: Alishan Jafri - journalist, The Wire Hate Watch Angana Chatterji - anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley and co-editor of Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism is Changing India Saba Naqvi - author of Shades of Saffron 00:00 Intro 02:15 The climate crisis 11:29 Ethiopia’s ongoing conflict 13:42 Violence against Muslims in India 23:48 End note
Contributors:
Meera Selva - deputy director of the Reuters Institute
Genevieve Guenther - founder and director, End Climate Silence
George Monbiot - author and columnist
David Gelber - co-founder, The Years Project

On our radar:
A year after war broke out in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has declared a six-month state of emergency. Producer Flo Phillips joins Richard Gizbert to discuss the effect it is having on freedom of expression.

The hate crimes going viral in India:
Violence against Muslims, filmed by the perpetrators, is the latest ugly trend among India’s Hindu vigilantes.

Contributors:
Alishan Jafri - journalist, The Wire Hate Watch
Angana Chatterji - anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley and co-editor of Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism is Changing India
Saba Naqvi - author of Shades of Saffron

00:00 Intro
02:15 The climate crisis
11:29 Ethiopia’s ongoing conflict
13:42 Violence against Muslims in India
23:48 End note]]> Climate change: News organisations, fossil fuel companies and audiences all need to do better on the story that could mean the end of us. Contributors: Meera Selva - deputy director of the Reuters Institute Genevieve Guenther - founder and director, End Climate Silence George Monbiot - author and columnist David Gelber - co-founder, The Years Project On our radar: A year after war broke out in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has declared a six-month state of emergency. Producer Flo Phillips joins Richard Gizbert to discuss the effect it is having on freedom of expression. The hate crimes going viral in India: Violence against Muslims, filmed by the perpetrators, is the latest ugly trend among India’s Hindu vigilantes. Contributors: Alishan Jafri - journalist, The Wire Hate Watch Angana Chatterji - anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley and co-editor of Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism is Changing India Saba Naqvi - author of Shades of Saffron 00:00 Intro 02:15 The climate crisis 11:29 Ethiopia’s ongoing conflict 13:42 Violence against Muslims in India 23:48 End note media social media climate change climate journalism india Ethiopia listeningpost aljazeera media, social media, climate change, climate, journalism, india, Ethiopia, listeningpost, aljazeera full The Listening Post 0149c575-9dad-4002-b4f4-add80099eef0 0149c575-9dad-4002-b4f4-add80099eef0 Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:20:00 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/climate-crisis-can-journalists-make-the-world-care Arrests & defamation: Bollywood in the dock in Modi’s India | The Listening Post Aryan Khan, the son of one of India’s biggest movie stars, Shah Rukh Khan, was charged with possessing and trafficking drugs. We take a look at the drug bust that tells a story of the conflict between the Indian authorities and Bollywood. Contributors: Namrata Joshi - Journalist and film critic Vivek Agnihotri - Film director Sucharita Tyagi - Film critic Tejaswini Ganti - Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Film Studies, NYU On our radar: Facebook is again in our news feeds, and once again for the wrong reasons. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the continuing fallout from the whistleblower that has a consortium of news outlets on the company’s case. Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifeline We discuss Alarm Phone, the hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard. Contributors: Jacob Berkson - Activist, Alarm Phone Giorgos Christides - Reporter, Der Spiegel Giorgos Kosmopoulos - Greece researcher, Amnesty International Notis Mitarachi - Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum 00:00 Intro 02:12 Bollywood in the dock in Modi’s India 11:17 Facebook whistleblower fallout 13:45 Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline & lifeline 24:05 End Note
Contributors:
Namrata Joshi - Journalist and film critic
Vivek Agnihotri - Film director
Sucharita Tyagi - Film critic
Tejaswini Ganti - Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Film Studies, NYU

On our radar:
Facebook is again in our news feeds, and once again for the wrong reasons. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the continuing fallout from the whistleblower that has a consortium of news outlets on the company’s case.

Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifeline
We discuss Alarm Phone, the hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard.

Contributors:
Jacob Berkson - Activist, Alarm Phone
Giorgos Christides - Reporter, Der Spiegel
Giorgos Kosmopoulos - Greece researcher, Amnesty International
Notis Mitarachi - Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum

00:00 Intro
02:12 Bollywood in the dock in Modi’s India
11:17 Facebook whistleblower fallout
13:45 Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline & lifeline
24:05 End Note]]> Aryan Khan, the son of one of India’s biggest movie stars, Shah Rukh Khan, was charged with possessing and trafficking drugs. We take a look at the drug bust that tells a story of the conflict between the Indian authorities and Bollywood. Contributors: Namrata Joshi - Journalist and film critic Vivek Agnihotri - Film director Sucharita Tyagi - Film critic Tejaswini Ganti - Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Film Studies, NYU On our radar: Facebook is again in our news feeds, and once again for the wrong reasons. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the continuing fallout from the whistleblower that has a consortium of news outlets on the company’s case. Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifeline We discuss Alarm Phone, the hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard. Contributors: Jacob Berkson - Activist, Alarm Phone Giorgos Christides - Reporter, Der Spiegel Giorgos Kosmopoulos - Greece researcher, Amnesty International Notis Mitarachi - Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum 00:00 Intro 02:12 Bollywood in the dock in Modi’s India 11:17 Facebook whistleblower fallout 13:45 Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline & lifeline 24:05 End Note Bollywood Drugs identity india politics facebook social media refugees alarm phone media entertainment the listening post Al Jazeera Bollywood, Drugs, identity, india, politics, facebook, social media, refugees, alarm phone, media, entertainment, the listening post, Al Jazeera full The Listening Post 0781e32b-56bb-4b38-8c09-add1009cd9d4 0781e32b-56bb-4b38-8c09-add1009cd9d4 Sat, 30 Oct 2021 09:30:00 +0000 1564 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/arrests-defamation-bollywood-in-the-dock-in-modi-s The Beirut blast probe: A tale of distrust and disinformation | The Listening Post Accountability for the blast that destroyed Beirut’s port proves elusive in Lebanon and journalists are not helping. Contributors: Lara Bitar - Editor-in-Chief, The Public Source Alia Ibrahim - Co-founder and CEO, Daraj Jad Shahrour - Journalist and writer; Communications Officer, Samir Kassir Foundation On our radar: Obituaries of former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell have been too kind. 'Foreign agents' and 'undesirables': Kremlin's media labels Authorities in Russia have been systematically clamping down on journalism with the help of so-called “patriotic” activists. Contributors: Vitaly Borodin - Federal Security & Anti-Corruption Project Roman Badanin - Founder & Former Editor-in-Chief, Proekt; John S. Knight Senior International Fellow, Stanford University Lilia Yapparova - Special Correspondent, Meduza
Contributors:
Lara Bitar - Editor-in-Chief, The Public Source
Alia Ibrahim - Co-founder and CEO, Daraj
Jad Shahrour - Journalist and writer; Communications Officer, Samir Kassir Foundation

On our radar:
Obituaries of former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell have been too kind.

'Foreign agents' and 'undesirables': Kremlin's media labels
Authorities in Russia have been systematically clamping down on journalism with the help of so-called “patriotic” activists.

Contributors:
Vitaly Borodin - Federal Security & Anti-Corruption Project
Roman Badanin - Founder & Former Editor-in-Chief, Proekt; John S. Knight Senior International Fellow, Stanford University
Lilia Yapparova - Special Correspondent, Meduza]]> Accountability for the blast that destroyed Beirut’s port proves elusive in Lebanon and journalists are not helping. Contributors: Lara Bitar - Editor-in-Chief, The Public Source Alia Ibrahim - Co-founder and CEO, Daraj Jad Shahrour - Journalist and writer; Communications Officer, Samir Kassir Foundation On our radar: Obituaries of former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell have been too kind. 'Foreign agents' and 'undesirables': Kremlin's media labels Authorities in Russia have been systematically clamping down on journalism with the help of so-called “patriotic” activists. Contributors: Vitaly Borodin - Federal Security & Anti-Corruption Project Roman Badanin - Founder & Former Editor-in-Chief, Proekt; John S. Knight Senior International Fellow, Stanford University Lilia Yapparova - Special Correspondent, Meduza full The Listening Post ecf0cd89-ec97-491c-877a-adcc012575a6 ecf0cd89-ec97-491c-877a-adcc012575a6 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 11:40:00 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/the-beirut-blast-probe-a-tale-of-distrust-and-disi What this year's Nobel Prize says about the global media climate | The Listening Post For the first time in 85 years, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two journalists. What does this tell us about the state of global journalism? Contributors: Rana Ayyub - Journalist Agnes Callamard - Secretary General, Amnesty International Julie Posetti - Global director of research, International Center for Journalists Ilya Yablokov - Lecturer in Journalism and Digital Media, Sheffield University On our radar: Singaporean authorities have passed a new "foreign inference" law that has put journalists there on alert. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the law and its worrying implications. Just a game?: The US military-gaming complex War is not a game. But it is for the video games industry and it is proving to be a useful ally for the United States military. Contributors: Nick Robinson - Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds Matthew Gault - Reporter, VICE Rami Ismail - Video game developer
Contributors:
Rana Ayyub - Journalist
Agnes Callamard - Secretary General, Amnesty International
Julie Posetti - Global director of research, International Center for Journalists
Ilya Yablokov - Lecturer in Journalism and Digital Media, Sheffield University

On our radar:
Singaporean authorities have passed a new "foreign inference" law that has put journalists there on alert. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the law and its worrying implications.

Just a game?: The US military-gaming complex
War is not a game. But it is for the video games industry and it is proving to be a useful ally for the United States military.

Contributors:
Nick Robinson - Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
Matthew Gault - Reporter, VICE
Rami Ismail - Video game developer]]> For the first time in 85 years, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two journalists. What does this tell us about the state of global journalism? Contributors: Rana Ayyub - Journalist Agnes Callamard - Secretary General, Amnesty International Julie Posetti - Global director of research, International Center for Journalists Ilya Yablokov - Lecturer in Journalism and Digital Media, Sheffield University On our radar: Singaporean authorities have passed a new "foreign inference" law that has put journalists there on alert. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the law and its worrying implications. Just a game?: The US military-gaming complex War is not a game. But it is for the video games industry and it is proving to be a useful ally for the United States military. Contributors: Nick Robinson - Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds Matthew Gault - Reporter, VICE Rami Ismail - Video game developer full The Listening Post 6277396444001 4785d7b0-58c9-4777-9619-adc90026eacf Sat, 16 Oct 2021 08:26:39 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/what-this-years-nobel-prize-says-about-the-global Outages, leaks and bad headlines: Facebook's nightmare week | The Listening Post A whistleblower, a system crash and the United States Congress on its case; Facebook goes under the microscope, yet again. Contributors: Pranesh Prakash - Co-founder, Centre for Internet and Society; affiliated fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School Siva Vaidhyanathan - Professor, University of Virginia; author, Antisocial Media Marianne Franklin - Professor of global media and politics, Goldsmiths, University of London Mahsa Alimardani - Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute On our radar: The Pandora Papers - the largest investigation in journalism history - are reverberating through the financial world of the rich and powerful. Producer Flo Phillips tells Richard Gizbert about the biggest ever leaks of offshore data and who they have exposed. The case of Egypt’s jailed TikTok stars The Egyptian government has been progressively tightening its grip on cyberspace and female social media influencers are the new targets. Contributors: Yasmin Omar - Egypt legal associate, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy; human rights lawyer Joey Shea - Non-resident scholar, Middle East Institute Dalia Fahmy - Associate professor, Long Island University, Brooklyn
Contributors:
Pranesh Prakash - Co-founder, Centre for Internet and Society; affiliated fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School
Siva Vaidhyanathan - Professor, University of Virginia; author, Antisocial Media
Marianne Franklin - Professor of global media and politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
Mahsa Alimardani - Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute

On our radar:
The Pandora Papers - the largest investigation in journalism history - are reverberating through the financial world of the rich and powerful. Producer Flo Phillips tells Richard Gizbert about the biggest ever leaks of offshore data and who they have exposed.

The case of Egypt’s jailed TikTok stars
The Egyptian government has been progressively tightening its grip on cyberspace and female social media influencers are the new targets.

Contributors:
Yasmin Omar - Egypt legal associate, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy; human rights lawyer
Joey Shea - Non-resident scholar, Middle East Institute
Dalia Fahmy - Associate professor, Long Island University, Brooklyn]]> A whistleblower, a system crash and the United States Congress on its case; Facebook goes under the microscope, yet again. Contributors: Pranesh Prakash - Co-founder, Centre for Internet and Society; affiliated fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School Siva Vaidhyanathan - Professor, University of Virginia; author, Antisocial Media Marianne Franklin - Professor of global media and politics, Goldsmiths, University of London Mahsa Alimardani - Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute On our radar: The Pandora Papers - the largest investigation in journalism history - are reverberating through the financial world of the rich and powerful. Producer Flo Phillips tells Richard Gizbert about the biggest ever leaks of offshore data and who they have exposed. The case of Egypt’s jailed TikTok stars The Egyptian government has been progressively tightening its grip on cyberspace and female social media influencers are the new targets. Contributors: Yasmin Omar - Egypt legal associate, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy; human rights lawyer Joey Shea - Non-resident scholar, Middle East Institute Dalia Fahmy - Associate professor, Long Island University, Brooklyn full The Listening Post 6276299549001 19e2e3b2-0960-4f90-86a8-adc90026ea5c Sat, 09 Oct 2021 09:02:18 +0000 1545 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/outages-leaks-and-bad-headlines-facebooks-nightmar Kidnap or Kill: The CIA’s plot against WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange | The Listening Post An exposé detailing the CIA’s war on WikiLeaks - a Trump administration plan to silence Julian Assange and the organisation - has been published. But like so much of the Assange story, it's got nothing like the media coverage it deserves. Contributors: Michael Isikoff - Chief investigative correspondent, Yahoo News Kevin Gosztola - Managing editor, Shadowproof.com Carrie DeCell - Staff attorney, Knight First Amendment Institute Rebecca Vincent - Director of international campaigns & UK bureau director, Reporters Without Borders On our radar: Project Amplify - Facebook’s PR initiative - backfires. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the scrutiny Facebook is under, yet again. Lost in translation: How texts change as they travel The translation of literature - from one language to another - is a tricky business. Translators become cultural mediators, balancing faithfulness to the original with the needs of a new audience. When translators fail, context can be sacrificed, and stereotypes can get reinforced. Contributors: Layla AlAmmar - Author, Silence is a Sense & Academic, University of Lancaster Susan Bassnett - Translation theorist & emeritus professor, University of Warwick Muhammad Ali Mojaradi - Translator & founder, @persianpoetics Leri Price - Literary translator End Note: And, after 16 years of leading the country as its chancellor, Germany is saying goodbye to Angela Merkel. Puppet Regime - a comedy series produced and published by GZERO Media - pays tribute to her work, Kraftwerk style.
Contributors:
Michael Isikoff - Chief investigative correspondent, Yahoo News
Kevin Gosztola - Managing editor, Shadowproof.com
Carrie DeCell - Staff attorney, Knight First Amendment Institute
Rebecca Vincent - Director of international campaigns & UK bureau director, Reporters Without Borders

On our radar:
Project Amplify - Facebook’s PR initiative - backfires. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the scrutiny Facebook is under, yet again.

Lost in translation: How texts change as they travel
The translation of literature - from one language to another - is a tricky business. Translators become cultural mediators, balancing faithfulness to the original with the needs of a new audience. When translators fail, context can be sacrificed, and stereotypes can get reinforced.

Contributors:
Layla AlAmmar - Author, Silence is a Sense & Academic, University of Lancaster
Susan Bassnett - Translation theorist & emeritus professor, University of Warwick
Muhammad Ali Mojaradi - Translator & founder, @persianpoetics
Leri Price - Literary translator

End Note:
And, after 16 years of leading the country as its chancellor, Germany is saying goodbye to Angela Merkel. Puppet Regime - a comedy series produced and published by GZERO Media - pays tribute to her work, Kraftwerk style.]]> An exposé detailing the CIA’s war on WikiLeaks - a Trump administration plan to silence Julian Assange and the organisation - has been published. But like so much of the Assange story, it's got nothing like the media coverage it deserves. Contributors: Michael Isikoff - Chief investigative correspondent, Yahoo News Kevin Gosztola - Managing editor, Shadowproof.com Carrie DeCell - Staff attorney, Knight First Amendment Institute Rebecca Vincent - Director of international campaigns & UK bureau director, Reporters Without Borders On our radar: Project Amplify - Facebook’s PR initiative - backfires. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the scrutiny Facebook is under, yet again. Lost in translation: How texts change as they travel The translation of literature - from one language to another - is a tricky business. Translators become cultural mediators, balancing faithfulness to the original with the needs of a new audience. When translators fail, context can be sacrificed, and stereotypes can get reinforced. Contributors: Layla AlAmmar - Author, Silence is a Sense & Academic, University of Lancaster Susan Bassnett - Translation theorist & emeritus professor, University of Warwick Muhammad Ali Mojaradi - Translator & founder, @persianpoetics Leri Price - Literary translator End Note: And, after 16 years of leading the country as its chancellor, Germany is saying goodbye to Angela Merkel. Puppet Regime - a comedy series produced and published by GZERO Media - pays tribute to her work, Kraftwerk style. full The Listening Post 6275214750001 41c04b2f-e4df-477b-9188-adc90026ea2d Sat, 02 Oct 2021 09:49:34 +0000 1575 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/kidnap-or-kill-the-cia-s-plot-against-wikileaks-ju Drone exposé: The journalism that forced the Pentagon’s mea culpa | The Listening Post United States drone warfare is finally being exposed. But why did it take American news outlets so long to get to such a big story? Contributors: Emran Feroz, Founder, Drone Memorial Christine Fair, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University Spencer Ackerman, Author, Reign of Terror Vanessa Gezari, National Security Editor, The Intercept On our radar: Producer Tariq Nafi and host Richard Gizbert discuss a voting app that was developed by Russian opposition activists to fight Vladimir Putin in the recent elections - but was censored by Big Tech. 100 Years Too Late: Canada’s Residential School Reckoning Months after the story of mass graves at so-called residential schools in Cananda broke, the nation is still reckoning with the trauma of mass graves. Contributors: Cheryl McKenzie, Director of News and Current Affairs, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada Connie Walker, Host, Stolen: The Search for Jermain Wab Kinew, Leader, Manitoba New Democratic Party
Contributors:
Emran Feroz, Founder, Drone Memorial
Christine Fair, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
Spencer Ackerman, Author, Reign of Terror
Vanessa Gezari, National Security Editor, The Intercept

On our radar:
Producer Tariq Nafi and host Richard Gizbert discuss a voting app that was developed by Russian opposition activists to fight Vladimir Putin in the recent elections - but was censored by Big Tech.

100 Years Too Late: Canada’s Residential School Reckoning
Months after the story of mass graves at so-called residential schools in Cananda broke, the nation is still reckoning with the trauma of mass graves.

Contributors:
Cheryl McKenzie, Director of News and Current Affairs, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Connie Walker, Host, Stolen: The Search for Jermain
Wab Kinew, Leader, Manitoba New Democratic Party]]> United States drone warfare is finally being exposed. But why did it take American news outlets so long to get to such a big story? Contributors: Emran Feroz, Founder, Drone Memorial Christine Fair, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University Spencer Ackerman, Author, Reign of Terror Vanessa Gezari, National Security Editor, The Intercept On our radar: Producer Tariq Nafi and host Richard Gizbert discuss a voting app that was developed by Russian opposition activists to fight Vladimir Putin in the recent elections - but was censored by Big Tech. 100 Years Too Late: Canada’s Residential School Reckoning Months after the story of mass graves at so-called residential schools in Cananda broke, the nation is still reckoning with the trauma of mass graves. Contributors: Cheryl McKenzie, Director of News and Current Affairs, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada Connie Walker, Host, Stolen: The Search for Jermain Wab Kinew, Leader, Manitoba New Democratic Party full The Listening Post 6274154228001 a8651dc3-6cd3-4c03-827b-adc900280ad8 Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:08:36 +0000 1560 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/drone-expos-the-journalism-that-forced-the-pentago China: Regulating superstars, superfans and big tech | The Listening Post Xi Jinping's China has embarked on a campaign that could transform the country's technology, entertainment and media industries. Contributors: Chris Buckley - China correspondent, The New York Times Kaiser Kuo - Host, The Sinica Podcast and editor-at-large, SupChina Bingchun Meng - Associate professor, Department of Media and Communications, LSE Rui Zhong - Program associate, Wilson Center, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States On our radar A month of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Meenakshi Ravi and producer Johanna Hoes discuss how the Taliban is already leaving its mark on the country’s news industry despite initial promises to the contrary. Structures of oppression? Colombia’s falling statues Indigenous Colombians have been toppling statues of European colonisers - challenging how the country’s history is remembered. Contributors: Didier Chirimuscay - Misak community leader Rodolfo Segovia - President, Colombian Academy of History Amada Carolina Perez - Historian, Javeriana University
Contributors:
Chris Buckley - China correspondent, The New York Times
Kaiser Kuo - Host, The Sinica Podcast and editor-at-large, SupChina
Bingchun Meng - Associate professor, Department of Media and Communications, LSE
Rui Zhong - Program associate, Wilson Center, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

On our radar
A month of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Meenakshi Ravi and producer Johanna Hoes discuss how the Taliban is already leaving its mark on the country’s news industry despite initial promises to the contrary.

Structures of oppression? Colombia’s falling statues
Indigenous Colombians have been toppling statues of European colonisers - challenging how the country’s history is remembered.

Contributors:
Didier Chirimuscay - Misak community leader
Rodolfo Segovia - President, Colombian Academy of History
Amada Carolina Perez - Historian, Javeriana University]]> Xi Jinping's China has embarked on a campaign that could transform the country's technology, entertainment and media industries. Contributors: Chris Buckley - China correspondent, The New York Times Kaiser Kuo - Host, The Sinica Podcast and editor-at-large, SupChina Bingchun Meng - Associate professor, Department of Media and Communications, LSE Rui Zhong - Program associate, Wilson Center, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States On our radar A month of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Meenakshi Ravi and producer Johanna Hoes discuss how the Taliban is already leaving its mark on the country’s news industry despite initial promises to the contrary. Structures of oppression? Colombia’s falling statues Indigenous Colombians have been toppling statues of European colonisers - challenging how the country’s history is remembered. Contributors: Didier Chirimuscay - Misak community leader Rodolfo Segovia - President, Colombian Academy of History Amada Carolina Perez - Historian, Javeriana University full The Listening Post 6273123975001 da751145-fd45-4107-abe9-adc900280bb3 Sat, 18 Sep 2021 09:34:23 +0000 1570 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/china-regulating-superstars-superfans-and-big-tech Reporting the ‘end’ of the Afghan war 20 years after 9/11 | The Listening Post Two decades on from the 9/11 attacks, American news coverage of the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan reveals how much has changed - and how much has not - in the media’s approach to US wars. Contributors: Alexander Hainy-Khaleeli - Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter Catherine Lutz - co-director, Costs of War project; professor of International Studies, Brown University Fariba Nawa - author, Opium Nation; host, On Spec Azmat Khan - contributing writer, The New York Times Magazine; assistant professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism On our radar: Meenakshi Ravi speaks to producer Flo Phillips about the latest developments in the Afghan media space, including the Taliban’s mistreatment of journalists covering this week’s protests. Afghan journalists under threat A report on the past, present and future of the media in Afghanistan, as told by three Afghan journalists. Contributors: ‘N’ - Journalist & media safety specialist ‘M’ - Photojournalist ‘L’ - Regional radio & TV reporter
Contributors:
Alexander Hainy-Khaleeli - Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
Catherine Lutz - co-director, Costs of War project; professor of International Studies, Brown University
Fariba Nawa - author, Opium Nation; host, On Spec
Azmat Khan - contributing writer, The New York Times Magazine; assistant professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

On our radar:
Meenakshi Ravi speaks to producer Flo Phillips about the latest developments in the Afghan media space, including the Taliban’s mistreatment of journalists covering this week’s protests.

Afghan journalists under threat
A report on the past, present and future of the media in Afghanistan, as told by three Afghan journalists.

Contributors:
‘N’ - Journalist & media safety specialist
‘M’ - Photojournalist
‘L’ - Regional radio & TV reporter]]> Two decades on from the 9/11 attacks, American news coverage of the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan reveals how much has changed - and how much has not - in the media’s approach to US wars. Contributors: Alexander Hainy-Khaleeli - Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter Catherine Lutz - co-director, Costs of War project; professor of International Studies, Brown University Fariba Nawa - author, Opium Nation; host, On Spec Azmat Khan - contributing writer, The New York Times Magazine; assistant professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism On our radar: Meenakshi Ravi speaks to producer Flo Phillips about the latest developments in the Afghan media space, including the Taliban’s mistreatment of journalists covering this week’s protests. Afghan journalists under threat A report on the past, present and future of the media in Afghanistan, as told by three Afghan journalists. Contributors: ‘N’ - Journalist & media safety specialist ‘M’ - Photojournalist ‘L’ - Regional radio & TV reporter full The Listening Post 6272045867001 c87d4e35-33a5-4b75-96e5-adc900271643 Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:27:16 +0000 1465 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/reporting-the-end-of-the-afghan-war-20-years-after The Forever War: 20 Years After 9/11 | The Listening Post Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, this special edition of The Listening Post looks at the climate of fear that undergirded the so-called "War on Terror" and how the US news and entertainment industries helped produce it. Contributors: - Chris Hedges - Former foreign correspondent for The New York Times; author of Collateral Damage - Sinan Antoon - Co-editor at Jadaliyya; poet and writer; associate professor at New York University - Jill Abramson - Former executive editor of The New York Times - Deepa Kumar - author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire; associate professor at Rutgers University - Robert D Kaplan - Former contributing editor at The Atlantic - Lexi Alexander - Movie and TV director
Contributors:
- Chris Hedges - Former foreign correspondent for The New York Times; author of Collateral Damage
- Sinan Antoon - Co-editor at Jadaliyya; poet and writer; associate professor at New York University
- Jill Abramson - Former executive editor of The New York Times
- Deepa Kumar - author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire; associate professor at Rutgers University
- Robert D Kaplan - Former contributing editor at The Atlantic
- Lexi Alexander - Movie and TV director]]> Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, this special edition of The Listening Post looks at the climate of fear that undergirded the so-called "War on Terror" and how the US news and entertainment industries helped produce it. Contributors: - Chris Hedges - Former foreign correspondent for The New York Times; author of Collateral Damage - Sinan Antoon - Co-editor at Jadaliyya; poet and writer; associate professor at New York University - Jill Abramson - Former executive editor of The New York Times - Deepa Kumar - author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire; associate professor at Rutgers University - Robert D Kaplan - Former contributing editor at The Atlantic - Lexi Alexander - Movie and TV director full The Listening Post 6270613795001 84c053d5-d184-40f5-9ffc-adc90027522d Sat, 04 Sep 2021 08:30:06 +0000 1560 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/the-forever-war-20-years-after-9-11-the-listening Pegasus: Flying on the wings of Israeli ‘cyber-tech diplomacy’? | The Listening Post A global cyber-surveillance scandal - spyware developed in Israel - has put the government there under the media microscope, and its story does not add up. Contributors: Jonathan Klinger - Cyberlaw lawyer Marc Owen Jones - Assistant professor, Hamid Bin Khalifa University Omer Benjakub - Tech & Cyber Reporter, Haaretz Marwa Fatafta - Policy Analyst, Al Shabaka On our radar: Tunisia is in political turmoil after the president declared a state of emergency - or what critics are calling a coup. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about how journalists there are feeling the heat. Africa’s PR Push: How governments manage the message: Handling public relations for governments is lucrative work - and for Western PR firms, Africa has emerged as a new hunting ground. Contributors: Alex Magaisa - Former adviser, prime minister of Zimbabwe Alexander Dukalskis - Author, Making the World Safe for Dictatorship Kathleen Ndongmo - Communications specialist
Contributors:
Jonathan Klinger - Cyberlaw lawyer
Marc Owen Jones - Assistant professor, Hamid Bin Khalifa University
Omer Benjakub - Tech & Cyber Reporter, Haaretz
Marwa Fatafta - Policy Analyst, Al Shabaka

On our radar:
Tunisia is in political turmoil after the president declared a state of emergency - or what critics are calling a coup. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about how journalists there are feeling the heat.

Africa’s PR Push: How governments manage the message:
Handling public relations for governments is lucrative work - and for Western PR firms, Africa has emerged as a new hunting ground.

Contributors:
Alex Magaisa - Former adviser, prime minister of Zimbabwe
Alexander Dukalskis - Author, Making the World Safe for Dictatorship
Kathleen Ndongmo - Communications specialist]]> A global cyber-surveillance scandal - spyware developed in Israel - has put the government there under the media microscope, and its story does not add up. Contributors: Jonathan Klinger - Cyberlaw lawyer Marc Owen Jones - Assistant professor, Hamid Bin Khalifa University Omer Benjakub - Tech & Cyber Reporter, Haaretz Marwa Fatafta - Policy Analyst, Al Shabaka On our radar: Tunisia is in political turmoil after the president declared a state of emergency - or what critics are calling a coup. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about how journalists there are feeling the heat. Africa’s PR Push: How governments manage the message: Handling public relations for governments is lucrative work - and for Western PR firms, Africa has emerged as a new hunting ground. Contributors: Alex Magaisa - Former adviser, prime minister of Zimbabwe Alexander Dukalskis - Author, Making the World Safe for Dictatorship Kathleen Ndongmo - Communications specialist full The Listening Post 6265905824001 3c594ca2-3dbb-4a26-aecc-adc900278255 Sat, 31 Jul 2021 08:49:48 +0000 1565 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/pegasus-flying-on-the-wings-of-israeli-cyber-tech Pegasus Project: Malware used against journalists and dissidents | The Listening Post A global consortium of media outlets blew the lid off a huge surveillance scandal revealing how the hacking tool Pegasus has been used by governments around the world to spy on dissidents and journalists via their mobile phones. Contributors: Rohini Singh - Reporter, The Wire Bradley Hope - Co-founder, Project Brazen Laurent Richard - Founder, Forbidden Stories Eva Galperin - Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation On our radar: American media outlets have been feasting on a story – the billionaire space race. Richard Gizbert and producer Meenakshi Ravi discuss how the mass of coverage squares alongside another story about the planet that is far more consequential - climate change. Bild's battle for political influence in Germany There is a crucial election coming in Germany, and its biggest tabloid, Bild, is trying to preserve its place at the heart of German politics. Contributors: Julian Reichelt - Editor-in-chief, Bild Günter Wallraff - Investigative journalist & author, The Lead Moritz Tschermak - Editor-in-chief, BILDblog & author, How Bild divides society with fear and hate Margreth Lünenborg - Professor of journalism, Free University Berlin - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:
Rohini Singh - Reporter, The Wire
Bradley Hope - Co-founder, Project Brazen
Laurent Richard - Founder, Forbidden Stories
Eva Galperin - Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation

On our radar:

American media outlets have been feasting on a story – the billionaire space race. Richard Gizbert and producer Meenakshi Ravi discuss how the mass of coverage squares alongside another story about the planet that is far more consequential - climate change.

Bild's battle for political influence in Germany

There is a crucial election coming in Germany, and its biggest tabloid, Bild, is trying to preserve its place at the heart of German politics.

Contributors:
Julian Reichelt - Editor-in-chief, Bild
Günter Wallraff - Investigative journalist & author, The Lead
Moritz Tschermak - Editor-in-chief, BILDblog & author, How Bild divides society with fear and hate
Margreth Lünenborg - Professor of journalism, Free University Berlin

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- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
- Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> A global consortium of media outlets blew the lid off a huge surveillance scandal revealing how the hacking tool Pegasus has been used by governments around the world to spy on dissidents and journalists via their mobile phones. Contributors: Rohini Singh - Reporter, The Wire Bradley Hope - Co-founder, Project Brazen Laurent Richard - Founder, Forbidden Stories Eva Galperin - Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation On our radar: American media outlets have been feasting on a story – the billionaire space race. Richard Gizbert and producer Meenakshi Ravi discuss how the mass of coverage squares alongside another story about the planet that is far more consequential - climate change. Bild's battle for political influence in Germany There is a crucial election coming in Germany, and its biggest tabloid, Bild, is trying to preserve its place at the heart of German politics. Contributors: Julian Reichelt - Editor-in-chief, Bild Günter Wallraff - Investigative journalist & author, The Lead Moritz Tschermak - Editor-in-chief, BILDblog & author, How Bild divides society with fear and hate Margreth Lünenborg - Professor of journalism, Free University Berlin - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6264989260001 8aab29a7-1ff0-495a-b138-adc90027a7dd Sat, 24 Jul 2021 08:17:20 +0000 1540 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/pegasus-project-malware-used-against-journalists-a Cuba: Protesters move from social media to the streets | The Listening Post Cuba is witnessing something historic - the biggest anti-government demonstrations in 60 years - and the authorities have imposed temporary blocks on the internet, making credible media coverage and reliable information that much harder to find. Contributors: Mónica Rivero Cabrera - Cuban journalist Tracey Eaton - Cuba Money Project Angelo R Guisado - Center for Constitutional Rights José Jasán Nieves - Editor-in-chief, El Toque On our radar: Whether they are taking penalty kicks or taking a knee, Black footballers playing for England are dealing with online abuse. Richard Gizbert and producer Tariq Nafi discuss the debate that has resulted - about racism in the United Kingdom. Sports activism in the era of social media On tennis and basketball courts, baseball fields and in hockey rinks, athletes are putting their political and social activism out there for sports fans to see. Contributors: Shireen Ahmed - Journalist & writer Musa Okwonga - Co-founder, Stadio Football & author, One of Them Frank Guridy - Associate professor, Columbia University Khalida Popal - Former captain, Afghanistan’s women’s football team
Contributors:
Mónica Rivero Cabrera - Cuban journalist
Tracey Eaton - Cuba Money Project
Angelo R Guisado - Center for Constitutional Rights
José Jasán Nieves - Editor-in-chief, El Toque

On our radar:
Whether they are taking penalty kicks or taking a knee, Black footballers playing for England are dealing with online abuse. Richard Gizbert and producer Tariq Nafi discuss the debate that has resulted - about racism in the United Kingdom.

Sports activism in the era of social media
On tennis and basketball courts, baseball fields and in hockey rinks, athletes are putting their political and social activism out there for sports fans to see.

Contributors:
Shireen Ahmed - Journalist & writer
Musa Okwonga - Co-founder, Stadio Football & author, One of Them
Frank Guridy - Associate professor, Columbia University
Khalida Popal - Former captain, Afghanistan’s women’s football team]]> Cuba is witnessing something historic - the biggest anti-government demonstrations in 60 years - and the authorities have imposed temporary blocks on the internet, making credible media coverage and reliable information that much harder to find. Contributors: Mónica Rivero Cabrera - Cuban journalist Tracey Eaton - Cuba Money Project Angelo R Guisado - Center for Constitutional Rights José Jasán Nieves - Editor-in-chief, El Toque On our radar: Whether they are taking penalty kicks or taking a knee, Black footballers playing for England are dealing with online abuse. Richard Gizbert and producer Tariq Nafi discuss the debate that has resulted - about racism in the United Kingdom. Sports activism in the era of social media On tennis and basketball courts, baseball fields and in hockey rinks, athletes are putting their political and social activism out there for sports fans to see. Contributors: Shireen Ahmed - Journalist & writer Musa Okwonga - Co-founder, Stadio Football & author, One of Them Frank Guridy - Associate professor, Columbia University Khalida Popal - Former captain, Afghanistan’s women’s football team full The Listening Post 6264091744001 9bde51ab-0bd3-4058-8403-adc90027d90d Sat, 17 Jul 2021 17:51:18 +0000 1580 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/cuba-protesters-move-from-social-media-to-the-stre Hong Kong: Broken promises | The Listening Post Twenty-four years since Britain handed Hong Kong back to China, the city has undergone a transformation. In recent years, Beijing has intensified the silencing of political dissent and the squeezing of media freedom - through new laws drawn up in the name of security, the jailing of critics, and the reigning in of adversarial journalism. Contributors: Chris Yeung - Chairperson, Hong Kong Journalists Association Bao Choy - Freelance journalist, RTHK Linda Wong - Journalist, Citizen News Keith Richburg - Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Hong Kong University; president, Foreign Correspondents Club Holden Chow - Vice chairman, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Hong Kong: The assault on free speech Three Hong Kongers talk about the shrinking space for freedom in their city, and the way it has affected their lives and work. Contributors: Lee Cheuk-yan - Founder, June 4th Museum Wong Kei Kwan (Zunzi) - Political cartoonist Nathan Law - Democracy activist - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Chris Yeung - Chairperson, Hong Kong Journalists Association

Bao Choy - Freelance journalist, RTHK

Linda Wong - Journalist, Citizen News

Keith Richburg - Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Hong Kong University; president, Foreign Correspondents Club

Holden Chow - Vice chairman, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong

Hong Kong: The assault on free speech

Three Hong Kongers talk about the shrinking space for freedom in their city, and the way it has affected their lives and work.

Contributors:

Lee Cheuk-yan - Founder, June 4th Museum

Wong Kei Kwan (Zunzi) - Political cartoonist

Nathan Law - Democracy activist

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> Twenty-four years since Britain handed Hong Kong back to China, the city has undergone a transformation. In recent years, Beijing has intensified the silencing of political dissent and the squeezing of media freedom - through new laws drawn up in the name of security, the jailing of critics, and the reigning in of adversarial journalism. Contributors: Chris Yeung - Chairperson, Hong Kong Journalists Association Bao Choy - Freelance journalist, RTHK Linda Wong - Journalist, Citizen News Keith Richburg - Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Hong Kong University; president, Foreign Correspondents Club Holden Chow - Vice chairman, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Hong Kong: The assault on free speech Three Hong Kongers talk about the shrinking space for freedom in their city, and the way it has affected their lives and work. Contributors: Lee Cheuk-yan - Founder, June 4th Museum Wong Kei Kwan (Zunzi) - Political cartoonist Nathan Law - Democracy activist - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6262271490001 2bb0cd2d-60ae-426a-b566-adc9002801ec Sun, 04 Jul 2021 06:51:31 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/hong-kong-broken-promises-the-listening-post Iran’s new president: What's next for the country’s media? | The Listening Post Iran’s new president-elect is heading into the job carrying some baggage from the past that neither he nor the country’s state-friendly news outlets care to talk about. Contributors: Mahsa Alimardani - Iran researcher, Article 19; researcher, Oxford Internet Institute Ghanbar Naderi - Iranian affairs analyst Pardis Shafafi - Anthropologist and researcher, ERC Off-Site Project Arash Azizi - Author of Shadow Commander On our radar Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the targeting of female social media influencers in Egypt as two more women are jailed for their TikTok videos. The struggle for freedom of expression in post-Castro Cuba From protests to viral videos, Cuban activists test the limits of dissent as they demand greater cultural freedoms. Contributors: Amaury Pacheco - Poet and activist, Movimiento San Isidro Fernando Ravsberg - Journalist; former correspondent, BBC Fernando Rojas - Cuban Deputy Minister of Culture Marta Maria Ramirez - Independent journalist - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Mahsa Alimardani - Iran researcher, Article 19; researcher, Oxford Internet Institute

Ghanbar Naderi - Iranian affairs analyst

Pardis Shafafi - Anthropologist and researcher, ERC Off-Site Project

Arash Azizi - Author of Shadow Commander

On our radar

Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the targeting of female social media influencers in Egypt as two more women are jailed for their TikTok videos.

The struggle for freedom of expression in post-Castro Cuba

From protests to viral videos, Cuban activists test the limits of dissent as they demand greater cultural freedoms.

Contributors:

Amaury Pacheco - Poet and activist, Movimiento San Isidro

Fernando Ravsberg - Journalist; former correspondent, BBC

Fernando Rojas - Cuban Deputy Minister of Culture

Marta Maria Ramirez - Independent journalist

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> Iran’s new president-elect is heading into the job carrying some baggage from the past that neither he nor the country’s state-friendly news outlets care to talk about. Contributors: Mahsa Alimardani - Iran researcher, Article 19; researcher, Oxford Internet Institute Ghanbar Naderi - Iranian affairs analyst Pardis Shafafi - Anthropologist and researcher, ERC Off-Site Project Arash Azizi - Author of Shadow Commander On our radar Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the targeting of female social media influencers in Egypt as two more women are jailed for their TikTok videos. The struggle for freedom of expression in post-Castro Cuba From protests to viral videos, Cuban activists test the limits of dissent as they demand greater cultural freedoms. Contributors: Amaury Pacheco - Poet and activist, Movimiento San Isidro Fernando Ravsberg - Journalist; former correspondent, BBC Fernando Rojas - Cuban Deputy Minister of Culture Marta Maria Ramirez - Independent journalist - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6261112064001 91a5f3bd-0eb0-410f-a3e1-adc900282723 Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:03:32 +0000 1560 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/iran-s-new-president-whats-next-for-the-country-s Nigeria: The tweet that got Twitter banned | The Listening Post The tit-for-tat in Nigeria that saw Twitter banned by the government. Contributors: Mercy Abang - Journalist Lai Mohammed - Nigerian minister for information and culture Gbenga Sesan - Executive director, Paradigm Initiative Fisayo Soyombo - Editor-in-chief, Foundation for Investigative Journalism On our radar It's election time in Algeria and the government is feeling the heat on the streets. Richard Gizbert and producer Flo Phillips discuss its response - arresting journalists, and taking broadcasters off the air. A snapshot of empire: The racist legacy of colonial postcards How the golden age of postcards left behind a legacy of racism that continues to shape perceptions of Africans today. Contributors: Sarah Sentilles - Writer and critical theorist Olubukola Gbadegesin - Associate professor, Saint Louis University Stephen Hughes - Senior lecturer, SOAS Julie Crooks - Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Mercy Abang - Journalist

Lai Mohammed - Nigerian minister for information and culture

Gbenga Sesan - Executive director, Paradigm Initiative

Fisayo Soyombo - Editor-in-chief, Foundation for Investigative Journalism

On our radar

It's election time in Algeria and the government is feeling the heat on the streets. Richard Gizbert and producer Flo Phillips discuss its response - arresting journalists, and taking broadcasters off the air.

A snapshot of empire: The racist legacy of colonial postcards

How the golden age of postcards left behind a legacy of racism that continues to shape perceptions of Africans today.

Contributors:

Sarah Sentilles - Writer and critical theorist

Olubukola Gbadegesin - Associate professor, Saint Louis University

Stephen Hughes - Senior lecturer, SOAS

Julie Crooks - Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> The tit-for-tat in Nigeria that saw Twitter banned by the government. Contributors: Mercy Abang - Journalist Lai Mohammed - Nigerian minister for information and culture Gbenga Sesan - Executive director, Paradigm Initiative Fisayo Soyombo - Editor-in-chief, Foundation for Investigative Journalism On our radar It's election time in Algeria and the government is feeling the heat on the streets. Richard Gizbert and producer Flo Phillips discuss its response - arresting journalists, and taking broadcasters off the air. A snapshot of empire: The racist legacy of colonial postcards How the golden age of postcards left behind a legacy of racism that continues to shape perceptions of Africans today. Contributors: Sarah Sentilles - Writer and critical theorist Olubukola Gbadegesin - Associate professor, Saint Louis University Stephen Hughes - Senior lecturer, SOAS Julie Crooks - Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6259589244001 39a55d01-ff20-4284-b078-adc9002831cb Sat, 19 Jun 2021 10:17:40 +0000 1465 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/nigeria-the-tweet-that-got-twitter-banned-the-list From Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza: Journalism under apartheid | The Listening Post Just days after the ceasefire in Gaza ended 11 days of bombing, The Listening Post spoke with two Palestinians who have tilted international attention towards their struggle. Contributors: Muna al-Kurd - Sheikh Jarrah resident and activist Hosam Salem - Gaza Palestinian photographer On our radar Richard Gizbert and producer Tariq Nafi discuss Israel’s crackdown on reporters in East Jerusalem, and the international journalists calling out their own media operations for sanitising the oppression of Palestinians. How to cover apartheid: A human rights perspective with Hagai El-Ad Human rights groups are reframing the discussion about Israel's domination of Palestinians. Richard Gizbert interviews Hagai El-Ad, executive director of Israeli human rights organisation, B’Tselem. Contributors: Hagai El-Ad - Executive director, B’Tselem - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Muna al-Kurd - Sheikh Jarrah resident and activist

Hosam Salem - Gaza Palestinian photographer

On our radar

Richard Gizbert and producer Tariq Nafi discuss Israel’s crackdown on reporters in East Jerusalem, and the international journalists calling out their own media operations for sanitising the oppression of Palestinians.

How to cover apartheid: A human rights perspective with Hagai El-Ad

Human rights groups are reframing the discussion about Israel's domination of Palestinians. Richard Gizbert interviews Hagai El-Ad, executive director of Israeli human rights organisation, B’Tselem.

Contributors:

Hagai El-Ad - Executive director, B’Tselem

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> Just days after the ceasefire in Gaza ended 11 days of bombing, The Listening Post spoke with two Palestinians who have tilted international attention towards their struggle. Contributors: Muna al-Kurd - Sheikh Jarrah resident and activist Hosam Salem - Gaza Palestinian photographer On our radar Richard Gizbert and producer Tariq Nafi discuss Israel’s crackdown on reporters in East Jerusalem, and the international journalists calling out their own media operations for sanitising the oppression of Palestinians. How to cover apartheid: A human rights perspective with Hagai El-Ad Human rights groups are reframing the discussion about Israel's domination of Palestinians. Richard Gizbert interviews Hagai El-Ad, executive director of Israeli human rights organisation, B’Tselem. Contributors: Hagai El-Ad - Executive director, B’Tselem - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6258505364001 9f801866-214b-489b-89dc-adc900283ad7 Sat, 12 Jun 2021 07:53:28 +0000 1540 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/from-sheikh-jarrah-to-gaza-journalism-under-aparth Lab leak reloaded: The media brings back COVID origin debate | The Listening Post A year and a half into the pandemic and people are still asking where the COVID-19 virus originated. The so-called lab-leak theory is gaining momentum among some scientists and journalists who contend this story has the makings of a mass cover-up. Contributors: Nicholas Wade - Former science reporter, New York Times James Palmer - Deputy editor, Foreign Policy Amy Maxmen - Senior reporter, Nature Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz - Epidemiologist, University of Wollongong; columnist, The Guardian On our radar One journalist in Pakistan is beaten up. Another is being censored. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Tariq Nafi about the country’s red lines that you cannot cross. Forced to forget, determined to remember: The Tiananmen massacre Chinese officials have tried to erase the Tiananmen Square massacre from the country’s history but dissidents outside the mainland are doing what they can to keep the memory alive. Contributors: Lee Cheuk-yan - Founder, June 4th Museum; chairman, Hong Kong Alliance Wu’er Kaixi - Tiananmen protest leader Yaqiu Wang - China researcher, Human Rights Watch
Contributors:

Nicholas Wade - Former science reporter, New York Times

James Palmer - Deputy editor, Foreign Policy

Amy Maxmen - Senior reporter, Nature

Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz - Epidemiologist, University of Wollongong; columnist, The Guardian

On our radar

One journalist in Pakistan is beaten up. Another is being censored. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Tariq Nafi about the country’s red lines that you cannot cross.

Forced to forget, determined to remember: The Tiananmen massacre

Chinese officials have tried to erase the Tiananmen Square massacre from the country’s history but dissidents outside the mainland are doing what they can to keep the memory alive.

Contributors:

Lee Cheuk-yan - Founder, June 4th Museum; chairman, Hong Kong Alliance

Wu’er Kaixi - Tiananmen protest leader

Yaqiu Wang - China researcher, Human Rights Watch]]> A year and a half into the pandemic and people are still asking where the COVID-19 virus originated. The so-called lab-leak theory is gaining momentum among some scientists and journalists who contend this story has the makings of a mass cover-up. Contributors: Nicholas Wade - Former science reporter, New York Times James Palmer - Deputy editor, Foreign Policy Amy Maxmen - Senior reporter, Nature Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz - Epidemiologist, University of Wollongong; columnist, The Guardian On our radar One journalist in Pakistan is beaten up. Another is being censored. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Tariq Nafi about the country’s red lines that you cannot cross. Forced to forget, determined to remember: The Tiananmen massacre Chinese officials have tried to erase the Tiananmen Square massacre from the country’s history but dissidents outside the mainland are doing what they can to keep the memory alive. Contributors: Lee Cheuk-yan - Founder, June 4th Museum; chairman, Hong Kong Alliance Wu’er Kaixi - Tiananmen protest leader Yaqiu Wang - China researcher, Human Rights Watch full The Listening Post 6257506059001 4b985d72-4e12-47ee-bedc-adc900284edb Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:09:12 +0000 1580 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/lab-leak-reloaded-the-media-brings-back-covid-orig Israel-Palestine: The double standard in American newsrooms | The Listening Post News coverage in the US of the Palestine-Israel conflict has always favoured Israel but that is beginning to shift. The question is - to what extent and will it last? Contributors: Linda Sarsour - Executive director, MPower Change; Author, We Are Not Here to be Bystanders Omar Baddar - National Policy Council, Arab-American Institute Lara Friedman - President, Foundation for Middle East Peace Philip Weiss - Founder and senior editor, Mondoweiss On our radar Belarusian authorities went to extreme lengths to arrest opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi to find out why. Slovenia: The prime minister’s ‘war with the media’ Another European leader shows his authoritarian side; Slovenia’s prime minister, Janez Janša, says he is at "war with the media". Contributors: Marko Milosavljević - University of Ljubljana, Chair of Journalism Anuška Delić - Editor-in-chief, Oštro Blaž Zgaga - Reporter, Nacional.hr and investigative journalist Boris Tomašič - Host and chief editor, Nova 24 - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Linda Sarsour - Executive director, MPower Change; Author, We Are Not Here to be Bystanders

Omar Baddar - National Policy Council, Arab-American Institute

Lara Friedman - President, Foundation for Middle East Peace

Philip Weiss - Founder and senior editor, Mondoweiss

On our radar

Belarusian authorities went to extreme lengths to arrest opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi to find out why.

Slovenia: The prime minister’s ‘war with the media’

Another European leader shows his authoritarian side; Slovenia’s prime minister, Janez Janša, says he is at "war with the media".

Contributors:

Marko Milosavljević - University of Ljubljana, Chair of Journalism

Anuška Delić - Editor-in-chief, Oštro

Blaž Zgaga - Reporter, Nacional.hr and investigative journalist

Boris Tomašič - Host and chief editor, Nova 24

- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> News coverage in the US of the Palestine-Israel conflict has always favoured Israel but that is beginning to shift. The question is - to what extent and will it last? Contributors: Linda Sarsour - Executive director, MPower Change; Author, We Are Not Here to be Bystanders Omar Baddar - National Policy Council, Arab-American Institute Lara Friedman - President, Foundation for Middle East Peace Philip Weiss - Founder and senior editor, Mondoweiss On our radar Belarusian authorities went to extreme lengths to arrest opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi to find out why. Slovenia: The prime minister’s ‘war with the media’ Another European leader shows his authoritarian side; Slovenia’s prime minister, Janez Janša, says he is at "war with the media". Contributors: Marko Milosavljević - University of Ljubljana, Chair of Journalism Anuška Delić - Editor-in-chief, Oštro Blaž Zgaga - Reporter, Nacional.hr and investigative journalist Boris Tomašič - Host and chief editor, Nova 24 - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6256532316001 08eff1d8-aba6-4b67-9bc3-adc900285b08 Sat, 29 May 2021 09:16:08 +0000 1570 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/israel-palestine-the-double-standard-in-american-n Deadly Games: Algeria and Tunisia's ultra football fans | Al Jazeera World "Somebody said that football’s a matter of life and death to you. I said, listen, it's more important than that." When the legendary Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly came out with his now-famous quote on TV in 1981, he might have been talking about the Algerian and Tunisian fans in this documentary. For many, football really is much more than a game. Some see themselves as not just supporters but part of a wider movement. They say that on the terraces, they find a sense of belonging and a camaraderie otherwise absent from their daily lives and that as supporters they also represent the dispossessed of the poor suburbs of Tunis and Algiers. Sometimes, however, football passions can have life-changing consequences. In March 2018, 19-year-old Omar Labidi from the southern suburbs of Tunis clashed with police outside a busy stadium. The victim’s brother claims that police used tear gas to force Omar into a nearby river where he drowned. Three years after his death, his family continues to seek justice. In Algeria, Raouf Zerka has only vague memories of the game that changed his life in November 2016. In the 70th minute of a local derby match in Algiers, a burning flare hit him in the face. After eight days in a coma, he discovered he had lost his left eye. This film follows Tunisia’s and Algeria’s most passionate fans, buying tickets on the black market, travelling vast distances to away matches, and doing whatever it takes to support the teams they love. But it also highlights the price of football passion and asks if the cost of extreme fandoms is worth the risk.
When the legendary Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly came out with his now-famous quote on TV in 1981, he might have been talking about the Algerian and Tunisian fans in this documentary. For many, football really is much more than a game. Some see themselves as not just supporters but part of a wider movement. They say that on the terraces, they find a sense of belonging and a camaraderie otherwise absent from their daily lives and that as supporters they also represent the dispossessed of the poor suburbs of Tunis and Algiers.

Sometimes, however, football passions can have life-changing consequences. In March 2018, 19-year-old Omar Labidi from the southern suburbs of Tunis clashed with police outside a busy stadium. The victim’s brother claims that police used tear gas to force Omar into a nearby river where he drowned. Three years after his death, his family continues to seek justice.

In Algeria, Raouf Zerka has only vague memories of the game that changed his life in November 2016. In the 70th minute of a local derby match in Algiers, a burning flare hit him in the face. After eight days in a coma, he discovered he had lost his left eye.

This film follows Tunisia’s and Algeria’s most passionate fans, buying tickets on the black market, travelling vast distances to away matches, and doing whatever it takes to support the teams they love. But it also highlights the price of football passion and asks if the cost of extreme fandoms is worth the risk.]]> "Somebody said that football’s a matter of life and death to you. I said, listen, it's more important than that." When the legendary Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly came out with his now-famous quote on TV in 1981, he might have been talking about the Algerian and Tunisian fans in this documentary. For many, football really is much more than a game. Some see themselves as not just supporters but part of a wider movement. They say that on the terraces, they find a sense of belonging and a camaraderie otherwise absent from their daily lives and that as supporters they also represent the dispossessed of the poor suburbs of Tunis and Algiers. Sometimes, however, football passions can have life-changing consequences. In March 2018, 19-year-old Omar Labidi from the southern suburbs of Tunis clashed with police outside a busy stadium. The victim’s brother claims that police used tear gas to force Omar into a nearby river where he drowned. Three years after his death, his family continues to seek justice. In Algeria, Raouf Zerka has only vague memories of the game that changed his life in November 2016. In the 70th minute of a local derby match in Algiers, a burning flare hit him in the face. After eight days in a coma, he discovered he had lost his left eye. This film follows Tunisia’s and Algeria’s most passionate fans, buying tickets on the black market, travelling vast distances to away matches, and doing whatever it takes to support the teams they love. But it also highlights the price of football passion and asks if the cost of extreme fandoms is worth the risk. full The Listening Post 6255926499001 920a6be5-2ebd-4355-bab3-adc900286885 Wed, 26 May 2021 10:01:10 +0000 2785 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/deadly-games-algeria-and-tunisias-ultra-football-f Incite and inflame: Israel’s manipulation of the media | The Listening Post Ceasefire in Gaza: As journalists in the Strip stop to catch their breath, Israel's media stand accused of inciting violence against Palestinians. Contributors: Yara Hawari - Academic and writer; senior analyst, Al Shabaka Tareq Baconi - Senior analyst, International Crisis Group Joshua Leifer - Assistant editor, Jewish Currents Rami Younis - Palestinian journalist On our radar In Qatar, a Kenyan who blogged under the pen name "Noah" about his life as a migrant worker in the Arab Gulf state finds himself in custody. Richard Gizbert and producer Johanna Hoes discuss the case of Malcolm Bidali. The Xinjiang whitewash Meet the white Western influencers helping China contest claims of genocide in Xinjiang. Contributors: Mareike Ohlberg - Senior fellow (Asia Program), German Marshall Fund Sophie Richardson - China director, Human Rights Watch Amelia Pang - Author of Made in China Shelley Zhang - Writer, China Uncensored
Contributors:

Yara Hawari - Academic and writer; senior analyst, Al Shabaka

Tareq Baconi - Senior analyst, International Crisis Group

Joshua Leifer - Assistant editor, Jewish Currents

Rami Younis - Palestinian journalist

On our radar

In Qatar, a Kenyan who blogged under the pen name "Noah" about his life as a migrant worker in the Arab Gulf state finds himself in custody. Richard Gizbert and producer Johanna Hoes discuss the case of Malcolm Bidali.

The Xinjiang whitewash

Meet the white Western influencers helping China contest claims of genocide in Xinjiang.

Contributors:

Mareike Ohlberg - Senior fellow (Asia Program), German Marshall Fund

Sophie Richardson - China director, Human Rights Watch

Amelia Pang - Author of Made in China

Shelley Zhang - Writer, China Uncensored]]> Ceasefire in Gaza: As journalists in the Strip stop to catch their breath, Israel's media stand accused of inciting violence against Palestinians. Contributors: Yara Hawari - Academic and writer; senior analyst, Al Shabaka Tareq Baconi - Senior analyst, International Crisis Group Joshua Leifer - Assistant editor, Jewish Currents Rami Younis - Palestinian journalist On our radar In Qatar, a Kenyan who blogged under the pen name "Noah" about his life as a migrant worker in the Arab Gulf state finds himself in custody. Richard Gizbert and producer Johanna Hoes discuss the case of Malcolm Bidali. The Xinjiang whitewash Meet the white Western influencers helping China contest claims of genocide in Xinjiang. Contributors: Mareike Ohlberg - Senior fellow (Asia Program), German Marshall Fund Sophie Richardson - China director, Human Rights Watch Amelia Pang - Author of Made in China Shelley Zhang - Writer, China Uncensored full The Listening Post 6255548543001 b4a02503-1286-4062-841f-adc900287385 Sat, 22 May 2021 14:51:08 +0000 1565 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/incite-and-inflame-israel-s-manipulation-of-the-me #Palestine: Videos of violence, images of death on social media Gaza under assault. Bloodshed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Social media is the place to go for the coverage of this story except when the platforms take issue with what is being posted. Contributors: Marwa Fatafta - Policy analyst, Al-Shabaka Yossi Mekelberg - Associate fellow of the MENA Programme, Chatham House Mariam Barghouti - Writer and activist Rami Khouri - Professor of journalism, American University of Beirut On our radar Three Myanmar journalists have been arrested in Thailand. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about their possible deportation back into the hands of Myanmar’s military government. Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire: Stereotyping Black women in media We discuss the stereotyping of Black women in the media and the push for change in an industry where diversity and inclusion have been too long in coming. Contributors: Kovie Biakolo - Culture writer and multiculturalism scholar Francesca Sobande - Lecturer of digital media studies, Cardiff University Naeemah Clark - Professor of cinema and television arts, Elon University; author, Diversity in US Mass Media Babirye Bukilwa - Actor and playwright - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Marwa Fatafta - Policy analyst, Al-Shabaka

Yossi Mekelberg - Associate fellow of the MENA Programme, Chatham House

Mariam Barghouti - Writer and activist

Rami Khouri - Professor of journalism, American University of Beirut

On our radar

Three Myanmar journalists have been arrested in Thailand. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about their possible deportation back into the hands of Myanmar’s military government.

Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire: Stereotyping Black women in media

We discuss the stereotyping of Black women in the media and the push for change in an industry where diversity and inclusion have been too long in coming.

Contributors:

Kovie Biakolo - Culture writer and multiculturalism scholar

Francesca Sobande - Lecturer of digital media studies, Cardiff University

Naeemah Clark - Professor of cinema and television arts, Elon University; author, Diversity in US Mass Media

Babirye Bukilwa - Actor and playwright

- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> Gaza under assault. Bloodshed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Social media is the place to go for the coverage of this story except when the platforms take issue with what is being posted. Contributors: Marwa Fatafta - Policy analyst, Al-Shabaka Yossi Mekelberg - Associate fellow of the MENA Programme, Chatham House Mariam Barghouti - Writer and activist Rami Khouri - Professor of journalism, American University of Beirut On our radar Three Myanmar journalists have been arrested in Thailand. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about their possible deportation back into the hands of Myanmar’s military government. Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire: Stereotyping Black women in media We discuss the stereotyping of Black women in the media and the push for change in an industry where diversity and inclusion have been too long in coming. Contributors: Kovie Biakolo - Culture writer and multiculturalism scholar Francesca Sobande - Lecturer of digital media studies, Cardiff University Naeemah Clark - Professor of cinema and television arts, Elon University; author, Diversity in US Mass Media Babirye Bukilwa - Actor and playwright - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6254316501001 5b1553e1-e81f-46af-b6ad-adc9002886d5 Sat, 15 May 2021 09:09:46 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/palestine-videos-of-violence-images-of-death-on-so 'Foreign agents and extremists': Russia's attack on critics | The Listening Post In Russia, the political stakes are rising in the run up to election season - journalists are being branded as "foreign agents" and an opposition figure is labelled an "extremist". Contributors: Ilya Yablokov - Academic, Leeds University Lisa Alexandrova-Zorina - Journalist, Team 29 Ivan Kolpakov - Editor-in-chief, Meduza Uliana Pavlova - Journalist, Moscow Times On our radar After months of deliberation Donald Trump’s Facebook account remains suspended. Richard Gizbert asks producer Meenakshi Ravi to explain the decision. The Turks turning to YouTube Independent journalists in Turkey, like Cüneyt Özdemir, are taking refuge online. Özdemir’s daily YouTube program has become a staple for Turks, especially among younger viewers looking for journalism of a different kind. Contributors: Cüneyt Özdemir - Creator and host, Cüneyt Özdemir Show Cansu Çamlibel - Editor-in-chief, Duvar English Emre Kizilkaya - Turkish vice chair, International Press Institute; author, The New Mainstream Media is Rising - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Ilya Yablokov - Academic, Leeds University

Lisa Alexandrova-Zorina - Journalist, Team 29

Ivan Kolpakov - Editor-in-chief, Meduza

Uliana Pavlova - Journalist, Moscow Times

On our radar

After months of deliberation Donald Trump’s Facebook account remains suspended. Richard Gizbert asks producer Meenakshi Ravi to explain the decision.

The Turks turning to YouTube

Independent journalists in Turkey, like Cüneyt Özdemir, are taking refuge online. Özdemir’s daily YouTube program has become a staple for Turks, especially among younger viewers looking for journalism of a different kind.

Contributors:

Cüneyt Özdemir - Creator and host, Cüneyt Özdemir Show

Cansu Çamlibel - Editor-in-chief, Duvar English

Emre Kizilkaya - Turkish vice chair, International Press Institute; author, The New Mainstream Media is Rising

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> In Russia, the political stakes are rising in the run up to election season - journalists are being branded as "foreign agents" and an opposition figure is labelled an "extremist". Contributors: Ilya Yablokov - Academic, Leeds University Lisa Alexandrova-Zorina - Journalist, Team 29 Ivan Kolpakov - Editor-in-chief, Meduza Uliana Pavlova - Journalist, Moscow Times On our radar After months of deliberation Donald Trump’s Facebook account remains suspended. Richard Gizbert asks producer Meenakshi Ravi to explain the decision. The Turks turning to YouTube Independent journalists in Turkey, like Cüneyt Özdemir, are taking refuge online. Özdemir’s daily YouTube program has become a staple for Turks, especially among younger viewers looking for journalism of a different kind. Contributors: Cüneyt Özdemir - Creator and host, Cüneyt Özdemir Show Cansu Çamlibel - Editor-in-chief, Duvar English Emre Kizilkaya - Turkish vice chair, International Press Institute; author, The New Mainstream Media is Rising - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6253208048001 f34493bb-f64b-4157-9e50-adc900289bc1 Sat, 08 May 2021 08:06:43 +0000 1585 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/foreign-agents-and-extremists-russias-attack-on-cr India: Smothering critique amidst the second COVID wave | The Listening Post While India’s healthcare system lies in total collapse, the government is leaning on social media companies to protect its own image. Contributors: Vineet Kumar - Author and media scholar Pratik Sinha - Co-founder, Alt News Pragya Tiwari - Political and cultural commentator Sangeeta Mahapatra - German Institute for Global and Area Studies On our radar Having imprisoned leading opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Russian authorities are now looking to put his entire organisation out of business. Producer Johanna Hoes tells Richard Gizbert why the group is being targeted by the state. Paul Rusesabagina: The trial of the 'hero of Hotel Rwanda' Dissident or "terrorist"? The many-sided story of hotel manager turned Hollywood hero, Paul Rusesabagina. Contributors: Michela Wrong - Author, Do Not Disturb Gatete Nyiringabo Ruhumuliza - Political analyst Tom Ndahiro - Genocide scholar Terry George - Director, Hotel Rwanda - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Vineet Kumar - Author and media scholar

Pratik Sinha - Co-founder, Alt News

Pragya Tiwari - Political and cultural commentator

Sangeeta Mahapatra - German Institute for Global and Area Studies

On our radar

Having imprisoned leading opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Russian authorities are now looking to put his entire organisation out of business. Producer Johanna Hoes tells Richard Gizbert why the group is being targeted by the state.

Paul Rusesabagina: The trial of the 'hero of Hotel Rwanda'

Dissident or "terrorist"? The many-sided story of hotel manager turned Hollywood hero, Paul Rusesabagina.

Contributors:

Michela Wrong - Author, Do Not Disturb

Gatete Nyiringabo Ruhumuliza - Political analyst

Tom Ndahiro - Genocide scholar

Terry George - Director, Hotel Rwanda

- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> While India’s healthcare system lies in total collapse, the government is leaning on social media companies to protect its own image. Contributors: Vineet Kumar - Author and media scholar Pratik Sinha - Co-founder, Alt News Pragya Tiwari - Political and cultural commentator Sangeeta Mahapatra - German Institute for Global and Area Studies On our radar Having imprisoned leading opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Russian authorities are now looking to put his entire organisation out of business. Producer Johanna Hoes tells Richard Gizbert why the group is being targeted by the state. Paul Rusesabagina: The trial of the 'hero of Hotel Rwanda' Dissident or "terrorist"? The many-sided story of hotel manager turned Hollywood hero, Paul Rusesabagina. Contributors: Michela Wrong - Author, Do Not Disturb Gatete Nyiringabo Ruhumuliza - Political analyst Tom Ndahiro - Genocide scholar Terry George - Director, Hotel Rwanda - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6251402219001 0671d332-3ab2-43b3-bb02-adc900289e68 Sat, 01 May 2021 10:15:44 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/india-smothering-critique-amidst-the-second-covid India’s COVID crisis: Navigating bad stats and government spin | The Listening Post COVID-19 has brought India to its knees and, in many ways, the mainstream news media are failing to do their job. Contributors: Atul Chaurasia - Executive Editor, Newslaundry Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Journalist & Author Sandhya Ravishankar - Journalist, India Ahead News Kapil Komireddi - Author, Malevolent Republic On our radar Host Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about doctored footage coming out of Russia. Kremlin-backed channels would have you believe it is not just Ukrainian and Russian forces building up at the border but American as well. Attacked on the streets, typecast on TV: a media history of being Asian in America How Asian Americans have been othered in the media; the tropes and the rise in hate. Contributors: Kimmy Yam - Reporter, NBC News Takeo Rivera - Assistant Professor, Boston University Amanda Nguyen - Civil Rights Activist & Founder, Rise
Contributors:
Atul Chaurasia - Executive Editor, Newslaundry
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Journalist & Author
Sandhya Ravishankar - Journalist, India Ahead News
Kapil Komireddi - Author, Malevolent Republic

On our radar

Host Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about doctored footage coming out of Russia. Kremlin-backed channels would have you believe it is not just Ukrainian and Russian forces building up at the border but American as well.

Attacked on the streets, typecast on TV: a media history of being Asian in America

How Asian Americans have been othered in the media; the tropes and the rise in hate.

Contributors:
Kimmy Yam - Reporter, NBC News
Takeo Rivera - Assistant Professor, Boston University
Amanda Nguyen - Civil Rights Activist & Founder, Rise]]> COVID-19 has brought India to its knees and, in many ways, the mainstream news media are failing to do their job. Contributors: Atul Chaurasia - Executive Editor, Newslaundry Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Journalist & Author Sandhya Ravishankar - Journalist, India Ahead News Kapil Komireddi - Author, Malevolent Republic On our radar Host Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about doctored footage coming out of Russia. Kremlin-backed channels would have you believe it is not just Ukrainian and Russian forces building up at the border but American as well. Attacked on the streets, typecast on TV: a media history of being Asian in America How Asian Americans have been othered in the media; the tropes and the rise in hate. Contributors: Kimmy Yam - Reporter, NBC News Takeo Rivera - Assistant Professor, Boston University Amanda Nguyen - Civil Rights Activist & Founder, Rise full The Listening Post 6250169706001 ffc88402-27dd-4acd-88f4-adc90028b71d Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:03:40 +0000 1620 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/india-s-covid-crisis-navigating-bad-stats-and-gove Brazil: Battling Bolsonaro’s COVID misinformation | The Listening Post Some of Brazil’s biggest media companies have come together to combat COVID-19 misinformation – a lot of which is coming from President Jair Bolsonaro’s office. Contributors: Luciana Coelho - Head of COVID task force, Folha de Sao Paulo Cristina Tardáguila - Associate director, Poynter Laura Guimarães Corrêa - Associate professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Marcelo Lins - Journalist, GloboNews On our radar Nicholas Muirhead and Richard Gizbert discuss a curious case of photo colourisation (and distortion) that has landed American media outlet Vice in hot water. Wikipedia: The internet’s unlikeliest experiment turns 20 How has a free online encyclopedia built through crowdsourcing, open editing and volunteers managed to maintain its relevance and preserve its credibility? We look at what makes Wikipedia tick. Contributors: Katherine Maher - CEO, Wikimedia Foundation Sandister Tei - Co-founder, Wikimedia Ghana User Group Shane Greenstein - Professor, Harvard Business School
Contributors:

Luciana Coelho - Head of COVID task force, Folha de Sao Paulo

Cristina Tardáguila - Associate director, Poynter

Laura Guimarães Corrêa - Associate professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Marcelo Lins - Journalist, GloboNews

On our radar

Nicholas Muirhead and Richard Gizbert discuss a curious case of photo colourisation (and distortion) that has landed American media outlet Vice in hot water.

Wikipedia: The internet’s unlikeliest experiment turns 20

How has a free online encyclopedia built through crowdsourcing, open editing and volunteers managed to maintain its relevance and preserve its credibility? We look at what makes Wikipedia tick.

Contributors:

Katherine Maher - CEO, Wikimedia Foundation

Sandister Tei - Co-founder, Wikimedia Ghana User Group

Shane Greenstein - Professor, Harvard Business School]]> Some of Brazil’s biggest media companies have come together to combat COVID-19 misinformation – a lot of which is coming from President Jair Bolsonaro’s office. Contributors: Luciana Coelho - Head of COVID task force, Folha de Sao Paulo Cristina Tardáguila - Associate director, Poynter Laura Guimarães Corrêa - Associate professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Marcelo Lins - Journalist, GloboNews On our radar Nicholas Muirhead and Richard Gizbert discuss a curious case of photo colourisation (and distortion) that has landed American media outlet Vice in hot water. Wikipedia: The internet’s unlikeliest experiment turns 20 How has a free online encyclopedia built through crowdsourcing, open editing and volunteers managed to maintain its relevance and preserve its credibility? We look at what makes Wikipedia tick. Contributors: Katherine Maher - CEO, Wikimedia Foundation Sandister Tei - Co-founder, Wikimedia Ghana User Group Shane Greenstein - Professor, Harvard Business School full The Listening Post 6249259239001 ad76870a-a2c4-441c-83dc-adc90028c7f3 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 14:37:15 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/brazil-battling-bolsonaro-s-covid-misinformation-t Unconventional journalists: From Tom Wolfe to Ghassan Kanafani | The Listening Post This week, we are veering out of the mainstream and looking at journalism that broke the rules, pushed boundaries and, in some cases, redefined them. We explore the work and the legacy of three such innovators: Tom Wolfe, Ghassan Kanafani and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Their journalism defied convention and categorisation and continues to inspire people to consider new ways of presenting stories. Contributors: Dan Bischoff - Art critic, The Star-Ledger Emily Witt - Writer, The New Yorker Refqa Abu-Remaileh - Professor of modern Arabic literature and film, Free University Berlin Elias Khoury - Novelist and literary critic As’ad Abukhalil - Professor of political science, California State University Juanita León - Director, La Silla Vacía Jaime Abello Banfi - Director, The Gabo Foundation María Jimena Duzán - Journalist and author - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
We explore the work and the legacy of three such innovators: Tom Wolfe, Ghassan Kanafani and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Their journalism defied convention and categorisation and continues to inspire people to consider new ways of presenting stories.

Contributors:

Dan Bischoff - Art critic, The Star-Ledger

Emily Witt - Writer, The New Yorker

Refqa Abu-Remaileh - Professor of modern Arabic literature and film, Free University Berlin

Elias Khoury - Novelist and literary critic

As’ad Abukhalil - Professor of political science, California State University

Juanita León - Director, La Silla Vacía

Jaime Abello Banfi - Director, The Gabo Foundation

María Jimena Duzán - Journalist and author

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Contributors:

Ken Klippenstein - Reporter, The Intercept

Jonathan Capriel - Writer, Washington Business Journal

Alex Press - Writer, Jacobin Magazine

James Bloodworth - Author, Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain

On our radar

The WHO released the findings of its investigation into the origins of the new coronavirus. Producer Meenakshi Ravi talks to Richard Gizbert about Western doubts on the credibility of the report and Beijing’s grievances with the news coverage.

Framing the self: The rise of the bookshelf aesthetic

With so many pundits working from home, creating a backdrop has become an exercise in self-branding; bookshelves have become the background of choice.

Contributors:

Tamar Garb - Professor of art history, UCL

Bernie Hogan - Senior research fellow, Oxford Internet Institute

Hussein Kesvani - Culture and technology journalist

Alex Christofi - Editorial director, Transworld Books

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Contributors:
Kai Kupferschmidt - Contributing correspondent, Science Magazine
Hristio Boytchev - Germany correspondent, Research Europe
Deborah Fuller - Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine
Mun-Keat Looi - International features editor, The BMJ

On our radar:

The US government has launched a new vaccine campaign - producer Johanna Hoes talks to Richard Gizbert about the White House’s use of Christian broadcasters, sports stars and a country music legend to convince conservative Americans that vaccination is in their best interests.

From COVID conspiracism to vaccine hesitancy: France’s other epidemic

France is where lab vaccines were invented - so how did the French grow so sceptical, so reluctant to get the COVID jab?

Contributors:
Lucie Delaporte - Journalist, Médiapart
Richard Sénéjoux - Senior reporter, Télérama
Antoine Bristielle - Sociologist, Sciences Po & Researcher, Fondation Jean-Jaurès

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Contributors:

Swe Win - Editor-in-chief, Myanmar Now

Aye Chan Naing - Chief editor, Democratic Voice of Burma

Wai Hnin Pwint Thon - The Burma Campaign UK

Wai Wai Nu - Human rights activist; founder, Women's Peace Network

On our radar

In Russia, opposition figure Alexey Navalney is locked up in prison. Producer Tariq Nafi talks to Richard Gizbert about how the part-politician, part-journalist is still managing to get the word out.

The 'anti-woke' challengers looking to disrupt UK broadcast media

To the right? Britain braces for two new broadcasters who are out to rebalance TV news.

Contributors:

Robin Aitken - Former BBC reporter; author, Can We Trust the BBC?

Martin Fletcher - Former foreign editor, The Times

Stewart Purvis - Former chief executive and editor-in-chief, ITN; former content and standards partner, Ofcom

Ash Sarkar -  Contributing editor, Novara Media

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Contributors:

Stephen Bates - Former royal correspondent, The Guardian and author, Royalty Inc.

Laura Clancy - Lecturer in media, Lancaster University and author, Running the Family Firm

Anna Pasternak - Royal biographer and author, The American Duchess

Shola Mos-Shogbamimu - Author and lawyer

Miranda Larbi - Freelance journalist

On our radar

Myanmar’s new military rulers hire a PR firm with the hope that they will be able to change the news narrative on the coup. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the firm’s back catalogue of clients.

A game designer’s analysis of QAnon

Alternate realities - the similarities between conspiracy movements like QAnon in the United States and the gaming world.

Contributor:

Reed Berkowitz  - Game designer

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah has left British news outlets in a frenzy. Contributors: Stephen Bates - Former royal correspondent, The Guardian and author, Royalty Inc. Laura Clancy - Lecturer in media, Lancaster University and author, Running the Family Firm Anna Pasternak - Royal biographer and author, The American Duchess Shola Mos-Shogbamimu - Author and lawyer Miranda Larbi - Freelance journalist On our radar Myanmar’s new military rulers hire a PR firm with the hope that they will be able to change the news narrative on the coup. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the firm’s back catalogue of clients. A game designer’s analysis of QAnon Alternate realities - the similarities between conspiracy movements like QAnon in the United States and the gaming world. Contributor: Reed Berkowitz  - Game designer - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6239904962001 2be85256-8e3a-4fe7-9d38-adc9002919e4 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 09:21:39 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/meghan-vs-the-media-a-royal-media-rumble-rocks-the The crisis in Tigray and the struggle to report the conflict | The Listening Post After months of a media blackout, journalists are finally able to examine reports of war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Contributors: Fisseha Tekle - Ethiopia researcher, Amnesty International Tsedale Lemma - Editor, Addis Standard Zecharias Zelalem - Freelance journalist Abebe Gellaw - Journalist and activist On our radar Two and a half years after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a press freedom watchdog accuses Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of crimes against humanity. Richard Gizbert talks to producer Johanna Hoes about the case. You’ve got mail: Journalism via newsletter The hottest trend in news consumption - the humble email inbox. Contributors: Judd Legum - Creator and writer, Popular Information Ariel Zirulnick - Fund director, Membership Puzzle Project Priti Patnaik - Creator and writer, Geneva Health Files Lance Strate - Professor, Fordham University - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Fisseha Tekle - Ethiopia researcher, Amnesty International

Tsedale Lemma - Editor, Addis Standard

Zecharias Zelalem - Freelance journalist

Abebe Gellaw - Journalist and activist

On our radar

Two and a half years after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a press freedom watchdog accuses Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of crimes against humanity. Richard Gizbert talks to producer Johanna Hoes about the case.

You’ve got mail: Journalism via newsletter

The hottest trend in news consumption - the humble email inbox.

Contributors:

Judd Legum - Creator and writer, Popular Information

Ariel Zirulnick - Fund director, Membership Puzzle Project

Priti Patnaik - Creator and writer, Geneva Health Files

Lance Strate - Professor, Fordham University

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The tech giants have long resisted this idea, but things are changing. This is a story about value - how much news is worth, who should be funding it and how.

Contributors:

Lizzie O’Shea - author of Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Teach Us about Digital Technology

James Temperton - digital editor, Wired UK

Paris Marx - host, Tech Won't Save Us

James Meese - senior lecturer, RMIT University

On our radar

Al Jazeera Media Network launches a new platform, aimed at a new audience. The clue is in the name: Rightly.

Iconic, absurd, haunting: Ten years since Gaddafi's 'Zenga Zenga' speech

On February 22, 2011, with Libya in a state of revolt over his 42 years in power, Muammar Gaddafi decided it was time to take to the airwaves. For Libyans all too familiar with political repression, the "Zenga Zenga" speech, as it came to be known, was equal parts chilling and bizarre. Ten years on, we look back at one of the Arab Spring’s most extraordinary media moments.

Contributors:

Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy - senior research fellow, Overseas Development Institute

Mansour El-Kikhia - professor of political science, University of Texas

Abdulkader Assad - columnist, The Libya Observer

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Contributors:

Thin Lei Win - Founder and former chief correspondent, Myanmar Now

Aye Min Thant - Myanmar-based journalist

Manny Maung - Researcher, Human Rights Watch

Francis Wade - Author, Myanmar’s Enemy Within

On our radar

Australia is now a front line in the revenue battle between big tech and the mainstream media. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead to find out how Google and Facebook are responding.

Lockdown’s lost children: Britain’s digital divide

Home school is hard enough - but what if you cannot afford an electronic device or Wi-Fi? That is the reality for more than a million schoolchildren in the United Kingdom.

Contributors:

Ayse Guveli - Sociologist, University of Essex

Vanessa Jackson - Associate professor, Birmingham City

Flora Kisby - Deputy head teacher, Christ Church Primary

Amanda Naylor - Head of partnerships, Barnardo’s Charity

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> A civil disobedience movement is growing in Myanmar; young people are using social media to organise and keep citizens and the outside world informed. Contributors: Thin Lei Win - Founder and former chief correspondent, Myanmar Now Aye Min Thant - Myanmar-based journalist Manny Maung - Researcher, Human Rights Watch Francis Wade - Author, Myanmar’s Enemy Within On our radar Australia is now a front line in the revenue battle between big tech and the mainstream media. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead to find out how Google and Facebook are responding. Lockdown’s lost children: Britain’s digital divide Home school is hard enough - but what if you cannot afford an electronic device or Wi-Fi? That is the reality for more than a million schoolchildren in the United Kingdom. Contributors: Ayse Guveli - Sociologist, University of Essex Vanessa Jackson - Associate professor, Birmingham City Flora Kisby - Deputy head teacher, Christ Church Primary Amanda Naylor - Head of partnerships, Barnardo’s Charity - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6233921424001 3626269f-7640-4970-8b58-adc9002940de Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:17:02 +0000 1580 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/raids-and-internet-blackouts-myanmar-s-military-vs Project Wave: Exposed media corruption scandalises South Africa | The Listening Post News with a grain of salt: South Africans have found out their government has been paying for favourable journalism. Karyn Maughan - legal journalist, News24 John Matisonn - journalist and author of God, Spies and Lies Sbu Ngalwa - chairperson, South African National Editors Forum Eusebius McKaiser - political analyst and broadcaster On our radar Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein has been released from an Egyptian prison after four years with no charge or trial. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes about the timing of the release and an update on journalists who remain jailed in Egypt. The power and politics of data visualisation Data is often presented as the objective truth. But the way it is presented, interpreted and contextualised can distort its original purpose. Contributors: Mona Chalabi  - data editor, Guardian US and illustrator Beth Blauer - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center; executive director, Centers for Civic Impact Alberto Cairo - author of How Charts Lie; professor of visual journalism, University of Miami - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Karyn Maughan - legal journalist, News24

John Matisonn - journalist and author of God, Spies and Lies

Sbu Ngalwa - chairperson, South African National Editors Forum

Eusebius McKaiser - political analyst and broadcaster

On our radar

Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein has been released from an Egyptian prison after four years with no charge or trial. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes about the timing of the release and an update on journalists who remain jailed in Egypt.

The power and politics of data visualisation

Data is often presented as the objective truth. But the way it is presented, interpreted and contextualised can distort its original purpose.

Contributors:

Mona Chalabi  - data editor, Guardian US and illustrator

Beth Blauer - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center; executive director, Centers for Civic Impact

Alberto Cairo - author of How Charts Lie; professor of visual journalism, University of Miami

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> News with a grain of salt: South Africans have found out their government has been paying for favourable journalism. Karyn Maughan - legal journalist, News24 John Matisonn - journalist and author of God, Spies and Lies Sbu Ngalwa - chairperson, South African National Editors Forum Eusebius McKaiser - political analyst and broadcaster On our radar Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein has been released from an Egyptian prison after four years with no charge or trial. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes about the timing of the release and an update on journalists who remain jailed in Egypt. The power and politics of data visualisation Data is often presented as the objective truth. But the way it is presented, interpreted and contextualised can distort its original purpose. Contributors: Mona Chalabi  - data editor, Guardian US and illustrator Beth Blauer - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center; executive director, Centers for Civic Impact Alberto Cairo - author of How Charts Lie; professor of visual journalism, University of Miami - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6231890665001 5d2804b7-ec4d-41f9-bab4-adc9002952b2 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:16:06 +0000 1565 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/project-wave-exposed-media-corruption-scandalises India's farmer protests: Grabbing the headlines, taking a stand | The Listening Post Farmers’ protests in India keep growing despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government’s best efforts to contain the reporting. Contributors: Hartosh Singh Bal - political editor, The Caravan India Manisha Pande - executive editor, Newslaundry Sandeep Singh - farmer and journalist R Jagannathan - editorial director, Swarajya On our radar Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about British broadcasting regulator Ofcom’s decision to take CGTN, China’s English-language international news channel, off-air. Faking spectators and spectacles: Sports TV in pandemic times Sports stadiums are empty, but broadcasters are bursting with ideas on how to make up for the missing fans. Contributors: Gary Hughes - head of Football, Sky Sports Adam Peri - sound engineer, Sky Sports David Rowe - Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Michael Davies - senior vice president for Technical and Field Operations, FOX Sports - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Hartosh Singh Bal - political editor, The Caravan India

Manisha Pande - executive editor, Newslaundry

Sandeep Singh - farmer and journalist

R Jagannathan - editorial director, Swarajya

On our radar

Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about British broadcasting regulator Ofcom’s decision to take CGTN, China’s English-language international news channel, off-air.

Faking spectators and spectacles: Sports TV in pandemic times

Sports stadiums are empty, but broadcasters are bursting with ideas on how to make up for the missing fans.

Contributors:

Gary Hughes - head of Football, Sky Sports

Adam Peri - sound engineer, Sky Sports

David Rowe - Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

Michael Davies - senior vice president for Technical and Field Operations, FOX Sports

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Contributors:

Catherine Belton - Special correspondent, Reuters; Author, Putin's People

Ilya Lozovsky - Staff writer and editor, OCCRP

Olga Irisova - Editor-in-chief, Riddle

Dmitry Babich - Political analyst; Editor, InoSMI Internet Project

On our radar

Australian lawmakers want tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for their content. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Tariq Nafi to find out why.

Just a game? The US military-gaming complex

War is not a game - or is it? We look at how the video games industry is proving a useful ally for the US military.

Contributors:

Nick Robinson - Associate professor of politics and international studies, University of Leeds

Matthew Gault - Video game reporter, VICE

Rami Ismail - Video game developer; Executive director, GameDev.World

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> We examine the story of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and a form of journalism that has ignited political protests across Russia. Contributors: Catherine Belton - Special correspondent, Reuters; Author, Putin's People Ilya Lozovsky - Staff writer and editor, OCCRP Olga Irisova - Editor-in-chief, Riddle Dmitry Babich - Political analyst; Editor, InoSMI Internet Project On our radar Australian lawmakers want tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for their content. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Tariq Nafi to find out why. Just a game? The US military-gaming complex War is not a game - or is it? We look at how the video games industry is proving a useful ally for the US military. Contributors: Nick Robinson - Associate professor of politics and international studies, University of Leeds Matthew Gault - Video game reporter, VICE Rami Ismail - Video game developer; Executive director, GameDev.World - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6227591908001 1c612d16-8390-4cf6-9743-adc900296ba9 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 12:36:23 +0000 1540 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/viral-videos-nationwide-protests-putin-s-navalny-p Trump out, Biden in: What did the media learn? | The Listening Post The talk in Washington, DC is of a return to "normalcy"; we ask four American media analysts about the future of journalism in the Biden era. Contributors: Osita Nwanevu - Staff writer, The New Republic Janine Jackson - Program Director, FAIR Dan Froomkin - Editor, Press Watch Jack Crowe - News Editor, National Review On our radar: Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny returns to prison, but not before releasing a documentary that has become a huge online hit. Producer Johanna Hoes tells Richard Gizbert about "Putin’s Palace" and the so-called “biggest bribe in history”. #ENDSARS: The hashtag that exposed police brutality in Nigeria As thousands of youths protested against police violence in Nigeria, new media outlets emerged to cover a story the mainstream shied away from. Contributors: Richard Ogundiya - Co-founder, More Branches Kovie Biakolo - Culture writer and editor Dapo Olorunyomi - CEO, Premium Times Emmanuel Akinwotu - West Africa correspondent, The Guardian - - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:
Osita Nwanevu - Staff writer, The New Republic
Janine Jackson - Program Director, FAIR
Dan Froomkin - Editor, Press Watch
Jack Crowe - News Editor, National Review

On our radar:

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny returns to prison, but not before releasing a documentary that has become a huge online hit. Producer Johanna Hoes tells Richard Gizbert about "Putin’s Palace" and the so-called “biggest bribe in history”.

#ENDSARS: The hashtag that exposed police brutality in Nigeria

As thousands of youths protested against police violence in Nigeria, new media outlets emerged to cover a story the mainstream shied away from.

Contributors:
Richard Ogundiya - Co-founder, More Branches
Kovie Biakolo - Culture writer and editor
Dapo Olorunyomi - CEO, Premium Times
Emmanuel Akinwotu - West Africa correspondent, The Guardian

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> The talk in Washington, DC is of a return to "normalcy"; we ask four American media analysts about the future of journalism in the Biden era. Contributors: Osita Nwanevu - Staff writer, The New Republic Janine Jackson - Program Director, FAIR Dan Froomkin - Editor, Press Watch Jack Crowe - News Editor, National Review On our radar: Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny returns to prison, but not before releasing a documentary that has become a huge online hit. Producer Johanna Hoes tells Richard Gizbert about "Putin’s Palace" and the so-called “biggest bribe in history”. #ENDSARS: The hashtag that exposed police brutality in Nigeria As thousands of youths protested against police violence in Nigeria, new media outlets emerged to cover a story the mainstream shied away from. Contributors: Richard Ogundiya - Co-founder, More Branches Kovie Biakolo - Culture writer and editor Dapo Olorunyomi - CEO, Premium Times Emmanuel Akinwotu - West Africa correspondent, The Guardian - - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6225524726001 e0e08d4c-0c59-4aa4-8cef-adc90029801d Sat, 23 Jan 2021 13:38:56 +0000 1550 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/trump-out-biden-in-what-did-the-media-learn-the-li Trump-free Twitter: The debate over deplatforming | The Listening Post Twitter leaves US President Donald Trump in the dark and the fallout from this story is global. Will leaders learn to watch their words? Contributors: Siva Vaidhyanathan - Author, Anti-Social Media; Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia Jillian York - Author, Silicon Values; Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation Julia Angwin - Editor-in-Chief, The Markup; Author, Dragnet Nation On our radar Ugandans vote in a presidential election – amid an internet blackout, imposed by their government. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the potential effect on the election result. Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifeline Alarm Phone is a hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard. Contributors: Jacob Berkson - Activist, Alarm Phone Giorgos Christides - Reporter, Der Spiegel Giorgos Kosmopoulos - Greece researcher, Amnesty International Notis Mitarachi - Greece's Minister of Migration and Asylum - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Siva Vaidhyanathan - Author, Anti-Social Media; Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia

Jillian York - Author, Silicon Values; Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Julia Angwin - Editor-in-Chief, The Markup; Author, Dragnet Nation

On our radar

Ugandans vote in a presidential election – amid an internet blackout, imposed by their government. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the potential effect on the election result.

Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifeline

Alarm Phone is a hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard.

Contributors:

Jacob Berkson - Activist, Alarm Phone

Giorgos Christides - Reporter, Der Spiegel

Giorgos Kosmopoulos - Greece researcher, Amnesty International

Notis Mitarachi - Greece's Minister of Migration and Asylum

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> Twitter leaves US President Donald Trump in the dark and the fallout from this story is global. Will leaders learn to watch their words? Contributors: Siva Vaidhyanathan - Author, Anti-Social Media; Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia Jillian York - Author, Silicon Values; Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation Julia Angwin - Editor-in-Chief, The Markup; Author, Dragnet Nation On our radar Ugandans vote in a presidential election – amid an internet blackout, imposed by their government. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the potential effect on the election result. Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifeline Alarm Phone is a hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard. Contributors: Jacob Berkson - Activist, Alarm Phone Giorgos Christides - Reporter, Der Spiegel Giorgos Kosmopoulos - Greece researcher, Amnesty International Notis Mitarachi - Greece's Minister of Migration and Asylum - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6223524056001 b7800324-ce16-4a33-8a7e-adc90029842f Sun, 17 Jan 2021 06:01:35 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/trump-free-twitter-the-debate-over-deplatforming-t End times for President Trump, new dawn for Trump media? | The Listening Post We discuss a week that had Americans glued to their screens, watching live feeds from Washington, DC, of what Donald Trump is leaving behind. Contributors: Will Sommer  - Politics reporter, The Daily Beast Sara Fischer  - Media reporter, Axios Parker Molloy  - Editor-at-large, Media Matters for America John Nichols  - National affairs correspondent, The Nation On our radar It was a good news - quickly followed by bad news - week for the founder of WikiLeaks. Richard Gizbert talks to producer Flo Phillips about the continuing case against Julian Assange. Qassem Soleimani - the man, the myth and the message The Listening Post’s Tariq Nafi reports on an Iranian general who, one year after he was killed, has become a powerful symbol in a story Tehran wants to tell about itself. Contributors: Narges Bajoghli - Assistant professor, Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University Hamid Dabashi - Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Christiane Gruber - Professor in History of Art, University of Michigan - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Will Sommer  - Politics reporter, The Daily Beast

Sara Fischer  - Media reporter, Axios

Parker Molloy  - Editor-at-large, Media Matters for America

John Nichols  - National affairs correspondent, The Nation

On our radar

It was a good news - quickly followed by bad news - week for the founder of WikiLeaks. Richard Gizbert talks to producer Flo Phillips about the continuing case against Julian Assange.

Qassem Soleimani - the man, the myth and the message

The Listening Post’s Tariq Nafi reports on an Iranian general who, one year after he was killed, has become a powerful symbol in a story Tehran wants to tell about itself.

Contributors:

Narges Bajoghli - Assistant professor, Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Hamid Dabashi - Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

Christiane Gruber - Professor in History of Art, University of Michigan

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The number of people infected, the number of countries affected, and the amount of coverage the story attracted - all were unprecedented. We led with coverage of the pandemic for 12 straight weeks. We have never come close to that with any other story.

On this special edition of our programme, we look back at how the pandemic story grew - moving from country to country, and exposing the failings of various governments and their leaders. So many societal issues have been raised in the process, ranging from public health to personal privacy.

You will also see how our programme had to adapt to life under lockdown - and the way journalists everywhere did - to stay safe.

With the first of the vaccines just being rolled out and so many countries feeling the effects of a second wave, the pandemic remains the biggest news story on the planet.  Prepare for more cases, more coverage and more examination of the way the COVID-19 is reported, here at The Listening Post.

Contributors:

Mary Hui - Reporter, Quartz

Katrina Yu - China correspondent, Al Jazeera English

Muyi Xiao - Visual editor, China File

Maria Repnikova - Assistant professor, Georgia State University

Charles Seife - Professor of health journalism, New York University

Kayla Gogarty - Senior researcher, Media Matters for America

Joanne Kenen - Executive health care editor, Politico

Albert Fox Cahn - Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

Michael Birnhack - Professor of law, University of Tel Aviv

Jon Allsop - Writer, Columbia Journalism Review newsletter

Maggie Koerth - Senior science reporter, FiveThirtyEight

John Ioannidis - Professor, Stanford University

John Allen Paulos - Professor of mathematics, Temple University

Phil Booth - Coordinator, MedConfidential

Cori Crider – Director, Foxglove

Andrew Fishman - Managing editor, The Intercept Brasil

Leonardo Custódio - Postdoctoral researcher, Åbo Akademi University

Barkha Dutt - Editor, Mojo

Arfa Khanum Sherwani - Senior editor, The Wire

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Arabs mobilised in their millions in collective calls for democracy, justice and freedom of expression. Governments fell. Autocrats - names like Mubarak, Gaddafi, Ben Ali - went with them.

In one country after another, Arabs were tasting freedom of expression for the first time. Voices that had been ignored or silenced were finally telling their own stories, driving their own revolutions.

In this special edition of The Listening Post, we take a retrospective look at what happened in the halcyon days of the Arab uprisings. And we discuss the subsequent crushing of democratic movements; the clampdowns on freedom of the press that remain in place today.

We have chosen to focus on the stories of three countries: Tunisia, where the movement got its start; Egypt, where it appeared to reach its height; and Syria, where it hit a brick wall.

Contributors:

Zaina Erhaim - Journalist and communications trainer
Sherine Tadros - Deputy Director of Advocacy, Amnesty International
Adel Iskandar - Asst Professor of Global Communication, Simon Fraser University
Karam Nachar - Publisher and co-founder, Al Jumhuriya
Marwan Kraidy - Dean and CEO, Northwestern University, Qatar
Monia Ben Hamadi - Editor-in-chief, Inkyfada

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Contributors:

Zaid Benjamin - Washington correspondent, Al Araby TV

Hussein Ibish - Arab Gulf States Institute

Zarqa Parvez - Lecturer, Hamad bin Khalifa University

Nabeel Nowairah - Gulf affairs analyst

On our radar

Richard Gizbert and Meenakshi Ravi discuss how a state visit by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt to France became a media story.

Science journalism in the spotlight

Historically underappreciated, and usually underrepresented in newsrooms, science and health reporters have found their expertise in demand in this pandemic year.

Contributors:

Helen Branswell - Senior infectious disease reporter, STAT

Kai Kupferschmidt - Contributing correspondent, Science magazine

Vidya Krishnan - Health and science journalist

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Contributors:

Yang Yao - Professor, Peking University

Yun Sun - Co-director, Stimson Center

Eryk Bagshaw - China correspondent, Sydney Morning Herald

Yun Jiang - China Policy Centre, Australian National University

On our radar

Uganda has a presidential election coming up. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about the risks journalists in Kampala are taking to cover it.

Serbian war criminals turned authors: Rewriting Yugoslav history

Convicted war criminals in Serbia and their efforts to rewrite history from behind bars.

Contributors:

Aleksandar Brezar - Western Balkans Network Lead, The Democratic Society; Co-host, Sarajevo Calling

Emir Suljagic - Director, Srebrenica Genocide Memorial; Professor, International University of Sarajevo

Vladimir Petrovic - Historian

Natasa Kandic - Founder, Humanitarian Law Center

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Contributors:

Rodney Tiffen - Author, Rupert Murdoch: A Reassessment

Richard Cooke - Contributing editor, The Monthly

Sally Young - Professor of political science, University of Melbourne

Margaret Simons - Investigative journalist

On our radar

Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Tariq Nafi about the ongoing debate in France about secularism and free speech. President Emmanuel Macron does not like some of the coverage.

India: The mounting challenges for journalists in Uttar Pradesh

The Listening Post’s Meenakshi Ravi looks at how an attempt to cover up a horrific gang rape has shed light on the dangers of doing journalism in India’s most populous region, Uttar Pradesh.

Contributors:

Shivam Vij - Writer, The Print

Siddharth Varadarajan - Founding editor, The Wire

Neha Dixit - Investigative journalist and author

Vijay Vineet - News editor, Jansandesh Times

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Contributors:
Murtaza Hussein - reporter, The Intercept
Maria Hinojosa - founder, Futuro Media Group
Matt Taibbi - author and journalist
Ashton Lattimore - editor-in-chief, Prism Reports

On our radar:
Ethiopia erupts. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes about Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s order to send troops into the northern region of Tigray while completely cutting off any forms of communication - barring journalists and banning the internet.

Autopsy of an Ethiopian interview: Who killed Hachalu Hundessa?

The last ever interview with Ethiopian singer, Hachalu Hundessa - and why everyone is poring over that tape, looking for clues in their search for who killed him.

Contributors:
Guyo Wariyo - former presenter, Oromia Media Network
Bruh Yihunbelay - COO, Tirita FM Radio
Tsedale Lemma - editor-in-chief, Addis Standard
Alula Solomon - CEO, Tigrai Media House

00:00 Intro
02:00 Life After Trump
11:42 Latest from Ethiopia
14:14 Who killed Hachalu Hundessa?
24:22 Bye Bye Donny

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Contributors:

Akela Lacy - politics reporter, The Intercept

Jim Warren - executive editor, NewsGuard

David Folkenflik - media correspondent, NPR

Molly Jong-Fast - editor-at-large, Daily Beast

On our radar:

We discuss India and the arrest of Arnab Goswami, one of the country’s loudest pro-government voices on television. Producer Nicholas Muirhead has been tracking the response of the right-wing media.

Ertugrul: Turkish TV’s Ottoman phenomenon goes global

The Listening Post's Meenakshi Ravi reports on how history, politics and entertainment collide in Turkey’s Ottoman TV epics.

Contributors:

Burak Ozcetin - associate professor, Istanbul Bilgi University

Senem Cevik - lecturer in International Studies, UC Irvine

Omar Al-Ghazzi - assistant professor, LSE; co-author, Neo-Ottoman Cool: Turkish Popular Culture in the Arab Public Sphere

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> With a victory for Biden imminent, media outlets that have thrived on the Trump show must look for a new business model. Contributors: Akela Lacy - politics reporter, The Intercept Jim Warren - executive editor, NewsGuard David Folkenflik - media correspondent, NPR Molly Jong-Fast - editor-at-large, Daily Beast On our radar: We discuss India and the arrest of Arnab Goswami, one of the country’s loudest pro-government voices on television. Producer Nicholas Muirhead has been tracking the response of the right-wing media. Ertugrul: Turkish TV’s Ottoman phenomenon goes global The Listening Post's Meenakshi Ravi reports on how history, politics and entertainment collide in Turkey’s Ottoman TV epics. Contributors: Burak Ozcetin - associate professor, Istanbul Bilgi University Senem Cevik - lecturer in International Studies, UC Irvine Omar Al-Ghazzi - assistant professor, LSE; co-author, Neo-Ottoman Cool: Turkish Popular Culture in the Arab Public Sphere - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6207969479001 5e7c6385-a8fd-4288-acf6-adc90029f59b Sat, 07 Nov 2020 11:37:19 +0000 1550 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/media-outlets-battle-for-clarity-amidst-the-chaos Four years at war: President Trump and the media | The Listening Post The US election is just days away and President Donald Trump’s fake news narrative is about to be put to the ultimate test. Contributors: John Ziegler - Senior Columnist, Mediaite Amy Goodman - Executive Producer, Democracy Now! Ben Smith - Media Columnist, The New York Times On our radar US conservatives often accuse social media platforms of suppressing their voices. Politico’s chief tech correspondent, Mark Scott, joins Richard Gizbert to discuss a study which shows that claim is not true. The chosen one: The Christian Broadcasting Network and Donald Trump The gospel of Trump 24/7? We look at the marriage of convenience that is the president’s relationship with the Christian Broadcasting Network. Contributors: Gordon Robertson - CEO, Christian Broadcasting Network Terry Heaton - Former Executive Producer, The 700 Club; Author, The Gospel of Self: How Jesus Joined the GOP Sarah Posner - Author, Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Alter of Donald Trump; Reporting Fellow, Type Investigations Nicole Hemmer - Author, Messengers of the Right; Associate research scholar, Columbia University - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

John Ziegler - Senior Columnist, Mediaite

Amy Goodman - Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Ben Smith - Media Columnist, The New York Times

On our radar

US conservatives often accuse social media platforms of suppressing their voices. Politico’s chief tech correspondent, Mark Scott, joins Richard Gizbert to discuss a study which shows that claim is not true.

The chosen one: The Christian Broadcasting Network and Donald Trump

The gospel of Trump 24/7? We look at the marriage of convenience that is the president’s relationship with the Christian Broadcasting Network.

Contributors:

Gordon Robertson - CEO, Christian Broadcasting Network

Terry Heaton - Former Executive Producer, The 700 Club; Author, The Gospel of Self: How Jesus Joined the GOP

Sarah Posner - Author, Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Alter of Donald Trump; Reporting Fellow, Type Investigations

Nicole Hemmer - Author, Messengers of the Right; Associate research scholar, Columbia University

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Contributors:

Pierre Henri Tavoillot - Professor of philosophy, Sorbonne University

Philippe Marliere - Professor of French and European politics, University College London

Rim-Sarah Aloune - Legal scholar and human rights researcher

Jocelyn Cesari - Professor of religion and politics, University of Birmingham

On our radar

The Nigerian army says it did not shoot at protesters, but there is a problem with their story - the evidence is all over the internet. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the contrasting narratives.

Murder in Malta: Daphne Caruana Galizia’s journalistic legacy

The Listening Post’s Flo Phillips on a reporter killed for the work she did - and how Daphne Caruana Galizia’s journalism continues to make news.

Contributors:

Matthew Caruana Galizia - Son of Daphne Caruana Galizia and investigative journalist

Manuel Delia - Author, Murder on the Malta Express; Blogger, Truth Be Told

Caroline Muscat - Founder, The Shift News

Mark Laurence Zammit - Former presenter, Xarabank

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Contributors:

Rahul Pandita - Journalist and author, Our Moon Has Blood Clots

Siddiq Wahid - Senior fellow, Centre for Policy Research India

Nitasha Kaul - Associate professor, University of Westminster

Suhasini Haidar - National and diplomatic affairs editor, The Hindu

Aarti Tikoo Singh - Foreign affairs editor, Indo-Asian News Service

Against all odds: Reporting under Kashmir’s communications blackout

What has the revocation of Article 370 - and the security lockdown and communication blackout that followed - meant for Kashmiris and the journalists trying to tell their stories?

Contributors:

Anuradha Bhasin - Executive editor, Kashmir Times

Peerzada Ashiq - Senior journalist, The Hindu

Syed Shahriyar - Photojournalist

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> It has been more than a year since New Delhi scrapped Indian-administered Kashmir’s special status. Why has the region’s history been so hotly disputed - on the ground and in the news media - since India’s independence from the United Kingdom more than 70 years ago? Contributors: Rahul Pandita - Journalist and author, Our Moon Has Blood Clots Siddiq Wahid - Senior fellow, Centre for Policy Research India Nitasha Kaul - Associate professor, University of Westminster Suhasini Haidar - National and diplomatic affairs editor, The Hindu Aarti Tikoo Singh - Foreign affairs editor, Indo-Asian News Service Against all odds: Reporting under Kashmir’s communications blackout What has the revocation of Article 370 - and the security lockdown and communication blackout that followed - meant for Kashmiris and the journalists trying to tell their stories? Contributors: Anuradha Bhasin - Executive editor, Kashmir Times Peerzada Ashiq - Senior journalist, The Hindu Syed Shahriyar - Photojournalist - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6201954430001 1bc91650-d644-4bce-9ac6-adc9002a20a8 Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:36:53 +0000 1590 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/silenced-and-shut-down-kashmir-s-year-of-lockdown Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Shelling, suffering and propaganda | The Listening Post After three weeks of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, both sides have leaned on their domestic media to give their version of events. We examine the events in Nagorno-Karabakh and the dangers of war reporting in the age of COVID-19. Contributors: Cavid Aga - Writer, Open Caucasus Media Daniel Hamilton - Political and communications analyst Neil Hauer - Non-resident fellow, Frontier Europe Ani Paitjan - Journalist, CivilNet On our radar There are more signals from Saudi media that the narrative is changing on Israel. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about a three-part interview on pan-Arab station Al Arabiya that has taken aim at Palestinians. A snapshot of empire: The racist legacy of colonial postcards How the golden age of postcards left behind a legacy of racism that continues to shape perceptions of Africans today. Contributors: Sarah Sentilles - Writer and critical theorist Olubukola Gbadegesin - Associate professor, Saint Louis University Stephen Hughes - Senior lecturer, SOAS University of London Julie Crooks - Associate curator, Art Gallery of Ontario - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Cavid Aga - Writer, Open Caucasus Media

Daniel Hamilton - Political and communications analyst

Neil Hauer - Non-resident fellow, Frontier Europe

Ani Paitjan - Journalist, CivilNet

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There are more signals from Saudi media that the narrative is changing on Israel. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about a three-part interview on pan-Arab station Al Arabiya that has taken aim at Palestinians.

A snapshot of empire: The racist legacy of colonial postcards

How the golden age of postcards left behind a legacy of racism that continues to shape perceptions of Africans today.

Contributors:

Sarah Sentilles - Writer and critical theorist

Olubukola Gbadegesin - Associate professor, Saint Louis University

Stephen Hughes - Senior lecturer, SOAS University of London

Julie Crooks - Associate curator, Art Gallery of Ontario

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> After three weeks of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, both sides have leaned on their domestic media to give their version of events. We examine the events in Nagorno-Karabakh and the dangers of war reporting in the age of COVID-19. Contributors: Cavid Aga - Writer, Open Caucasus Media Daniel Hamilton - Political and communications analyst Neil Hauer - Non-resident fellow, Frontier Europe Ani Paitjan - Journalist, CivilNet On our radar There are more signals from Saudi media that the narrative is changing on Israel. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about a three-part interview on pan-Arab station Al Arabiya that has taken aim at Palestinians. A snapshot of empire: The racist legacy of colonial postcards How the golden age of postcards left behind a legacy of racism that continues to shape perceptions of Africans today. Contributors: Sarah Sentilles - Writer and critical theorist Olubukola Gbadegesin - Associate professor, Saint Louis University Stephen Hughes - Senior lecturer, SOAS University of London Julie Crooks - Associate curator, Art Gallery of Ontario - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6199425574001 178d3250-fb2f-4aae-8351-adc9002a2e96 Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:40:53 +0000 1560 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/nagorno-karabakh-conflict-shelling-suffering-and-p The president's taxes: A story to 'Trump' all the others? | The Listening Post President Donald Trump has survived one bombshell news report after another. Last week, The New York Times dropped a story that may prove to be the last straw. Contributors: Eric Alterman - Columnist, The Nation Claire Potter - Author, Political Junkies Alex Shephard - Staff writer, The New Republic Molly Jong-Fast - Editor-at-large, The Daily Beast On our radar On-the-ground coverage of the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia is scarce. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes on the difficulties of reporting the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Viral advertisements and voting: Can anti-Trump Republicans sway an election? Two breakaway Republican groups have launched enormous online campaigns aimed at defeating their own candidate, President Donald Trump. Contributors: Rick Wilson - Co-founder, The Lincoln Project; Author, Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump - and Democrats from Themselves Osita Nwanevu - Staff writer, The New Republic Joanna Weiss - Contributing editor, Politico Magazine Paul Waldman - Opinion writer, The Washington Post; Senior writer, American Prospect - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Contributors:

Eric Alterman - Columnist, The Nation

Claire Potter - Author, Political Junkies

Alex Shephard - Staff writer, The New Republic

Molly Jong-Fast - Editor-at-large, The Daily Beast

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On-the-ground coverage of the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia is scarce. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes on the difficulties of reporting the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Viral advertisements and voting: Can anti-Trump Republicans sway an election?

Two breakaway Republican groups have launched enormous online campaigns aimed at defeating their own candidate, President Donald Trump.

Contributors:

Rick Wilson - Co-founder, The Lincoln Project; Author, Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump - and Democrats from Themselves

Osita Nwanevu - Staff writer, The New Republic

Joanna Weiss - Contributing editor, Politico Magazine

Paul Waldman - Opinion writer, The Washington Post; Senior writer, American Prospect

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- Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/]]> President Donald Trump has survived one bombshell news report after another. Last week, The New York Times dropped a story that may prove to be the last straw. Contributors: Eric Alterman - Columnist, The Nation Claire Potter - Author, Political Junkies Alex Shephard - Staff writer, The New Republic Molly Jong-Fast - Editor-at-large, The Daily Beast On our radar On-the-ground coverage of the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia is scarce. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes on the difficulties of reporting the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Viral advertisements and voting: Can anti-Trump Republicans sway an election? Two breakaway Republican groups have launched enormous online campaigns aimed at defeating their own candidate, President Donald Trump. Contributors: Rick Wilson - Co-founder, The Lincoln Project; Author, Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump - and Democrats from Themselves Osita Nwanevu - Staff writer, The New Republic Joanna Weiss - Contributing editor, Politico Magazine Paul Waldman - Opinion writer, The Washington Post; Senior writer, American Prospect - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ full The Listening Post 6197122652001 2d699b42-0593-4793-8044-adc9002a42f4 Sat, 03 Oct 2020 13:22:32 +0000 1515 https://omny.fm/shows/the-listening-post/the-presidents-taxes-a-story-to-trump-all-the-othe