A new report reveals that news stories that challenge simplistic, widely held beliefs about women and men are rare, indicating that gender stereotyping in coverage continues to be a problem.
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Despite increased public attention to sexual violence following #MeToo, Canadian news media continue to report in ways that are often harmful.
Survivors, including Anouska De Georgiou, center, during a news conference with victims of Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3, 2025.
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Powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein are named, dissected and speculated about. The survivors, unless they work hard to step forward, remain a blurred mass in the background.
George Ward Price (right) with Adolf Hitler.
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Unapologetically Ita sketches the public life of a person who gets things done. An account of her career as a journalist, however, is a job for another author.
The unrelenting diet of chaotic, contradictory headlines that Americans face today echoes an antidemocratic playbook from the past.
People hold banners reading ‘We all are Hrant and Armenian’ during a rally to mark the 16th anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s death, in front of he Agos newspaper headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2023.
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The Turkish authorities use a range of tools – including arrests, forced takeovers and regulatory pressure – to silence critical voices.
Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, participates in a panel discussion at a cultural centre in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian prosecutors have charged Attalah and three other journalists from Mada Masr, one of the country’s few remaining independent news outlets, of spreading false news and disturbing public peace.
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Through the years, the work of women journalists in the Middle East has gone far beyond reporting news and has become a vital force for truth and justice.
When influencers accept money and don’t disclose it, then they’re being influenced.
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Creators who conceal financial support while weighing in on matters of interest to their funders are falsely presenting themselves as independent voices.
‘The Paper’ is a spinoff of ‘The Office,’ with the character Oscar Martinez now employed at the Toledo Truth-Teller in Toledo, Ohio.
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With news of a proposed merger between Seven West and Southern Cross, media laws are back in the spotlight, and so too are the glaring holes in the regulations.
As traditional media outlets struggle to hold power to account, citizen watchdogs can still make a splash.
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The crisis facing local journalism is playing out the world over. A new report charts what other countries are doing in response and what Australia can learn.