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A new story for Kenya’s media
A new Kenyan media initiative is using live performance to break free of colonial industry norms, Patrick Gathara reports.
Slapped down
The rich and powerful are using ruinous lawsuits to target journalists and activists who hold them to account. Tina Burrett explores the threat.
We’ve saved New Internationalist’s stories
When the pandemic threw our future into uncertainty we turned to our readers and co-owners for help. Over 1,800 people answered the call.
Why I contribute to New Internationalist
Photojournalist Julio Etchart reflects on the benefits of submitting work to a truly independent publisher.
We’re one third of the way to funding our Covid rescue-plan
Over 715 people have signed up for a personal stake in New Internationalist’s independent journalism. Become a co-owner and help us go all the way.
Move over Murdoch. The mini-media moguls are here.
Our community share offer is off to a great start. Do you want to own a piece of us?
5 very good reasons to invest in New Internationalist
With less than 2 weeks to go, here are some of the top arguments for buying into our community share offer.
Have your say on improving press standards
The UK regulator IMPRESS is calling for evidence on press standards relating to discrimination, harassment, online journalism and other issues.
Iyad El-Baghdadi: ‘We are in a time of counter-revolution’
Palestinian activist Iyad el-Baghdadi, a leading intellectual of the Arab Spring, talks fighting disinformation with Jan-Peter Westad.
The lies and the liars
Nanjala Nyabola grapples with the challenge of misinformation and disinformation.
A message to our readers
As we enter another week of remote working, our thoughts are with you – our readers and contributors.
The news we all deserve
How do we get news that is true – and in the public interest – to the places it does not reach, asks Vanessa Baird?
New Internationalist’s top reads in 2019
As the year comes to a close, here are the most popular articles on our site
Journalists must pay attention to Julian Assange
Assange could face 175 years of jail time if successfully extradited to the US. Felicity Ruby and Naomi Colvin examine the implications for press rights and freedom of speech.
Do we fetishize indigenous people?
Working on a documentary about the Moken ‘Sea Gypsies’ prompted Julian Sayarer to examine the West’s obtuse gaze and representation of indigenous people.
Pakistan: censorship by stealth
Media independence in Pakistan is suffering, with the authorities using creative ways to silence journalists. Suddaf Chaudry explains.
Fake news is not just a Western problem
Misinformation is rife, but it’s nothing new, writes Nanjala Nyabola.
Inside Hungary’s post-truth laboratory
Viktor Orbán, the country's autocratic hard man, is riding high, with the help of young propaganda-mongers. Lorraine Mallinder investigates a media takeover.
The selfish giants
Laura Basu on how media ownership is getting more concentrated – and what to do about it.
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies…
Vanessa Baird writes on the strange mutations of ‘fake news’.
Will EU copyright law ‘carpet bomb’ the digital world?
Article 13 of the EU’s Copyright Directive, up for vote on 20 June, will impose mandatory upload filters on internet users. Jillian York explains why the risks are too high.
Fighting Mr Fake
How editor Maria Ressa took on the president of the Philippines. Iris Gonzales tells the story.
A better media is possible
Out of the current crisis, a more hopeful vision is emerging, argues Vanessa Baird.
Supporting New Internationalist
As news media face a crisis of legitimacy, reader supported alternatives offer a way forward, Chris Spannos writes.
Defending journalism in a climate of fear
On World Press Freedom Day, Amnesty International’s Stefan Simanowitz reports on why Turkish journalists need support.
Banning Russia Today would solve nothing
This will give Putin another excuse for a media crackdown, argues Madeline Roache.
Burundian radio in exile
The story of Radio Inzamba, daring to report on human rights abuses, told by Giedre Steikunaite.
Five paradoxes about the state of the media
As the New Internationalist embarks on its great, democratic, community shares experiment, Vanessa Baird explores the contradictions of today’s media landscape.
Two ways to build global community
A platform co-operative approach to information, rather than the models of Facebook and legacy media, provide reason for optimism, writes Dan Hind.
Will Breitbart's 'alt-right' news work in Germany?
The website has a huge following in the US, but anti hate speech laws may hinder its German success, explains Gouri Sharma.
Clickbait and stereotypes: media coverage of the DR Congo
Virgil Hawkins decries the media’s ease of conscience when it comes to attracting readers.
We need to look past, not at, disability
People living with disability face fear, prejudice and awkwardness in their interactions with others, says Koren Helbig.
The BBC having Clegg and Farage debate immigration is a bad-taste joke
It’s like asking whether you should beat your wife weekly or daily,
complains Kate Smurthwaite.
