'We need foreign journalists to be allowed into Gaza to back up, help and support our brave Palestinian colleagues. And we need those inside already, to be better protected.' - Alex Crawford

Gazan journalists should NOT be carrying this burden while working to stay alive.

Columbia Journalism School mourns of the loss of Fazil Khan, '21 M.S. Data Journalism: journalism.columbia.edu/news/message-c…

We are saddened to note the tragic death of journalist Fazil Khan, who was killed in a Harlem fire on Friday.

In 2020, he won a SAJA scholarship as he headed to @ColumbiaJourn for his Master's in Data Journalism.

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BREAKING: An Air Force member who set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington in an act of protest against the war in Gaza on Sunday died from his injuries, an Air Force spokesperson said Monday.
W Matt Berg politico.com/news/2024/02/2…

Alexei Navalny was asked what his message would be to people if he was killed.

His response from the Academy Award winning documentary about him directed by Roher

Rajaie Batniji was one of a handful of Palestinian Americans to meet Blinken for a private discussion on Gaza.

This is what he told him: edition.cnn.com/2024/02/14/opi…

As America watches #SuperBowl , reports are coming in of Israel ramping up its US-backed Gaza offensive in Rafah–a tiny strip of land where ~1.5 million people have sought shelter, including many Americans + ~thousands of relatives of US citizens.

Context:
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Very happy that we are publishing this paper on #JournalismAI - thanks to Felix M. Simon . If you have been keeping up with AI + newsroom developments, strong recommend, as it covers the issue of how tech companies are entrenching their positions within newsrooms

The 2024 #BergerAward and #TobenkinAward are now open for entries!
The #BergerAward , named after the late The New York Times reporter Meyer “Mike” Berger, is awarded for an outstanding example of in-depth, human interest reporting. Submit by March 8: journalism.columbia.edu/berger

The artist Gillian Laub has created a new photo archive of more than 200 Holocaust survivors.

On Saturday, some of those portraits were projected onto buildings and structures throughout New York City. nyti.ms/4bc3594

If you are following the news from Yemen, please consider donating to help save the life of this brave Yemeni journalist who covered the entire war from Sana and is now undergoing cancer treatment in India. Every little bit helps Shuaib and his family.
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Controlled demolitions by Israeli forces have drastically changed Gaza's landscape — destroying swaths of neighborhoods and leaving many Palestinians without homes to return to. The scale of the demolitions raises serious questions under the rules of war. nyti.ms/4829Vet

Journalists from around the world gathered inside Low Library on Thursday for the 82nd annual duPont-Columbia awards to celebrate the best stories in audio and broadcast journalism.

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On the secret origins of funding for the Manhattan Project, in which top Roosevelt officials and 7 lawmakers tricked the rest of Congress into unwittingly approving $800 million in funding for the atomic bomb: nytimes.com/2024/01/17/us/…

As the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth month, more than 1,000 Black pastors, representing hundreds of thousands of congregants across the U.S., are pressuring the Biden administration to push for a cease-fire in Gaza. nyti.ms/49d4N8a

They were waving white flags and then they were shot. Our investigation into the shooting of unarmed civilians in Gaza. The video is graphic but please watch. With Brent Swails Kareem Khadder, Eliza Mackintosh Gianluca Mezzofiore أحمد حجازي 𓂆

edition.cnn.com/2024/01/26/mid…

Documents seen by Altinget and Airwars showed an internal investigation linked Danish airstrikes to the death of 14 Libyan civilians in 2011.

Over two years we tracked down all the victims' families we could.

Read the full investigation.

airwars.org/investigations…

The conversation was engaging, the questions sharp and the audience amazing. Thank you Azmat Khan Bill Grueskin Columbia University Overseas Press Club for hosting my book talk about 📕Our Enemies Will Vanish 📕 in New York today. Next tour stops: London and Brussels.

There's a good chance two Navy SEALs died during a ship boarding mission off Somalia because no one bothered to figure out if they could still float with all their gear. A lot of SEALs see this as an avoidable tragedy. nytimes.com/2024/01/22/us/…

A leader I greatly admire, sara yasin led with passion, intellect and a common touch. She took on some of the most difficult challenges Los Angeles Times and stayed authentic, which is important beyond journalism. Certain her career will keep soaring. Anyplace will be lucky to get her.