Journalism Matters
500 news organizations mark World News Day by demonstrating the power of journalism to make a difference. Take a look at the following reports and features that are making an impact in an increasingly complex and uncertain world:
Noticias del hielo
Muchos años después hay que recordar aquella tarde en la que José Arcadio Buendía llevó a su hijo a conocer el hielo, que en medio del calor de Macondo exhibía un entrañable gitano de nombre Melquiades.
La noticia: arma y escudo
Como reportero, nunca creí en la suerte, sino en el trabajo, la dedicación, perseverancia y la imaginación para obtener las noticias o salir airoso en guerras y conflictos armados. Sin embargo, insisto en que reportero sin suerte, sólo llega a portero.
La “Ley” del poeta español Ramón de Campoamor
Todos, dice un popular refrán político estadounidense, “tienen derecho a sus propias opiniones, pero no a sus propios hechos”. Esas palabras, consignadas hace ya décadas en el marco de debates políticos, tienen relevancia hoy, en la arena de la información enferma de “verdades alternativas” y “otros hechos”.
El afán de querer explicar (y pausar) el mundo
Desde que era estudiante he pensado que la principal función del periodismo — de mi labor como periodista — es intentar entender el mundo para, con suerte, poder explicárselo a alguien más: dar contexto, aportar información a los hechos y ponerlos en un lugar más luminoso y amplio para los lectores. Si habláramos en términos cinematográficos, diría que esta función es como hacer un zoom out, una toma que empieza en un detalle pequeño y se va ampliando hasta ver todo lo que abarca la cámara.
Ana Kriégel murder trial: The complete story
How two 14-year-olds became the youngest people convicted of murder in Irish history.
New Zealand documentary forces clean-up of deadly Afghanistan firing range
New Zealand went to Afghanistan in 2003 on a ‘hearts and minds’ mission. So when we came across information suggesting civilian deaths for which our country might be responsible, it was important to investigate.
The people who cared for him: How a single COVID-19 case moved through the system
VANCOUVER — The call came in on an afternoon in March: a patient at a medical clinic in Vancouver complained of chest pains.
Stranded Malaysians and Singaporean hosts forge enduring bonds
SINGAPORE — Since she was five, Ms Kelly Kanaga, 30, and her family moved from one place to another for a roof over their heads before they got a rental flat of their own a year ago.
Why journalism matters to me: I have a mind for math and a passion to find the narrative in stories
At 18 years old, I never expected to be writing news in the middle of a pandemic.
Amazing Fijians
Temalesi Tauga, 42, just wanted tamarind so she could kickstart a little business of her own to support her five children and 72-year-old mother.
Settlement in El Pozo, a usurpation of more than a decade
Resolving the precarious habitat conditions of hundreds of families in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina, is a pending matter that the municipal and provincial governments cannot yet “approve”, either because the policies applied are wrong or due to the simple fact that the percentage of poverty and homelessness in the country is growing rapidly and the need to have a place to live is urgent.
Covering a COVID-19 burial: The photojournalists’ stories
In mid-March, weeks after the first two cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in Indonesia, the number of patients testing positive and deaths in Jakarta, the virus epicenter, began to alarmingly rise.