BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Press regulators will step up efforts to weed out unlicensed reporters in order to preserve the reputation of the country's news media. Irregular practices by news bureaus, the issuance of press cards to unqualified report...
China's top legislature, NPC, and top political advisory body, CPPCC, will open their first sessions next week. And the number of registered overseas reporters for the two sessions has increased by about 20 percent over last year. Foreign journalist...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 20 December 2006 An international press watchdog Wednesday confirmed that a Voice of America journalist arrested and jailed three years ago in Eritrea following a report that contradicted the government has escaped. Cathy M...
By Alisha Ryu Baghdad 06 September 2006 In Iraq, suicide car bombings occur on such a regular basis that only the ones that cause mass casualties are now covered in depth by the media. But as VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu in Baghdad reports, even an...
By Margaret Besheer Tyre, Lebanon 01 September 2006 The recent fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants devastated large areas of Lebanon. For the past month, VOA correspondent Margaret Besheer has been reporting on the conflict and t...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 17 August 2006 watch Jill Carroll report Jill Carroll A reporter who was held hostage in Iraq for 82 days is telling her story. Jill Carroll had closer contact with Iraqi insurgents than any American who has lived...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 27 June 2006 Daniel Pearl Daniel Pearl, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and murdered by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002. One week after his death, Pearl's family established a foundation to...
IN THE NEWS - Reporter Jailed for Not Telling Who Identified C.I.A. Officer By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, July 09, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Judith Miller...