A woman gets interviewed by a local freelance reporter in Guatemala City after a double homicide took place. Newspapers and commercial broadcasters are boom businesses in emerging markets like Brazil and India, but in the old, affluent democracies, news journalism increasingly looks like a sunset industry.
Professionally produced journalism has long been the most widely used independent source of information about public affairs for citizens in most democracies, but its ability to play this role in the future is now in doubt.
Weekly news digest produced by the Information Program. This week’s top story covers the Indian government’s controversial release of a centralized monitoring system to track communications in the country.
A ruling from the European Court of Human Rights fails to require government precision in restricting supposedly dangerous anti-democratic speech.
Despite positive developments in Burma, the country remains mired in conflict. These photographs present a snapshot of life in Burma today, highlighting the causes for hope and progress and the immense challenges that remain.
