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May 2018

Navigator

Tips for reporting meaningful stories without the guarantees of a free press

While the United States has enshrined press freedom in the first amendment to the Constitution, U.S. journalists are...

May 30, 2018
A New Light

An endless fight for home

I’ve been living in Mexico since 2010, and I mainly focus on the struggles of indigenous groups in...

May 25, 2018
Journalist May Jeong talks to Democracy Now from Kabul, Afghanistan on February 1, 2018. (Screenshot from Democracy Now)
Navigator

Getting your bearings in a new place as a freelance foreign correspondent

May Jeong only recently moved back to the U.S. after spending four years as a freelance foreign correspondent...

May 20, 2018
Culture and Identity

The view from Gaza as US moves embassy to Jerusalem

Editor's note: Palestinian officials say at least 55 people have been killed by Israeli fire in the latest...

May 14, 2018
A New Light

#Kayleestrong

On February 1, 2018 Kaylee Marshfield turned 6 years old. It was also the day her parents received...

May 10, 2018
Virginia Street at McFarland Street, circa 1912. The Charleston Daily Mail, at left, moved across the street in 1927 into the building it currently occupies. (Archival image from Charleston Gazette-Mail / Courtesy of James D. Scarbro Jr.)
Americas

Despite a sale and layoffs, West Virginia newspaper continues its tradition of ‘sustained outrage’

CHARLESTON, West Virginia — This town’s daily newspaper, the Gazette-Mail, is housed in a classic 1920s building made of...

May 09, 2018
Caitlin McNally, a documentary filmmaker, working on a GroundTruth fellowship in Antarctica. (Courtesy of Caitlin McNally)
Fellowships

Fellowship Testimonials

Hear from some of our fellows on the value of their GroundTruth experience. Julie Turkewitz, national correspondent for...

May 07, 2018
A Sisi banner hangs in Cairo. After a democratic election in 2012 that put the Muslim Brotherhood in power, Sisi led a coup that overthrew the democratically-elected president, and banned the Muslim Brotherhood and pro-democracy demonstrators. (Roger Anis/GroundTruth)
Rights

Egyptian citizens, journalists face worsening restrictions on expression under Sisi regime

In 2011, when Egypt was pulsating with post-revolution possibility, I received a grant from the Pulitzer Center to...

May 03, 2018
With the U.S. midterm elections around the corner, reporters will be quoting poll results. Here's a checklist to assess the quality of polls and surveys. (OSCE/Flickr)
Navigator

A checklist for assessing polls and surveys

Polls and surveys can be an important resource to understand how people feel about hot button issues. But...

May 02, 2018
"My father was a painter and craftsman and he shared his love of art with me. I believe that everything that is artistic is beautiful: theater, picture frames, poems, paintings, flowers, songs. In a person, it's the character, the silhouette, the smile and the eyes that count. That said, my biggest regret is not getting an education. Doors open for you when you're educated. Otherwise you feel shame. Regardless of the situation, I would advise young women to educate themselves." Marie-Berthe Paquette, 102 years old, Montreal, 2016. (Arianne Clément/GroundTruth)
Health

What these 100-year-old women teach us about beauty

When I started shooting this story, I wished to talk about elderly women's conditions in general, but I had no...

May 02, 2018
Wonyoung Sohn visits the 1,200-year-old Bongeunsa Temple. He has been advocating for inter-faith understanding, after incidents in which radical Christians vandalized Buddhist temples. (Chris Damien/GroundTruth)
Faith

Why some religious leaders see resolving inter-faith conflict as a step to Korean reunification

SEOUL— As Wonyoung Sohn, a Methodist pastor and former professor of Christian theology, steps from the bustling Gangnam...

May 02, 2018
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