by Alexa Keith | Apr 22, 2019 | University of Chicago
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson held the White House’s first press conference. In 1929, President Herbert Hoover formally established the position of White House Press Secretary. Ever since, the White House has become gradually more open to the press, with press briefings...
by Josie Lui | Apr 20, 2019 | University of Chicago
Two decades after the handover in 1997, many have observed the rapid decline of press freedom in Hong Kong, especially since Chinese President Xi Jinping’s took office in 2013.[1] After the politically pressured expulsion of Financial Times editor Victor Mallet in...
by Ethan Gruber | Mar 23, 2018 | Ohio State University
Nicknamed “The Bulldozer,” John Magufuli made promises throughout his campaign to attack the corruption that had plagued the public and private sectors of Tanzania for decades. Yet, only three years into his presidency, Magufuli has revealed his disregard for civil...
by JORDAN MICHAEL NAKDIMON | Mar 14, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
On March 4th, 2018, the Russian government, led by President Vladimir Putin, demonstrated once again what almost the entire world already knows: Russia is currently a highly aggressive, largely undemocratic country. In the English city of Malisbury, on a peaceful...
by Ethan Gruber | Feb 23, 2018 | Ohio State University
After a relative silence on the topic, President Trump vowed to re-examine libel laws in the United States. This pledge, coming on the heels of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, surely comes with an intent to limit the ability of the press and other news organizations...
