Israel has long avoided wading into the international news environment, wary of its own global perception. Until, that is, the recent launch of i24 TV channel.
State-funded English language news channel RT has found itself at the centre of international attention recently, with its reports on the crisis in Crimea accused of being less than impartial. Monocle goes behind the scenes…
Broadcasting in 60 languages on the radio and with 27 foreign-language TV news programmes each week, SBS is a truly international news outlet – an unusual epithet in the world of Australian media.
Old-school news agencies have found a new purpose and power in a world of misinformation and reporting cutbacks. This is how ‘wires’ have stayed on top.
Our column from Pretoria looks at how South Africa is manoeuvering itself into a world-power position. Plus elections in Seychelles, educating ultra-orthodox children in Israel and demanding change in Lebanon.
‘Gazeta Wyborcza’, Poland’s leading daily newspaper, is a liberal publication that has been making its voice heard in the country since 1989. Monocle got the scoop on how it negotiates tradition and promotes a democratic…
There are no winners when abomination comes to town but there are glimpses of how speed, imagination and worldliness can set you apart from the pack. This has been the case with the exemplary coverage of the Nice attack by…
Gabon launched its first 24-hour news network last week – Gabon 24. Despite a few technical difficulties the continuous coverage appears to have been well received so far, especially given that most citizens have until now…
News network France 24 is a broadcaster working across three languages in order to deliver a nuanced French view of global affairs. With its ever-increasing reach, it’s a channel catching the little details that competitors…
Want to crack America? Fashion showrooms are the engines under the shining chassis of the industry. And Stella Ishii runs one of the most influential on the block.
‘La Nación’ is one of Argentina’s largest daily newspapers and has been making headlines since 1870. Recently the print title has made a success of innovative redesigns of its pages while retaining its historic identity.
Amos Schocken, publisher of Israel’s most influential newspaper, Haaretz, has remained true to his grandfather’s liberal ethos, unafraid to report fairly on Palestinian issues. Its core circulation of 75,000 has recently…
Democracy was supposed to transform journalism in Burma with Myanmar Radio and Television acting as a public-service broadcaster. The reality, however, is a media that’s hardly changed at all.
Since the 1970s the UK capital has been the home of the Arab media’s dissenting voices. But now, amid a Saudi and Qatar squabble, the press crackles with opinions, anger and propaganda.