Lottery systems nationwide are evolving into quasi-privatized operations, with state governments assuming an oversight role while private companies reap millions running this sophisticated form of gambling.
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
Unlevel Playing Fields
This collaboration between the Howard Center, The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and PBS NewsHour revealed that high school girls are still at a disadvantage nearly 50 years after Congress passed the sweeping Title IX law that guarantees equity for girls and boys in school-based athletics. In nearly a dozen stories and a national poll, the investigation illustrated girls’ second-class status, explained why the law isn’t working and examined solutions to fix the situation.
Title IX, which passed in 1972, is a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at any school that receives funding from the federal government, including in sports programs. While Title IX has led to a significant increase in girls playing scholastic sports, it has fallen short of achieving equity for high school girls in areas such as facilities, equipment, scheduling and publicity, the four-month, student-led investigation found.
The Russian War Kills 15 Journalists, Scatters Others to Safe Haven A Few Remain in Ukraine, Russia, Continue Work Underground
The war in Ukraine forced many independent journalists from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus to stop working and flee to safer locations; others in Ukraine never made it that far before being imprisoned by Russian forces or killed in the fighting,…
Ukrainian reporter jailed in Crimea sent to crowded cell block to make room for prisoners of war, says U.S.-funded employer Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Vladislav Yesypenko, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent sentenced to six years in prison for his reporting in Russian-occupied Crimea, has recently been moved to a dirtier, more crowded prison floor.
One Reporter’s Story Shows Outlook For Release Of Kurdish Journalists Worsens Under Turkey’s Authoritarian Path
Nedim Turfent, already imprisoned for six years, lost more privileges this year
Hong Kong journalists and activists fear China’s retaliation, even abroad
Vague China-imposed national security law wiped out protests and independent reporting.
Imprisoned journalist Katerina Andreeva charged with treason just months ahead of release
“The situation itself is frightening,” Igor Ilyash, Katerina Andreeva’s husband and a journalist, told Capital News Service recently. “She is, apparently, too bright and famous of a journalist to let her go now.”
Ethiopian journalist faces death penalty for his social media-based news outlet
Charges a dramatic example of Abiy’s reversal of openness after Nobel Peace Prize
Inside Egypt’s Stranglehold on Press Freedom
Khaled Ghoneim, host of a talk show in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, had been reporting on the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020 when he used his Facebook page to criticize a news blackout concerning local doctors and nurses who had contracted the virus.
The next day Egyptian authorities, who had imposed a blackout on non-governmental news about COVID-19, showed up at his home and arrested him.
Jailed local reporter becomes national case of media supression in India
In the flood of travelers following a gang rape and secret cremation, one little-known journalist from the opposite end of the country was arrested and accused of orchestrating a massive protest effort.
More than a year and a half later, Siddique Kappan sits in a Lucknow jail awaiting a trial.