May 12

May 12 Palestinian journalist you should know: Ahmed Al-Najjar

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Ahmed Al Najjar gives us a look at stories not covered by mainstream media, what it’s like to be a journalist in the middle of a genocide and his thoughts on western media’s coverage of Palestinians.

Oct 8

Oct 8 As soon as you're identified as a journalist, you're dead': Mohammed Mhawish shares experience of reporting in Gaza

Nader Ihmoud

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Palestine in America interviewed Mhawish from Cairo, where he detailed his experience reporting from the north of Gaza, the dangers of wearing a press vest in Palestine and his eventual evacuation. You can listen to the full interview on YouTube and Spotify.

Oct 8

Oct 8 Palestinian you should know: Lama Abu Jamous

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Lama Abu Jamous is a child reporter who gained notoriety when she began covering the war after her home was bombed and her family displaced. She famously interview Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Al Dahdouh during the first months of the bombardment.

Oct 8

Oct 8 Palestinian you should know: Hind Khoudary

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Hind Khoudary is still alive and reporting from Gaza. She is currently reporting for Al Jazeera English and produces content for the World Food Program. Despite the dangers, Khoudary has decided to stay and do her job from within the Gaza strip.

Oct 8

Oct 8 Palestinian you should know: Salam Mema

Nader Ihmoud

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Salam Mema, a 32-year-old freelance Palestinian journalist and head of the Women Journalists Committee at the Palestinian Media Assembly, was killed after sustaining injuries when her home in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, was hit by an Israeli airstrike.

Oct 8

Oct 8 Palestinian you should know: Mohammed Abu Hatab

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A journalist and correspondent for the Palestinian Authority-funded broadcaster Palestine TV, Mohammed Abu Hatab was killed along with 11 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

Oct 8

Oct 8 Palestinian you should know: Mohamed Al Jaja

Nader Ihmoud

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Mohamed Al Jaja was a media worker and the organizational development consultant at Press House-Palestine, which owns Sawa news agency in Gaza and promotes press freedom and independent media.

He was killed in a strike on his home along with his wife and two daughters in the Al-Naser neighborhood in northern Gaza.

Oct 8

Oct 8 Palestinian you should know: Mohamed Abu Hassira

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Last November, Mohamed Abu Hassira was killed by an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza along with 42 of his family members. Abu Hassira worked for Wafa–The Palestinian Authority-run news agency.

Sep 29

Sep 29 Letter from the editor: Journalism Edition

Nader Ihmoud

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The last 300-plus days of the accelerated ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians by Israel have been the deadliest for media workers since the Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit promoting global press freedom, started gathering data in 1992.