2024-12-12
22 分钟After Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed, Syrian media enters a new chapter. Kholoud Helmi, co-founder of the independent paper Enab Baladi, reflects on her publication’s journey from clandestine reporting during Assad’s era to hopes for unfiltered journalism in today’s Syria. Sednaya prison, long shrouded in secrecy, has become a focal point for journalists and families of the missing. Freelance journalist Edmund Bower, reporting for The Times, recounts his access to the site. The murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has sparked polarising reactions online, including the celebration by some of his alleged killer Luigi Mangione. Mia Sato from The Verge discusses the public’s focus on systemic healthcare failings, while influencer Michael McWhorter notes a striking lack of online detective interest in the case. Ben Strick, director of investigations at the Centre for Information Resilience, shares the principles of open-source investigations in an advent calendar he has created to highlight his work. He explains how tools like reverse image searches and flight trackers have aided investigative journalism, offering examples from global conflicts to everyday reporting. Presenters: Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall Producer: Simon Richardson Assistant producer: Lucy Wai
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Welcome to the explanation from the BBC World Service.
This is Ros Atkins and Katie Razzle and this is the Media Show.
We're here to explain the trends behind the fast changing media landscape.
This week on the Media show, how journalists are reporting on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
We're also going to be looking at social media reaction to the murder of the United Healthcare boss, Brian Thompson.
And we'll have a lesson in open source investigation from one of the Internet's leading investigators.
That's all coming up on the Media Show.
We begin with the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
For years he oversaw the killing and detention of thousands of people, including civilians.
And with Assad gone has now come a freedom to report inside Syria in a way that hasn't been possible for decades.
Khulud Helmi co founded the Syrian independent newspaper Enna Biladi and she joined us in the studio.
Let us wake up because this is a dream and we are afraid that we might wake up tomorrow and say that things are like it's a nightmare.
But no, how we have been operating is that we've been covering all the news, watching from aside, doing the analysis ourselves, listening to other people.
But we rely on hugely, not only now, but since we left Dara, when we left Syria and we were not physically present in the country because it's.
Worth saying you're in exile here in the uk, many of your colleagues are in Istanbul.
Exactly.
And others in other European countries.