PM and foreign secretary asked to rapidly ensure safety of those who worked for British mediaOpen letter urges Boris Johnson to make good on promiseBritish media organisations have again urged the government to evacuate Afghan journalists and translato…
BBC journalist speaks of ‘increasingly repressive’ Russia ahead of expulsion
Sarah Rainsford says she is caught up in wider diplomatic game as country ‘turns in on itself’A senior BBC journalist who is to be expelled from Russia has condemned “an increasingly repressive environment” for critical journalists in the country.Sarah…
Nicaraguan police raid opposition newspaper La Prensa
Only remaining print paper raided as part of ‘customs fraud and money laundering’ investigationNicaraguan police have raided the offices of the main opposition newspaper La Prensa.The national police said the raid on Friday was part of an investigatio…
Jonathan Steele: ‘I came to Russia a political correspondent and left a crime reporter’
The veteran journalist, who moved to Moscow in 1988, charted the collapse of a superpower. But, he tells his successor, the Gorbachev revolution has been poisonedWhen Jonathan Steele moved to Moscow for the Guardian in 1988, the story of Mikhail Gorbac…
UK agrees to consider providing safe haven for Afghan journalists
U-turn over those who worked for British media follows outcry from newspapers and broadcastersThe foreign secretary has agreed to consider allowing Afghan journalists who worked for the British to flee to the UK if their lives are endangered by the res…
The changing art of the subeditor: ‘You had to read the type upside down’
A deputy news production editor at the Guardian speaks to colleagues about how cutting and correcting copy has evolved over decadesThe internet may have revolutionised the media in the 21 years since I joined the Guardian, but my role as a subeditor ha…
The Guardian ‘most widely used newspaper website and app for news’, according to Ofcom
Guardian newspaper rated highest by readers for accuracy, trustworthiness and depth of analysisThe Guardian continues to be the most widely used newspaper website and app for news, according to the communications watchdog, which shows it has increased …