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July 15, 2019, 2:23 am

Jewish ‘Godmother of Silicon Valley’ offers advice for raising successful people

In her new bestseller, journalism teacher Esther Wojcicki, mother of three superstar daughters — including two of the top CEOs in tech — says independence must be taught early on

By Renee Ghert-Zand

June 10, 2019, 5:22 pm

BBC to stop using the word ‘terror’ to describe attacks – report

Senior news source quoted as saying decision boils down to phrase ‘One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter’

By TOI staff

Journalist Oshrat Kotler speaks at a conference in Jerusalem on March 23, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 2, 2019, 9:24 pm

Veteran anchorwoman accused of verbally abusing subordinate

Oshrat Kotler denies ‘imprisoning’ former Channel 10 employee in room after recording released of her yelling ‘sit down and be quiet’

By TOI staff

In this photo from May 3, 2018, Afghan residents light candles to pay tribute to Afghan journalists killed three days earlier in a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

December 19, 2018, 9:43 am

53 journalists killed worldwide so far in 2018

Committee to Protect Journalists says number of reporters killed in retaliation for their work nearly doubled from 2017

By Verena Dobnik

The first 'Oneg Shabbat' archive cache is recovered from the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, September 1946. (public domain)

December 11, 2018, 9:15 pm

Can we handle the uncomfortable truths unearthed in WWII’s Oneg Shabbat archive?

A $2-million pledge from Taube Philanthropies promises to fix ‘glaring omissions’ at National WWII Museum and grow distance-learning for Holocaust-related programs

By Matt Lebovic

New York Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman on the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir, 2018. (courtesy)

June 2, 2018, 3:08 am

In memoir ‘Love, Africa,’ a NYT reporter shakes off the frat boy to become a man

Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Gettleman’s adventurous coming of age tale has all the Hollywood elements: brushes with death and the near-loss of his long-term love

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

US President Donald Trump points to members of the media as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2018, after attending a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

May 27, 2018, 9:53 am

Journalists push back on Trump’s ‘phony source’ claim

After US president accuses New York Times of using fake source on North Korea summit, reporters say statement came from official in meeting arranged by administration

By Agencies

Still from Steven Spielberg's 'The Post.' (Courtesy 20th Century Fox)

December 7, 2017, 6:52 am

Spielberg’s topical ‘The Post’ presses all the right buttons

There could not be a more timely film as Spielberg explores how 1970s journalists stand up to a belligerent president during an era of belittling women in power

By Jordan Hoffman

Investigative reporter Brian Ross of ABC News (screen capture: YouTube)

December 3, 2017, 2:45 am

ABC News suspends reporter for ‘serious’ error on Flynn

Brian Ross reported erroneously that during the campaign, then candidate Trump tasked his future national security adviser to contact Russians

By Jocelyn Noveck

Golda Meir, shown in January 1964, was not the world's first female prime minister. (Wikimedia Commons/JTA)

November 18, 2017, 11:21 pm

The time I didn’t meet Golda Meir

A reporter recalls the groundbreaking interview on Israel’s one-time prime minister that made headlines around the world

By Steve North

The Times of Israel writers Julie Masis (left) and Dina Weinstein won awards in 2017 for their work. (courtesy)

July 24, 2017, 12:22 pm

Times of Israel writers awarded for reports on Japan, Jamaica

Dina Weinstein wrote about a Far East scholar who studies American Jews; Julie Masis uncovered a tropical refuge for Dutch Jews during WWII

By TOI staff

From the WebJune 7, 2017, 11:26 am

That’s not what ‘fake news’ means

Now’s the time to reflect on what real journalism is and isn’t, and why it matters so much in a free society (From the NY Jewish Week)

By Gary Rosenblatt

A drug deal is photographed in Berlin, 1924 (Public Domain/German Federal Archive)

May 10, 2017, 8:26 pm

Did stimulants fuel Nazi Germany’s war of annihilation?

A probe into drug and alcohol use during Nazi Germany’s ‘blitzkrieg’ assault on Europe opens a Pandora’s box of coverups and accusations

By Matt Lebovic

March 31, 2017, 2:07 pm

Michael Danby

Bad journalism or something else?

Whether Gaza aid worker Mohammad El-Halabi funneled millions to Hamas will be determined by an Israeli court, not Australian media

February 25, 2017, 5:57 pm

Iraqi Kurdish TV reporter killed in Mosul

‘Daring’ female reporter Shifa Gardi dies after bomb explodes on road in west Mosul; cameraman is injured

By AFP