This is the deadliest year for journalists in nearly a decade, according to a new report from the World Association of Newspapers. Countries with the highest numbers of journalists killed are Iraq and the Philippines. See a list of journalists who have been killed this year.

May Chidiac, a 2006 recipient of the IWMF's Courage in Journalism Award, is featured in the current edition of Glamour magazine. Chidiac is a broadcast journalist in Lebanon who survived a car bomb attack last fall. She will receive her Courage Award at ceremonies in New York on Oct. 24 and Los Angeles on Nov. 2. Visit Glamour's website to read the article.

Frances Harrison, a BBC correspondent in Tehran, recently wrote about the difficulties of being a woman journalist in the Middle East. Read the BBC article.

May Chidiac, a recipient of an IWMF 2006 Courage in Journalism Award, is featured in a Women's eNews article by Rania Abouzeid, a freelance journalist based in Beirut. A journalist with the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, Chidiac was the first woman journalist to be targeted in assassination attempt in Lebanon. Read the Women’s eNews article.

Lynn Povich, a member of the IWMF's board of directors, received the Exceptional Woman in Periodical Publishing Award Oct. 24 from Women in Periodical Publishing. The award is intended to inspire women in the field of periodical publishing. Qualities of awardees include the creation of wonderful products, interest in improving the lives of other women and strong qualities of mentorship. Previous award recipients include Gloria Steinem, Bonnie Krueger and IWMF co-chair Eleanor Clift.

May Chidiac, a 2006 recipient of the IWMF's Courage in Journalism Award, was featured Nov. 6 on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Visit NPR's website to listen to the interview.

A series of recent attacks killed at least 20 Iraqis, including two journalists who were gunned down in northern Iraq. Fadia Mohammed al-Taie, a reporter for the independent weekly newspaper al-Massar, and her driver were killed in Mosul. Luma al-Karkhi, who worked for the independent weekly al-Dustor, was killed in Baqouba as she was going to work.  Read the article in The New York Times.

Raad Jaafar Hamadi, an Iraqi journalist working for the state-run al-Sabah newspaper in Baghdad, was killed Nov. 22. Hamadi was driving in the capital's Washash neighborhood when he was killed by gunmen, police said. The newspaper is part of the Iraqi Media Net, a newspaper, TV and radio network set up following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Read the AP article.

Anne Garrels, a 2003 recipient of the IWMF Courage in Journalism Award, is featured as the journalist of the month on the Women's eNews website. A reporter for National Public Radio since 1988, Garrels has covered conflicts in former Soviet republics, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo, Central America and currently reports on Iraq. Read the story on Women’s eNews

 

Huda Ahmed, an Iraqi journalist who is the 2006-07 IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow, was featured on National Public Radio Dec. 5. Ahmed, who is studying and reporting in Boston, was interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. The fellowship was named for Boston Globe reporter Elizabeth Neuffer, who was killed in 2003 while on assignment in Iraq.  Click here to listen to the broadcast.

Nadia Al-Saqqaf, editor-in-chief of the Yemen Times, has been awarded the World Association of Newspapers' 2006 Gebran Tueni Award, a new prize that recognizes an editor or publisher from the Arab region. Al-Saqqaf is the first woman ever to be appointed an editor in Yemen. Visit WAN's website to read more.

The last six months of 2006 have been the most murderous period for journalists in a decade, according to a report the World Association of Newspapers. Iraq tops the list of countries with the most journalists killed. Visit WAN's website to read more.

Steven Vincent, a freelancer who was murdered in Iraq for uncovering police death squads, has won an Institute for War & Peace Reporting 2006 Kurt Schork Award for International Journalism. The winner of the local category of the award is Massoud Ansari, an investigative journalist with Pakistan’s Newsline magazine who won for documenting Islamic militancy. The awards were presented Nov. 16 in London.  Read the press release about the awards.

The National Institutes of Health's Office of Medical Applications of Research will hold a free training session to help journalists learn to report on medical research. The training session will be held June 29-July 1 at Dartmouth College. 
Read more on NIH’s website.

The International Center for Journalists is accepting applications for its International Journalism Exchange, to be held October 7 through November 11. ICFJ will choose 10 newspaper editors from the developing world with at least five years’ experience to participate in the exchange. Deadline is June 1.  Visit ICFJ’s website.