An interview on free speech with professor and media researcher Yazan Badran.

After decades, Syrian independent media can go back, and a new media landscape can be built. The challenges, however, are many, and the new authorities keep sending mixed signals.

"Syria under Assad's rule has etched itself into my memory through the stories of Syrian men and women who crossed my path over the past six years, embodying the contradictions...

The past decade has seen Syrian alternative media and journalists become the main source of information for what is happening in their country. They live-streamed their pain, their struggles and...

“Though they have different tasks, and different definitions according to some people, I see the work of fixers as journalism.”

Northwestern Syria is a dangerous place for anyone. For local journalists, living there means facing bombs, displacement and low income on top of harassment from hardline Islamist authorities. How do...