On 18 January, the world honours Martin Luther King’s vision of building bridges across racial divides. In this feature we recall one story of how a racist heart was changed and look at some of King's ongoing legacy through the work of his disciples, the Rev Dr Otis Moss.

Sonali Samarasinghe Wickrematunge now carries the title “Editor in Exile”. In September of 2008, she was the second winner of the Global Shining Light Award in Norway, presented by the International Conference of Investigative Journalists for exposing how a government minister “used his power and connections to the President of the country to run roughshod over the media and the justice system.” Less than four months later her husband of two months, the well known editor of the Leader newspaper, Sri Lanka, was brutally gunned down as he drove to work and Sonali was forced to flee the country, along with other members of her family—hence her unusual title.

Widow of assassinated Sri Lankan editor expected.

News from Arab-US policymakers’ conference illustrates how media misses the positive

The September edition of the ICF newsletter is now available for download in PDF. Click here to download.

One of my most poignant memories of Senator Edward Kennedy was not his unforgettable 1972 Halloween night campaign speech in Jersey City attacking President Nixon. Nor was it the tip he gave me for a good story when I was The Cincinnati Enquirer's Washington correspondent.

Film of shot Iraqi student Nada cited as moving example of citizen journalism

Communications company director tells of ‘the other 9/11’

MediaWisedirector calls for Daily Telegraph to reveal if it paid for disc on MPs’ expenses claims.

Walter Cronkite was a newsman’s newsman. He was a man for the ages. His insistence on objectivity, fairness and truth and his love for the job made him a role model for journalists everywhere.