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It has been a terrible week for journalism – the murder of Jamal Khashoggi was a blatant abuse of power and a shocking display of the unfreedom of the press. But the tragedy also reminds us of the need for a free press and how fact-based and explanatory journalism promotes strong democracy. At The Conversation Canada, those are just some of the reasons we keep doing what we are doing.
For your weekend reading pleasure, we present strong and interesting journalism from across the global network of The Conversation.
All the best.
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Weekend Reads
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Shenaz Kermalli, Ryerson University
Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was no ordinary reporter. His contacts included the Royal Family as well as known terrorists.
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David Mednicoff, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Trump administration’s abandonment of support for democracy and civil rights abroad may be behind the sort of attacks on individual freedom that likely claimed journalist Jamal Khashoggi's life.
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Robert Diab, Thompson Rivers University
New research into the economics of attention online casts doubt on the net’s role in fostering public debate, and raises concerns about the future of democracy.
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Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town
South Africans have a right to know why the lapses at Sunday Times occurred and why those that spoke up against them were silenced.
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Leanne Rowlands, Bangor University
Managing your feelings takes more than just turning that frown upside down.
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Ruth Itzhaki, University of Manchester
New review finds that over 150 papers strongly support the view that herpes simplex plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Gabriela-Alina Sauciuc, Lund University; Tomas Persson, Lund University
An Ig Nobel Prize-winning study suggests we need to rethink why imitation evolved.
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Hannah Mumby, University of Cambridge
A movement built on inequality can also perpetuate that same inequality.
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Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
The lottery’s jackpot has swelled to that eye-watering sum, but research suggests hopeful ticket holders should be careful what they wish for.
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Edward A. Johnson, University of Manitoba
Therapy works. But success has little to do with your therapist’s experience, gender, graduate degree, or even the school of therapy they practise.
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