Reconciliation in the Gulf?
More than three years of political and economic rifts – and a media battle – in the Gulf could be coming to an end. Plus, the science journalists who saw COVID coming.
There is news of a possible reconciliation in the Gulf – the end of the blockade of Qatar – and some careful message management is under way.
Contributors:
Zaid Benjamin – Washington correspondent, Al Araby TV
Hussein Ibish – Arab Gulf States Institute
Zarqa Parvez – Lecturer, Hamad bin Khalifa University
Nabeel Nowairah – Gulf affairs analyst
On our radar
Richard Gizbert and Meenakshi Ravi discuss how a state visit by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt to France became a media story.
Science journalism in the spotlight
Historically underappreciated, and usually underrepresented in newsrooms, science and health reporters have found their expertise in demand in this pandemic year.
Contributors:
Helen Branswell – Senior infectious disease reporter, STAT
Kai Kupferschmidt – Contributing correspondent, Science magazine
Vidya Krishnan – Health and science journalist