Laura

As part of my fellowship with @palestinestudies.bsky.social, I help with the documentation of the media and journalism related to Palestine. I'll be your editor for the series, sign up!

By enforcing draconian media censorship laws, Israel is seeking to control the narrative.

@laubast.bsky.social explains 2 of its recent major media bans: barring foreign press from Gaza & prohibiting foreign broadcasters, mainly Al Jazeera, from operating.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...

Newsroom leaders' top-down control over what gets published is nothing new. @laubast.bsky.social prev. investigated how newsrooms killed stories on Israel's genocide in Gaza. “The way they killed my material was violent to me … emotionally triggering & unethical," said photojournalist Eman Mohammed.

Testimonies reveal rape and torture in Israeli prisons Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates and experts say

I spoke with Rana Sharif from the Palestinian Feminist Collective, Basil Farraj who oversees @palestinestudies.bsky.social’s prisoners database, and Dr. Lara Sheehi about the systemic sexual violence used by Israel’s carceral regime.

For @prismreports.org, read: prismreports.org/2025/11/18/p...

Testimonies reveal rape and torture in Israeli prisons Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates and experts say

“I wished for death every moment. [...] I could hear the soldiers outside speaking Hebrew & laughing.”

Testimonies reveal rape & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.

In this interview with Khalil Kawtharany and Karim al-Amine, Arab academic Ali Kadri offers a searing indictment of imperialism’s logic in the Global South: war, waste, and the commodification of death.

🔗 thepublicsource.org/global-south...

"True journalism is the act of documenting history as it disrupts the present." — @laubast.bsky.social

Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023

Last week, Prism published a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that reveals how the Palestine exception functions within mainstream U.S. newsrooms.🧵

Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023

In a collaboration between Prism & Visualizing Palestine, reporting by @laubast.bsky.social reveals & illustrates what happens to stories about Palestine in U.S. newsrooms, from inception to reporting, editing, & publication.

Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023

It's not your imagination: There is a newsroom bias against Palestine and journalists who report on Palestine or voice opinions about the genocide on their personal social media.

Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023

Journalists, who are either Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim, told Prism that they were shut out of covering Israel’s genocide in Gaza, while white, Jewish, or Israeli—even former soldiers—journalists took the lead. Read @laubast.bsky.social's report on how US media capitulates to the Israeli narrative.

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Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023

Explored in nearly a dozen interviews with @laubast.bsky.social & a collaboration with Visualizing Palestine, learn how journalists across the U.S. face silencing, dehumanization, & targeted harassment campaigns from Zionist groups—all of which shape pro-Israel bias across U.S. media.

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Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023

today @prismreports.org is launching its partnership with Visualizing Palestine, featuring this reporting on media bias from the incredible Laura Albast. i'm proud as hell of prism's work every day, but i'm especially proud of this; please give it a read. prismreports.org/2025/09/09/j...

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Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023

If you read one thing today, let it be this stunning piece of journalism from Laura Albast about the pro-Israel bias that exists across mainstream newsrooms that was edited over months with great care from my brilliant @prismreports.org colleague @sfatima.bsky.social prismreports.org/2025/09/09/j...

Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023

A monthslong @prismreports.org investigation by @laubast.bsky.social reveals pro-Israel bias at the highest levels in U.S. newsrooms.

Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim journalists said they felt dehumanized and were questioned over stories even mentioning Palestine.

With Visualizing Palestine:

redlines.nwu.org

"We don’t have state-controlled media, but there’s something so much more tragic about a free press that voluntarily enmeshes itself with the state and protects its interests without being asked.”
-@sanasaeed.bsky.social

Read this investigation by @laubast.bsky.social for @prismreports.org!

I’ve been working on this for months! It is now out. Read. Read. Read. The stories I collected reveal the extent of bias tactics in U.S. newsrooms, even those we wouldn’t expect Palestine to be muzzled in. Thank you for trusting me to report!

Since November 2024, Lebanese fishermen have been stalked by drones, threatened through intimidating leaflets, and directly targeted by Israeli vessels.

Read our latest, in collaboration with @dropsitenews.com 👇🏼

An inquest into the violence of liberal chic There is an emptiness at the heart of cosmopolitanism, one where even daily videos of shredded children in Gaza are not enough to get liberal elites to stop their savagery

Writing on the violence of liberal chic, Avik Jain Chatlani exposes the emptiness of cosmopolitanism, one where videos of shredded children in Gaza are not enough to get liberal elites to stop their savagery. “We can run out of pages counting unmoved liberals, whose nonchalance cost many lives.”

In June, The Washington Post reported Israeli forces killed 30+ near a U.S. aid site in Gaza — then, it issued a ‘correction’ erasing who was responsible.

This isn't the 1st or only outlet that has done this. Pressure systems usually work behind the scenes. For
@ajlisteningpost.bsky.social 👇🏼

What role can photography play in the darkest of times?
I interviewed two incredibly talented photographers, Moayed Abu Ammouna and Adam Rouhana, for @palestinestudies.bsky.social – read to learn more about them and their work!

palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

Gaza Strip – Central Rafah City, January 4, 2024 A young man riding a transport cart in Rafah City market, amid the lack of transportation and basic living conditions. (Moayed Abu Ammouna)

Ramadan in al-Aqsa. Jerusalem, 2024. © Adam Rouhana

Gaza Strip – West Khan Younis "Al-Mawasi", August 30, 2024 A girl lying on the ground, asleep in front of their displacement tent in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis (Moayed Abu Ammouna)

Bethlehem, 2022. © Adam Rouhana

@najisafadi.bsky.social speaks with Palestinian photographers, Moayed Abu Ammouna in Gaza & Adam Rouhana in Jerusalem on how photography, and dialogue between artists, contributes to the struggle for Palestinian liberation. Read and view their photos ⬇️🧵

Media Against Apartheid & Displacement Media Against Apartheid & Displacement (MAAD) The Media Against Apartheid & Displacement (MAAD) website gathered and presented news and analysis on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Israeli apa…

🧵 Thread about the Movement Media Alliance 🧵

As we enter the early days of spring, it feels fitting to share some changes. Starting this month, Media Against Apartheid & Displacement—our first editorial project has transitioned to an archive and regular newsletter!

movement-media.org/maad/

A slave society: The U.S. upholds its long history of subjugation Millions of unmoored and undocumented people are being punished for the crime of having enriched the wealthiest country on Earth

It is a mistake to view America's centuries of enslaving, subjugating, incarcerating, & torturing populations as the doing of a single party or leader. This is an entrenched system populated by electors tolerating livestreamed violence, writes Avik Jain Chatlani.
prismreports.org/2025/03/25/a...

estimony from Gaza Shrouds instead of eid clothes -Ghada Abu Muaileq Logo of Palestine Square, blog of the Institute for Palestine Studies Background image: (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

“Last year, there was no Eid. Instead of wearing new clothes, the children wore shrouds. Instead of exchanging greetings, their names were added to the lists of martyrs. The same scenes unfold today,” writes Ghada Abu Muaileq from Gaza.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

A slave society: The U.S. upholds its long history of subjugation Millions of unmoored and undocumented people are being punished for the crime of having enriched the wealthiest country on Earth

Avik Jain Chatlani really took my breath away with his latest piece for @prismreports.org. I hope y’all read and share it.