Libya Media

Why Libya Needs a Free Media to Emerge

Everette E. Dennis | Posted 03.28.2012

Everette E. Dennis

Countries free of tyrants are not wholly liberated without a free and open media. In the wake of the revolution the media in Libya can play an integral role in stabilizing the country by promoting transparency and engaging the people of Libya in the great debates that will shape their future.

Italian Journalists Kidnapped In Libya Freed

AP | COLLEEN BARRY | Posted 10.25.2011

MILAN — Four Italian journalists who were freed Thursday after being taken hostage by Moammar Gadhafi loyalists said they thought they would be ...

What It Was Like To Ride Into Tripoli With The Rebels

AP | BEN HUBBARD and KARIN LAUB | Posted 10.22.2011

TRIPOLI, Libya — Our drive to Tripoli started with news of a prison break and ended with a party. Around noon Sunday, we were waiting at a rebel...

Women Lead The Way In Libya Battle Coverage

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 10.22.2011

Women led the way in the coverage of the rebel advance into the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday night. Opposition forces (aided by NATO and the...

Howard Kurtz: Where's Media's Skepticism On Libya?

Posted 05.25.2011

CNN's Howard Kurtz criticized the media for its coverage of the international air strikes on Libya, saying that the press was shirking its duty to be ...