by Elaine Monaghan | 17 Jun 2020 | Europe, Human Rights
Violence against Black Americans has thrust U.S. police reforms to the fore. Northern Ireland has grappled with its own history of police prejudice. Northern Ireland’s police crest, Antrim, Northern Ireland, 2 May 2014 (EPA-EFE/PAUL MCERLANE) With their eyes opened to...
by Elaine Monaghan | 11 Sep 2019 | Europe, Terrorism
If the UK leaves the EU, will authorities resurrect a border between Ireland and the province of Northern Ireland — ending two decades of peace? A change in road markings and tarmac designates the border between the Republic of Ireland (L) and Northern Ireland (R)...
by Elaine Monaghan | 21 Dec 2018 | Indiana University, Journalism, Media Literacy, Personal Reflections
Journalists practice a dangerous craft and now are accused of peddling fake news. With the world facing annihilation, is it worth plying that trade? Photographer Shah Marai, among several Afghan journalists killed in a suicide bombing, is buried in Afghanistan, 30...
by Elaine Monaghan | 21 Mar 2017 | Europe, Indiana University
Britain’s vote to leave the EU has stirred separatist passions in Scotland and Northern Ireland — and plunged me and many others into an identity crisis. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (R) greets British Prime Minister Theresa May, Edinburgh,...
by Elaine Monaghan | 17 Nov 2015 | Americas, Europe
“What if there is no pack? What if we don’t know what happened?” Elaine Monaghan reflects on the need for journalists on the front lines. In my life as a witness or reporter, three news events stand out: the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the signing of...