The protests that swept across North Africa in 2011 have done little to boost press freedom in the region, as the arrest of NM contributor Austin Mackell showed, writes Charles McPhedran.
New Matilda contributor’s Austin Mackell’s first public reaction to his sudden international fame last week invoked an old journalistic cliché: "FIRST RULE OF JOURNALISM: Don’t become the story (actually it is more of a guideline)." The Australian journalist posted this on his Twitter feed just after his release from custody in Egypt.
