Media Ignore Catastrophe

Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Susie Banikarim, 2/20/26

Headline: “What We Need to Know”

Subhead:  “Ann Curry reports from Sudan. Plus: Second-person scenarios, and AI mayhem.”

“Sudan is in the grip of the world’s largest and most catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Since a brutal civil war erupted in 2023, almost fourteen million people have been forced to flee their homes, and famine is so widespread that more than 40 percent of the population is not getting enough food. The healthcare system has completely collapsed, and there are reports of another genocide in Darfur. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/what-we-need-to-know-ann-curry-south-sudan-pbs-newshour-second-person-measles-atlantic.php