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Laura Postma is currently working on doctoral research at Leiden University. Formerly she was a freelance journalist in the United States; between 2013 and 2020 she was freelance correspondent for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, based in Prague. As a correspondent she worked for Dutch, German and Belgian print media, radio and television. At Leiden University, Laura is researching the influence of news selection on the changing role and relevance of the foreign correspondent. She also collaborates with international media organizations and educational institutions, hosting workshops and giving guest lectures. Laura currently divides her time between the Netherlands and Tel Aviv.

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Aiming for fairness: Confronting bias in foreign reporting

With Sham Jaff, Laura Postma and Zahra Salah Uddin

Foreign reporting in German media focuses on a limited number of countries — recent studies confirm this. Events in the rest of the world go unnoticed. This phenomenon is repeated in many Western countries. The causes of this attention imbalance and the measures that could be taken to address it will be discussed by Sham Jaff, along with Alena Jabarine and Laura Postma.

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