Jessica PhelanNovember 24, 2011 13:45

Unscrupulous journalists camped outside Rowling's house and even tried to use her five-year-old daughter to get inside information, the Harry Potter author said.

James Murdoch resigns from newspaper boards

News DeskNovember 23, 2011 11:03

Murdoch, who is Rupert Murdoch's son, will still be chairman of the News Corp unit that houses its British newspapers, called the News International division.

South African MPs approve controversial secrecy bill

Erin Conway-SmithNovember 22, 2011 16:33

Journalists wearing black protested outside ANC party headquarters while South African luminaries from the Archbishop Desmond Tutu to writer Nadine Gordimer spoke out against the bill.

Chelsea Clinton becomes latest celebrity turned journalist (PHOTOS)

Nicole RojasNovember 14, 2011 18:07

When fame isn't enough, celebrities turn to reporting.

Chelsea Clinton becomes latest celebrity turned journalist

Nicole RojasNovember 14, 2011 17:58

When fame isn't enough, celebrities turn to reporting.

Chelsea Clinton hired by NBC News as a special correspondent

News DeskNovember 14, 2011 11:02

Clinton is the second daughter of a former U.S. president to work for NBC: Jenna Bush Hager works as a correspondent for the Today show.

Ethiopia: Swedish journalists are 'messenger boys of a terrorist organization'

Kyle KimOctober 19, 2011 15:56

Two Swedish journalists face trial on Thursday in Ethiopia on terrorism charges after being arrested for being involved with a firefight between the country’s rebel and government troops.

Opinion: American media loses focus

Tom Fenton October 2, 2011 09:12

LONDON — U.S. politicians are avoiding big questions about the Middle East and the media are helping them out.

News DeskSeptember 27, 2011 20:11

South African radio newsreader fired after "going rogue" on the graveyard shift

A South African man "went rogue" while reading the 1 a.m. radio news bulletin, launching into a bizarre profanity-filled rant before his producer drowned him out with a Rod Stewart song.

Enlarge

Pensioners listen to the radio while waiting to collect their pensions near former South African President Nelson Mandela's village of Qunu. (ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)

A South African radio newsreader has committed career suicide by swearing 13 times during a news bulletin while working the graveyard shift.

Mark Esterhuysen, who was reading the 1 a.m. Eyewitness News bulletin, launched into a bizarre profanity-laden rant in which he used the F-word repeatedly, the South African Press Association reports.

A 41-second clip of the broadcast went viral in South Africa after being posted online.

"Good morning, I'm Mark Esterhuysen," the newsreader says, before launching into an angry diatribe that references South African current events and directs listeners to check out his blog and Twitter feed.

"Mark literally goes rogue, f-bombing anything from 'racism' to 'perpetual economic growth on a finite planet.' And there is also a little bit about us all being wild animals," says South African website 2OceansVibe, describing the unusual news bulletin.

"Some 40 seconds after going rogue, his producer managed to drown him out with a Rod Stewart track."

Gaddafi's guards release journalists held at Rixos hotel (VIDEO)

News DeskAugust 24, 2011 14:32

"It's a desperate situation," the BBC's Matthew Price, who was trapped in the hotel, told a Radio 4 program earlier Wednesday.