Iraq lifts suspension against Reuters

Iraqi authorities on Sunday lifted a suspension of Reuters’ license to work in the country.

A Reuters story states, “The news agency’s licence was suspended earlier this month over a report on the number of coronavirus cases in Iraq.

“The Iraqi Communications and Media Commission (CMC) informed Reuters it was lifting the suspension ‘to allow transparent and impartial work by the media … in adherence to operating according to the regulations of media broadcasting rules’ set out by the independent body.

“Reuters said it was ‘very pleased the suspension has been lifted and we can continue to report from Iraq’. ‘We appreciate the efforts made by the Iraqi authorities and the CMC to promptly resolve the matter,’ the agency said in a statement.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.