Jason McLure
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Articles by Jason McLure
McLure Running for Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Committee
To the editor, I want to announce that I’m running for Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Committee to succeed Lucy Maulsby, who is stepping down after three years of thoughtful and dedicated service to the school and our community. For those who don’t know me, I’ll share a bit of my background. My wife Tessa and I moved to Lincoln in 2022 from St. Louis and have two children at L-S. The high school was a major factor in our decision to live in the area, and I am heavily invested in its success.
How a Secret Tobacco Deal in Laos Enriched a Political Insider
The 2001 deal delivered millions to an in-law of the former president, Bounnhang Vorachit, while blocking tobacco tax hikes for 25 years. By Jason McLure, Maria Pérez, and Mailee Osten-Tan Subscribe for ads-free reading This investigation is a co-publication of reporting by The Examination, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates global health threats. This story was supported in part by a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
How a Secret Tobacco Deal in Laos Enriched a Political Insider
The 2001 deal delivered millions to an in-law of the former president, Bounnhang Vorachit, while blocking tobacco tax hikes for 25 years. By Jason McLure, Maria Pérez, and Mailee Osten-Tan Subscribe for ads-free reading This investigation is a co-publication of reporting by The Examination, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates global health threats. This story was supported in part by a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Cigarrillos con cápsulas de sabores frutales arrasan entre adolescentes de América Latina
Philip Morris International y British American Tobacco están incluyendo sabores agradables para niños como el arándano y la sandía en los cigarrillos convencionales y luchan contra los intentos de prohibir los productos en América Latina. Los cigarrillos "clic" tienen cápsulas triturables en el filtro que impregnan el humo con sabores como limón, manzana o naranja. Esta investigación es parte de Redes de nicotina, un proyecto de investigación en curso de The Examination y medios de América Latina.
Low tar cigarette marketing driving a boom in sales in China
Deceptive health appeals using tactics developed by Western tobacco companies are helping China Tobacco grow sales. By Jason McLure and Jude Chan. A deceptive and deadly marketing approach that Western tobacco companies were forced to disavow is propelling cigarette sales in China to new heights. Smokers buy half a trillion low tar cigarettes in China each year, accounting for 20% of all sales in the world's biggest tobacco market, according to data from TobaccoChina, a trade magazine.
Low tar cigarette marketing driving a boom in sales in China
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Philip Morris quietly secures major stake in Egypt's tobacco
This story is part of Smoking for the State, a The Examination series examining government-controlled tobacco companies supported in part, by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. The Examination is a nonprofit investigative newsroom covering global public health, which receives funding from Bloomberg Philantropies among others. This instalment was reported in collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
This Happened - October 3: O.J. Simpson Acquitted
China Tobacco's campaign China’s failure to deliver on its promises, including blunting the influence of its own tobacco Goliath, is hardly happenstance. Operating from deep within China's own political establishment, China Tobacco has engineered a spectacularly successful campaign to stall, derail and influence key aspects of how the treaty has been implemented, a joint investigation by The Examination and media partners has found.
"Every Day Counts" â How The U.S. Shutdown Melodrama Looks In Ukraine
FOCUS: Russia-Ukraine War President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican of Kentucky) and US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol. FOCUS: Russia-Ukraine War President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican of Kentucky) and US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol.
Tax Windfalls, Big Tobacco: The Untold Story Of What Really Feeds China's Smoking Habit
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Smoking for the State: How China became addicted to its cigarette monopoly Original
This story was produced by The Examination, a new nonprofit newsroom dedicated to investigating preventable health threats. It was reported with Germany’s Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media, Chinese-language Initium Media and Austria's Der Standard, and supported in part by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. Chongqing, a booming municipality of 32 million people, was set to join a short list of major Chinese cities that have banned indoor smoking in public.
Cheap cigarettes, misleading marketing and interference by a tobacco monopoly
Two decades after the Chinese public health community celebrated the adoption of a landmark anti-smoking treaty, smoking rates have barely budged, even as they have dropped significantly in some of the other countries that signed onto the World Health Organization (WHO) agreement, known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. So what went wrong?
Cheap cigarettes, misleading marketing and interference by a tobacco monopoly
Two decades after the Chinese public health community celebrated the adoption of a landmark anti-smoking treaty, smoking rates have barely budged, even as they have dropped significantly in some of the other countries that signed onto the World Health Organization (WHO) agreement, known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. So what went wrong?
Global Journalist: A Conversation with Jim Lehrer
Venezuela’s news media has been squeezed by President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarianism and the country’s ongoing economic crisis. But Venezuela is not Cuba or North Korea. There are still a number of independent and critical journalists trying to cover news – though their job is far from easy. On this edition of Global Journalist, we’ll hear more about the struggles of journalists in the country – and what Venezuela’s declining media freedom means for its governance.
Global Journalist: PBS Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Speaks Out on Career
After being threatened by the Taliban, filmmaker Hassan Fazili was forced to flee Afghanistan. Like thousands of others, he and his family set out for Europe seeking safety and a stable life. What follows is a two-year odyssey that Fazili, wife Fatima Hussaini, and their two daughters carefully documented on video with their phones.
Global Journalist: 'Panama Papers' Journalist Describes Sprawling Probe
Venezuela’s news media has been squeezed by President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarianism and the country’s ongoing economic crisis. But Venezuela is not Cuba or North Korea. There are still a number of independent and critical journalists trying to cover news – though their job is far from easy. On this edition of Global Journalist, we’ll hear more about the struggles of journalists in the country – and what Venezuela’s declining media freedom means for its governance.
Global Journalist: "Midnight Traveler" Shows Tenuous Lives of Refugees
Back in 2015, the immigration crisis in Europe was in headlines all over the world. Since then the numbers of people crossing the by sea to the continent has declined from more than 1 million annually to just 126,000 through early September of this year, according to the U.N.'s migration agency. But many problems remain unresolved. Not least for the tens of thousands of migrants who arrived in Europe over the past few years and still find themselves in legal limbo.
Global Journalist: Venezuela's Embattled News Media
Venezuela’s news media has been squeezed by President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarianism and the country’s ongoing economic crisis. But Venezuela is not Cuba or North Korea. There are still a number of independent and critical journalists trying to cover news – though their job is far from easy. On this edition of Global Journalist, we’ll hear more about the struggles of journalists in the country – and what Venezuela’s declining media freedom means for its governance.
Global Journalist: Covering Hong Kong's Unrest
On this special edition of Global Journalist, an extended interview with award-winning foreign correspondent and author Peter Hessler. In 1996, the U.S. Peace Corps sent the Columbia, Mo. native to a city in central China to teach English at a teacher's college.
Global Journalist: Influencer Boom Draws Scrutiny
From the love poems of Ovid to Michelangelo’s nudes in the Sistine Chapel, art censorship has a long history. Yet today’s censorship is taking some new forms. As Instagram has become one of the major vehicles for visual art, computer algorithms now play a role in deciding what is acceptable for public consumption. Meanwhile the use of anti-terrorism laws to stifle art expressing political dissent and the rise of populist political movements.
Global Journalist: Japan, South Korea Face Population Bust
From the love poems of Ovid to Michelangelo’s nudes in the Sistine Chapel, art censorship has a long history. Yet today’s censorship is taking some new forms. As Instagram has become one of the major vehicles for visual art, computer algorithms now play a role in deciding what is acceptable for public consumption. Meanwhile the use of anti-terrorism laws to stifle art expressing political dissent and the rise of populist political movements.
Global Journalist: The New Art Censorship
From the love poems of Ovid to Michelangelo’s nudes in the Sistine Chapel, art censorship has a long history. Yet today’s censorship is taking some new forms. As Instagram has become one of the major vehicles for visual art, computer algorithms now play a role in deciding what is acceptable for public consumption. Meanwhile the use of anti-terrorism laws to stifle art expressing political dissent and the rise of populist political movements.
Global Journalist: Islamic Schools Grapple With Abuse Scandals
The Catholic Church isn’t alone in facing widespread child sex abuse allegations. Islamic schools internationally are also confronting a history of abuse. On this week’s show, a look at recent investigations of abuse in Islamic schools in Nigeria and Pakistan – and how families seeking justice for religious leaders who abused their children face many of the same problems as U.S. Catholics.
Global Journalist: Bolivia, Ecuador Protests Challenge Media
Christine Blasey Ford was 100 percent certain Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. Kavanaugh was 100 percent certain he didn’t. But one figure that jumped out during Kavanaugh's recent U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings was this: 23 percent. That’s the percentage of women in the U.S. Senate, the body that voted to narrowly confirm him.
Global Journalist: Overtourism on the Rise
From the New York Times' reluctance to use the word "lie" or "racist" to describe statements by President Trump to what the news outlet has learned from its coverage of the 2016 election, Executive Editor Dean Baquet speaks candidly about the controversies and achievements of his five-year tenure leading the Times' newsroom.
Global Journalist: The information siege of Kashmir
For more than two months, the Indian government has managed to largely cut off Jammu and Kashmir's 8 million people from the outside world. Phone and internet links were cut and the local press silenced. The move followed an Aug. 5 decision by India’s Hindu nationalist government to strip the Himalayan region of some of its autonomy.
Global Journalist: The Expanding Right to Be Forgotten
From the New York Times' reluctance to use the word "lie" or "racist" to describe statements by President Trump to what the news outlet has learned from its coverage of the 2016 election, Executive Editor Dean Baquet speaks candidly about the controversies and achievements of his five-year tenure leading the Times' newsroom.
Global Journalist: Western Sahara's Forgotten Conflict
From the New York Times' reluctance to use the word "lie" or "racist" to describe statements by President Trump to what the news outlet has learned from its coverage of the 2016 election, Executive Editor Dean Baquet speaks candidly about the controversies and achievements of his five-year tenure leading the Times' newsroom.
Global Journalist: New York Times' Top Editor Addresses Trump Controversies
Once a refuge for foreign journalists fleeing repression at home, the U.S. risks losing that status. Like other migrants, journalists who come to the U.S. seeking safety are much more likely to wind up in prisons or federal detention centers - sometimes for months - as their immigratiom cases are considered. Their claims are also being heard by immigration courts that are much more likely to deny asylum requests than they were even a few years ago.
Global Journalist: The vape debate goes global
Juul and other e-cigarette makers are facing new limits on the sale of their products in the U.S. But internationally, vaping companies are looking to grow. How governments regulate e-cigarettes varies wildly. In some countries, doctors recommend them as a useful method to quit smoking. In Thailand and other nations, they're banned as a public health menace. On this edition of Global Journalist, a look at the global climate for e-cigarettes.
Global Journalist: South Africa's Xenophobia Problem
Africa is home to the 10 fastest growing cities in the world. Over the next 25 years, the World Bank projects that the continent's urban population will double to 1 billion. Yet along with gleaming skyscrapers and shopping malls, African cities are feeling growing pains. More than half of the 4 million people in the Kenyan capital Nairobi live in slums, often without access to running water, electricity or sewage systems. Traffic in Nairobi and other booming cities has become nightmarish.
Global Journalist: China's Surveillance State
On this special edition of Global Journalist, an extended interview with award-winning foreign correspondent and author Peter Hessler. In 1996, the U.S. Peace Corps sent the Columbia, Mo. native to a city in central China to teach English at a teacher's college.
Global Journalist: Journalists Seeking Asylum Face U.S. Detention
For many people, the thought of spending your life next to the aquamarine waters of the Caribbean is an envious one. But for many people in the tiny fishing village of Cajio Beach in western Cuba - it’s something they only want to escape. Life for them is a constant struggle and filled with disappointments. Few have hope for a better life in Cuba - and so the only promise for many is to board a raft or small boat in hopes of making the 90 mile journey to the United States alive.
Global Journalist: Tackling Menstrual Taboos to End 'Period Poverty'
The use of orphanages fell out of favor in the U.S. around World War II, and the institutions were largely replaced by the foster care system. But in parts of Asia and Africa, the number of orphanages has actually risen in recent decades – spurred in part by the death toll from conflict and HIV/AIDS. Many of these institutions are privately owned or run by non-profits and receive no government money. Instead, they are funded entirely by donations.
Global Journalist: Climate change threatens global food supply
Howard Audsley, who wears dark glasses and has his hair cut short in a crew cut, has been driving his Toyota truck through the state of Missouri for the past 30 years to assess the value of farmland. Barreling down the flat roads of Saline County, Mo., on a recent day, Audsley stopped his truck at a 160-acre tract of newly tilled black land. The land sold for $10,700 an acre last February, double what it would have gone for five years ago.
Global Journalist: Environmental Journalists Under Threat
Overpopulation has been debated since British economist Thomas Malthus famously warned in 1798 that humans could reproduce far faster than they could increase their food supply. But since Malthus's time, world population has grown from 800 million to 7.5 billion today. Yet worries about overpopulation are back. In part that's because lots more people are on the way, complicating efforts to deal with problems like climate change and water scarcity.
Global Journalist: Foreign Journalists Confront New Challenges
On this special edition of Global Journalist, an extended interview with award-winning foreign correspondent and author Peter Hessler. In 1996, the U.S. Peace Corps sent the Columbia, Mo. native to a city in central China to teach English at a teacher's college.
Global Journalist: New Yorker's Hessler seeks outsider stories from China to Egypt
On this special edition of Global Journalist, an extended interview with award-winning foreign correspondent and author Peter Hessler. In 1996, the U.S. Peace Corps sent the Columbia, Mo. native to a city in central China to teach English at a teacher's college.
Global Journalist: Fighting News Illiteracy
The Soviet Union's nuclear program was once one of the largest in the world. But from Chernobyl to the empire's former atomic bomb site in Kazakhstan, the legacy of that effort still affects tens of thousands of people in the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine.
Global Journalist: 'Reverse Missionaries' Bring Christianity to U.S., Europe
There are now nearly twice as many Christians in the Global South as there are in Europe and North America. As Christianity's center of gravity has shifted - so too is the flow of missionaries. Thousands of Christians from places like Brazil, Nigeria and South Korea - where Christianity was first brought by European and North American missionaries - are now traveling to Europe and North America seeking to convert the natives.
Global Journalist: Dutch Debate Rise in Euthanasia
In the first of a two-part series on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, Global Journalist examines the issue in the Netherlands – the first country to legalize euthanasia. Over the past decade the number of Dutch choosing to have a doctor end their lives voluntarily has climbed to nearly 7,000 per year, or about 4 percent of all deaths in the country. This includes physically-healthy people with dementia and psychological disorders that haven’t responded to treatment.
Global Journalist: Soviet Nuclear Program Leaves Grim Legacy
The Soviet Union's nuclear program was once one of the largest in the world. But from Chernobyl to the empire's former atomic bomb site in Kazakhstan, the legacy of that effort still affects tens of thousands of people in the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine.
Global Journalist: Child soldiers a persistent problem
The use of orphanages fell out of favor in the U.S. around World War II, and the institutions were largely replaced by the foster care system. But in parts of Asia and Africa, the number of orphanages has actually risen in recent decades – spurred in part by the death toll from conflict and HIV/AIDS. Many of these institutions are privately owned or run by non-profits and receive no government money. Instead, they are funded entirely by donations.
Global Journalist: Sudan's Crisis
When Sudan's dictator of 30 years was ousted in April following months of protests, many were hopeful that the African nation might transition towards democracy. Yet less than three months after Omar al-Bashir's arrest, the country's military turned its guns on the protesters and a general linked to the genocide in Darfur is ascendant. On this edition of Global Journalist, we look at the political crisis in Sudan and the prospects for a transition to civilian government.
Global Journalist: Local News in Global Decline - Part 3
The success of CNN spawned many 24-hour news networks - many started by governments hoping to shape global public opinion to their advantage. That group includes China's state-owned English-language CGTN, which broadcasts to 30 million homes in the U.S. As you might expect from a news channel owned by China’s government - it’s not the place to turn if you want news about top Communist officials enriching themselves or reporting on China’s widespread violations of human rights.
Global Journalist: Global Decline in Local News - Part 2
Christine Blasey Ford was 100 percent certain Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. Kavanaugh was 100 percent certain he didn’t. But one figure that jumped out during Kavanaugh's recent U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings was this: 23 percent. That’s the percentage of women in the U.S. Senate, the body that voted to narrowly confirm him.
Global Journalist: Local News in Global Decline
It’s sometimes called “brown envelope” journalism. This is the practice of journalists taking money or gifts from companies, politicians, or even international charities to give them favorable coverage. Payola has long been a problem in journalism in countries all around the world.
Global Journalist: China's News Network for Americans
Chinese workers have built bridges in Serbia, a huge railroad tunnel in Uzbekistan and a gas and oil pipeline across Myanmar. These are just a few of the dozens of massive foreign infrastructure projects China has financed across the world as part of President Xi Jinping's 'Belt and Road Initiative.' In the six years since President Xi first floated the project, at least 124 countries have signed on to what is one of the largest international construction projects in history.
"One-Child Nation" Shows Scars of Chinese Policy
In the next decade, India may pass China to become the world’s most populous country. But there’s something odd about India’s population. At its last census in 2011, India had 36 million more men than women. As the population grows, the World Bank predicts there will be 51 million more men by 2031. This is due in part to the widespread practice of sex-selective abortion and the gender-based neglect of young girls leading to higher mortality rates.
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