The worst censor is the self (guest blog)

Censorship is a notoriously difficult thing to measure because of its inherent secretive nature and self-censorship even more so. While working at one of the larger international organizations in Damascus, Syria, Amanda Nunn was able to glean an insight into how this affects even the most banal articles she wrote for the agency’s website. Having lived and worked in the Middle East for a number of years she knew censorship happened, but this is her personal story about how she started to edit herself.