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Articles by Amara Okonkwo
MENA News
Behind the Scenes of an Entertainment Cover Story: How the Feature Gets Made
Access, approval and layout: the unglamorous pipeline that puts a star on a magazine front page.
Amara Okonkwo
MENA News
MENA News Agency: How MENA News Agencies Shape the Region's Headlines
National wires decide what gets covered first, and their copy flows onward into nearly every local paper.
Amara Okonkwo
World
World Cup Bracket — How the World Cup Works: Format, Qualification and Brackets
Groups, knockouts and the long road of qualifiers, explained for anyone watching their first tournament.
Amara Okonkwo
World
Election Systems Explained: Election Systems Around the World, Explained Simply
From first-past-the-post to proportional lists, here is how votes turn into governments — and why the same election can produce very different results.
Amara Okonkwo
MENA News
Mena News Agency of Which Country: Why Country Labels Matter When You Read Wire Copy
Reuters, AFP, SPA, WAM: every wire carries a flag, and the flag shapes the story.
Amara Okonkwo