Category: Access & Censorship
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Two American journalists held in Libya for two weeks without word
Link: James Foley, a correspondent for GlobalPost, and Clare Morgana Gillis, a journalist working for The Atlantic and USA Today
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Embedistan: Unembedded vs. Embedded
Embedistan: Unembedded vs. Embedded Aside from the long list of tactical information we can’t report or photograph, the soldiers and commanding officers censor themselves. They are afraid of the repercussions of saying the wrong thing, and are on the lookout for journalists with an agenda. via At War Blog: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/embedistan-unembedded-vs-embedded/ I have spent six months…
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Obama on bin Laden photo decision: ‘We don’t need to spike the football’
Link: It is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head– are not floating around– as– an incitement to additional violence. As a propaganda tool. You know, that’s not who we are. You know, we don’t trot out this stuff as trophies
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AP, Reuters to sit out South Carolina GOP debate
Link: Debate sponsors Fox News and the South Carolina Republican Party will only allow photos to be taken in the moments ahead of the debate tonight and not during the event itself
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Collection of thoughts in Osama bin Laden death photo debate
Link: Martijn Kleppe has compiled a good and broad-ranging list of writing and reactions about the images surrounding the death of Osama bin Laden.
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Family asks for access to missing photographer
Link: The fate of UK-based photojournalist Anton Hammerl remains unknown, 37 days after he went missing in Libya
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The Most Beautiful Girl They’ve Seen Or The Embedded Photojournalist Gets Picked Up!
I have argued this again and again, and have been reviled and criticized for it again and again. And
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At Gunpoint, Miami Beach Police Threaten Videographer At Fatal Shooting
Link: Benoit, who was with his girlfriend, Ericka Davis, said police pulled him out of the car, put him face down on the pavement, guns pointed at the couples’ heads, handcuffed him, and smashed his cell phone. Then they put the smashed phone in his back pocket as he lay on the ground. But Benoit…
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Showing a ‘distressing’ image could make you a criminal in Tennessee
Link: Another week, another law restricting photography
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Having Captured Killing On Tape, Cameraman Fears For His Life
Having captured killing on tape, cameraman fears for his life – Committee to Protect Journalists Abdul Salam Somroo is in danger. He is the Awaz TV cameraman who took the June 9 video footage of the pointblank murder of a young man, Sarfaraz Shah, in southern Karachi. That’s the same part of the city where…
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Police Continue Illegal Seizure Of Cell Phone Cameras
Police across America continue to confiscate citizens’ cell phone cameras despite lawyers saying
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Photojournalists appeal for Iranian photographer's release
Link: A group of Iranian press photographers have called for the release of Maryam Majd, a sports photographer who was arrested in Iran ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament
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WikiLeaks Springs a Leak: Full Database of Diplomatic Cables Appears Online
Julian Assange (Photo: WikiMedia Commons) For the second time in a year, WikiLeaks has lost control
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“Security guards have no right to prevent street photography,” says Home Office
Link: The Home Office and the British Security Industry Association have published a new set of guidelines for security guards confirming that photography in public places is legal and cannot be restricted
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New York Police Are Ordered to Let Journalists Work
Let Journalists Work, City Police Are Ordered (Published 2011) Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly has issued an internal message warning that New York City officers who interfere unreasonably with journalists’ access will be subject to disciplinary action. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/nyregion/new-york-police-are-ordered-to-let-journalists-work.html Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly has issued an internal message ordering officers in New York City not…
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The Police, the Press and Protests: Did Everyone Get the Memo?
Link: As you can see about three minutes into this video, one of New York’s finest either did not get the memo or failed to internalize its contents. While Robert Stolarik, on assignment for The New York Times, works to take photographs of other officers attempting to clear protesters from the World Financial Center’s Winter…
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Attorney details backlash against photojournalists
Attorney details backlash against photojournalists A “perfect storm” of repression has raged against photojournalists in the United States in recent years, according to an accomplished news photographer who has become an attorney representing his former colleagues. Mickey H. Osterreicher, a counsel with w via National Press Club: http://press.org/news-multimedia/news/attorney-details-backlash-against-photojournalists?utm_source=Copy+of+1-25-12+Wire&utm_campaign=1-26-12+Wire&utm_medium=email A “perfect storm” of repression has raged…
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Iowa farm photography bill signed into law – illegal to lie to access farms
Link: While the law no longer has language specifically addressing photography or video recording, both opponents and supporters of the law say that its intent is to prevent videos of farm operations from being made. Under the law, fraudulently entering a farm would be punishable by up to 1 year in prison and a $1,500…
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Photojournalist’s Federal Lawsuit Defends Right To Record Police
Link: Today a federal civil rights lawsuit was filed on behalf of Philip Datz in the Eastern District of the U.S. District Court that challenges Suffolk County’s policy and practice of obstructing the First Amendment right of the press and the public to record and gather the news about police activity in public places.