Access & Censorship

Where is Photography Banned? – Feature Shoot

In the last decade, photographers covering stories for The New York Times, Getty Images, National Geographic, and more have been arrested for taking pictures on US soil. Authorities cracking down…

Post date January 17, 2020
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Senate Blocks Photographers from Shooting Delivery of Impeachment Articles

The Senate has sparked outrage among photojournalists after revealing a new set of restrictions on journalists, including barring any photographer from

Post date January 15, 2020
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Politicans can still lie in political ads, says Faceook – 9to5Mac

Just a couple of days after banning deepfake videos, Facebook has confirmed that politicians can still lie in ads bought on the platform ...

Post date January 9, 2020
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Venezuela crisis: Photographer Jesús Medina freed from jail after 16 months – BBC News

Jesús Medina, who was held without a trial for 16 months, and seven others have been released.

Female Chilean Photojournalist’s Murder Still Unsolved – therealistwoman

A female Chilean photojournalists murder is remains unsolved and has many free press activists demanding answers to unanswered questions.

Photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed back home after 3 years of captivity | IOL News

South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed has returned to the country after being held captive for three years in Syria.

After Another Year of Trump Attacks, ‘Ominous Signs’ for the American Press – The New York Times

Threats of ‘retribution,’ more accusations of ‘fake news’ and the end of the White House briefing made 2019 the darkest yet for journalists in the Trump era.

Post date December 30, 2019
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Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon – The New York Times

Shahidul Alam, the acclaimed Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist, pushes against the limits of his medium to cast light on what is suppressed or has vanished.

Post date December 24, 2019
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Photojournalism
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Reuters Photographer Bows to Twitter Critics. What’s the Fallout for Other Photographers?

Reuters photographer Joshua Roberts was hounded out of a Congressional hearing for doing his job. How will the incident impact other photographers?

Kidnapped SA photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed ‘escapes’ from captivity | The Mercury

Two years after photojournalist Shiraaz Mohambed was kidnapped while on assignment in Syria, he is now a free man, says Gift of The Givers.

Reuters Photographer Kicked Out of Impeachment Hearing for Taking Photos of Congress Members’ Notes

Reuters photojournalist Joshua Roberts was escorted out of yesterday's Impeachment Hearings after a Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee

Documentary Film Organizations Sue US Government Over Social Media Rules for Visa Applicants

The US Government is being sued by two documentary filmmaking organizations over new visa registration rules that require applicants to divulge any and

Post date December 6, 2019
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5 Photojournalists Sue Homeland Security for First Amendment Violations | PDNPulse

The photographers allege that DHS illegally detained and interrogated them to chill news coverage of immigrants at US-Mexico border.

Post date November 22, 2019
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Sacha Baron Cohen Says Tech Companies Built the “Greatest Propaganda Machine in History”

In a keynote address to the Anti-Defamation League, entertainer Sacha Baron Cohen calls the platforms created by Facebook, Googl

Post date November 22, 2019
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The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Student Protesters for Reporting – The New York Times

Editors at the campus newspaper spurred a backlash from professional journalists after they apologized for how they covered protests at a speech by Jeff Sessions.

Post date November 12, 2019
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Ethics

Reporting From the Philippines When the President Wants to ‘Kill Journalism’ – The New York Times

Maria Ressa, editor of a popular news site in the Philippines, has incurred President Duterte and his supporters’ wrath by investigating his extrajudicial killing campaign.

Post date October 15, 2019
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Opinion | The Growing Threat to Journalism Around the World – The New York Times

In many countries, journalists are being targeted because of the role they play in ensuring a free and informed society.

Post date September 25, 2019
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Photojournalist Lu Guang Granted ‘Bail-Like’ Release in China | PDNPulse

Award-winning photojournalist Lu Guang is released from prison in China, but still cannot leave the country.

Photojournalist sentenced for terrorist propaganda over a photo – Stockholm Center for Freedom

The İstanbul 33rd High Criminal Court on Thursday handed down a suspended 20-month sentence to a photojournalist on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda, Turkish media reported. Çağdaş Erdoğan was taken into police custody in September 2017 wh

Why the press struggles to cover the war in Yemen – Columbia Journalism Review

In the wake of 9/11, when the US invaded Afghanistan, journalists flew into the country with American troops and filed stories on America’s war against terrorism. Later, in 2003, the press helped convince the American public that the Iraqi dictator Sad

Post date September 3, 2019
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