Access & Censorship

NBA Strips Photographer’s Credentials Over Offensive Kamala Harris Post

A freelance photographer who has been working with the NBA for several years has been kicked out of the league's Orlando "bubble" after he was called out

Post date August 15, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Ethics
Tags Bill Baptist

Exposing Rodrigo Duterte’s War on the Free Press

Director Ramona Diaz and journalist Maria Ressa discuss their struggles to make A Thousand Cuts, a film about the autocratic president of the Philippines.

Post date August 6, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Film & TV

Libyan National Army ‘sentences’ freelance photojournalist Ismail Abuzreiba al-Zway to 15 years – Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., August 4, 2020–The Libyan National Army should immediately release photojournalist Ismail Abuzreiba al-Zway, and stop prosecuting journalists in secret trials and in military courts, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In a

Missing Photojournalist Austin Tice, Tops July Ranking Of One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” Press Freedom Cases Press Freedom Cases

The One Free Press Coalition Publishes its “10 Most Urgent” List.

Power, Consent, and Obligations in Photography | Conscientious Photography Magazine

Post date July 27, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship

The attacks on press freedom in Portland – Columbia Journalism Review

This week Dave Miller, who hosts a daily talk show on Oregon Public Broadcasting, interviewed “two very tired people”: Tuck Woodstock and Sergio Olmos, both independent journalists. Since late May, daily protests in solidarity with Black lives and agai

Post date July 25, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship

A Seattle judge ruled 5 news outlets, including The Seattle Times, must give photos and video of protests to police – Poynter

A legal expert said the ruling creates a 'troubling precedent' that could make news media unwelcome at future protests.

Post date July 25, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship

Photo of COVID-19 victim in Indonesia sparks fascination—and denial

Photojournalist Joshua Irwandi shadowed hospital workers in Indonesia, taking a striking image of a plastic-wrapped body of a COVID-19 victim while making sure not to reveal distinguishing characteristics, or even gender.

Link:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/2020/07/covid-victim-photograph-sparks-fascination-and-denial-indonesia/

Opinion | Why Does the N.Y.P.D. Want to Punish Journalists? – The New York Times

The Police Department’s proposed new rules threaten press freedom.

Post date July 16, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship

Photographers Grapple With ‘Informed Consent’ in Uprising | FAIR

A Photo Bill of Right's language about “informed consent” has caused a stir among journalists.

Post date July 2, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship

bellingcat – Visualizing Police Violence Against Journalists At Protests Across The U.S – bellingcat

After watching the gruesome killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin — the officer who put his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost 9 minutes — the United States has broken out in a rage. Protestors are fillin

Post date June 28, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship

Photographer Sues Police for Blinding Her Left Eye, Uses Last Photo as Proof

Last month, while covering protests in Minneapolis sparked by the killing of George Floyd, photojournalist Linda Tirado was blinded by a foam bullet fired

Podcast: Photojournalists Have a Heated Ethics Debate & Black Photographers Create the VogueChallenge – PhotoShelter Blog

As photographers responded to the controversial Poynter article entitled “Photographers are being called on to stop showing protesters’ face. Should they?” PhotoShelter co-founder Allen Murabayashi published a series of pieces that intensified the convers

Post date June 15, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Audio & Podcasts, Ethics

On Ethics, The First Amendment, and Photographing Protestors’ Faces – PhotoShelter Blog

A vigorous, sometimes vitriolic debate has erupted in photography circles around whether to photograph protestors’ faces.

Post date June 10, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Ethics

Yunghi Kim: “Is agreeing NOT to show a person’s face against the ethics of journalism?” – PhotoShelter Blog

Editor’s note: Veteran photojournalist Yunghi Kim (@yunghi) sent me the following thoughts after the publication of my article about the ethics of showing protestors’ faces. My professional perspective is that there is a problem with the Poynter piece “Ph

Post date June 8, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Ethics

No, Photojournalists Aren’t Advocating the Blurring of Faces at Protests – PhotoShelter Blog

In the midst of global protests in support of #BlackLivesMatter, the Poynter Institute caused a ruckus within the photojournalism industry last week with the provocatively titled “Photographers are being called on to stop showing protestors’ faces. Should

Post date June 8, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Ethics

Photojournalists Assaulted During 2020 Protests – PhotoShelter Blog

This is a rolling list of assaults against photojournalists by police and protestors covering the George Floyd protests around the country. Some of the data is pulled from the Freedom of the Press Foundation’s list. This list does not include detainment w

Post date June 4, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship

Police Target Journalists as Trump Blames ‘Lamestream Media’ for Protests – The New York Times

“I’ve really never seen anything like this”: Reporters and news photographers describe being roughed up, arrested and shot with projectiles while covering demonstrations across the country.

Attacks on media covering the protests are simply following the president’s rhetoric – Poynter

When President Trump, the leader of the free world, disrespects the press, why should we expect citizens to respect them?

Post date June 1, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship

Photojournalists Attacked and Arrested at Protests Around the Country – PhotoShelter Blog

In the span of less than a week, concerns about COVID-19 have taken a backseat to the nationwide protests against police brutality and racism sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmad Aubrey, and Breonna Taylor. Photojournalists covering the scenes hav

Post date June 1, 2020
Post categories In Access & Censorship, Audio & Podcasts