Category: Access & Censorship
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LA City Council Punishes Press Corps
LA City Council Punishes Press Corps UPDATE: The LA Times reports that Council President Eric Garcetti apologized to members of the media yesterday for the council’s recent restrictions and promised to rework them. Garcetti also… Link: http://discarted.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/la-city-council-punishes-press-corp/ Officer Johnson is the enforcer of rules big and small, and talk radio host Michael Linder’s blog reports…
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WikiLeaks works to expose government secrets, but Web site's sources are a mystery
WikiLeaks works to expose government secrets, but Web site’s sources are a mystery Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/19/AR2010051905333.html?wprss=rss_world The goal, said Daniel Schmitt, one of WikiLeaks’ five core directors, is to make the organization unstoppable. “The message of WikiLeaks to the controllers of information is this: You can either be transparent, or transparency will be brought to you,”…
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City of London security guards told to report 'suspicious' photographers
City of London security guards told to report ‘suspicious’ photographers Police instruction to 5,000 guards helps explain recent cases of photographers stopped and searched under Terrorism Act via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/13/city-london-security-guards-report-photographers Police instruction to 5,000 guards helps explain recent cases of photographers stopped and searched under Terrorism Act
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Cameras at Burning Man: Policies for the digital age
Cameras at Burning Man: Policies for the digital age Burning Man is trying to figure out how to respond to the revolution in digital photography. Old timers will tell you that cameras weren’t much in evidence in the early years of the event. But now you can’t help but… via Burning Man Journal: http://blog.burningman.com/photosvideosmedia/cameras-at-burning-man-policies-for-the-digital-age/ Last…
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Bruce Ely worked hard for several years to get behind-the-scenes access of an NBA team.
Portland currently has one major professional team, the Portland Trail Blazers. Each season since moving to Portland in 2000, I have been assigned a handful of games each season. The games were assigned to the photographer working the night shift on game day. For the first several years, I would request for some sort of…
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Should a Documentary Filmmaker Get a Journalist’s Privilege? – NYTimes.com
A Filmmaker’s Quest for Journalistic Protection Chevron demanded 600 hours of outtakes from the film “Crude,” saying it could help the company show misconduct by the plaintiffs. The filmmaker argued that his work was protected. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/us/08pollution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss As part of its defense, Chevron demanded 600 hours of outtake footage from “Crude,” saying it could help…
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Photojournalist arrested in Colorado after environmental protest | dvafoto
Ethan Welty was independently covering the protest by environmental activists and was photographing from outside of the plant’s perimeter and in the crowd that had gathered. He has put together his pictures from the event on photoshelter. Shortly after the four who had trespassed on the plant’s property were arrested and escorted out police approached…
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Talking to…Photographer Clayton Patterson «
Talking to…Photographer Clayton Patterson Photo by Elsaa Rensaa (via Gerry Visco) For 30 years, Clayton Patterson has doggedly documented the streets and culture of the Lower East Side, compiling a massive archive of the neighborhood and i… Link: http://discarted.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/talking-to-photographer-clayton-patterson/ We posted on Clayton Patterson’s most recent brush with the law at a crime scene last month and thought it would be interesting to…
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Why reporters are down on President Obama – POLITICO.com
Why reporters are down on Obama President Obama and the media have a surprisingly hostile relationship. via POLITICO: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36454.html Obama and the media actually have a surprisingly hostile relationship — as contentious on a day-to-day basis as any between press and president in the past decade, reporters who cover the White House say.
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PDNPulse: Civil Liberties Group Sues To Allow Photography Near Federal Property
In a statement, Donna Lieberman, executive director of NYCLU said, “In our society, people have a clear right to use cameras in public places without being hassled and arrested by federal agents or police.” Link: PDNPulse: Civil Liberties Group Sues To Allow Photography Near Federal Property
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NPPA Continues Objections To Photography Restrictions On Public Lands
Today’s objection is a continuation of NPPA’s concern with the Department of Interior’s proposal to change its rules and impose news restrictions on photography on public lands. Link: NPPA Continues Objections To Photography Restrictions On Public Lands
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Press airs grievances to Gibbs – Mike Allen – POLITICO.com
Press airs grievances to Gibbs Meeting is bid to improve relations. via POLITICO: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35944.html White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs met with a delegation from the White House press corps for 75 minutes on Thursday in an effort to improve frayed relations between the two sides.
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Apple blocks Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist from iStore for "ridiculing public figures" – Boing Boing
Apple blocks Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist from iStore for “ridiculing public figures” Laura sez, “Mark Fiore just won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning for his animated works appearing on SFGate.com. I spoke with Fiore about what’s next for him, and he said he… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/15/apple-blocks-pulitze.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 How’s that benevolent dictatorship working out for ya?
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Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit
Obama’s disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/13/AR2010041303067.html?wprss=rss_world World leaders arriving in Washington for President Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit must have felt for a moment that they had instead been transported to Soviet-era Moscow. They entered a capital that had become a military encampment, with camo-wearing military police in Humvees and…
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See No Evil – At War
Iraq’s elections were a photographer’s dream. Millions of people turning out to vote, long lines at the ballot boxes, and everywhere photogenically purple fingers being held aloft for camera and television lenses. Then something bad happens, and you see the real Iraq. Or, rather, you don’t. Link: See No Evil – At War Blog –…
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NPPA Files Comments In NYPD Proposed Press Credential Rule Changes
The National Press Photographers Association’s general counsel has filed NPPA’s comments with the New York City Police Department’s Legal Bureau regarding the NYPD’s proposed rule changes about the process for issuing city press credentials, one-time event credentials, and defining who is eligible to receive an NYPD press pass. Link: NPPA Files Comments In NYPD Proposed…
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Ottawa joins the war on photography – Boing Boing
Ottawa joins the war on photography Mekki sez, “The city of Ottawa has launched a security campaign funded by Transport Canada (federally) that asks people to report any ‘suspicious behaviour’, which includes photog… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/24/ottawa-joins-the-war.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 The city of Ottawa has launched a security campaign funded by Transport Canada (federally) that asks people to…
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First Amendment Showdown «
First Amendment Showdown Photo by discarted The Christian Science Monitor turns its focus on photographers rights this week, reporting on the ongoing clash between police and the photographers who shoot them. CSM says that… Link: http://discarted.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/first-amendment-showdown/ The Christian Science Monitor turns its focus on photographers rights this week, reporting on the ongoing clash between police and…
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22 Days – Foto8
These images, taken from news footage from across all networks demonstrate the lack of clear detail or understanding of what is actually being shown. The fragments of information are subtly suggestive but offer no clear verifiable or objective fact. Link: 22 Days – Foto8
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German Publishers Question Apple's Rejection of Nudity – NYTimes.com
Publishers Question Apple’s Rejection of Nudity German publishers are worrying that Apple’s desire to limit offensive material on its iPhone applications is spilling over into censorship. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/technology/15cache.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Why should a technology company in California be allowed to decide what is objectionable to the rest of the world, they ask. By comparison, imagine a Japanese…