Category: Access & Censorship
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Why 'GQ' Doesn't Want Russians To Read Its Story : NPR
Why ‘GQ’ Doesn’t Want Russians To Read Its Story : NPR: “It was quite mysterious to me,” Anderson says. “All of a sudden, it became clear that they were going to run the article but they were going to try to bury it under a rock as much as they possibly could.”
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Rollerbladers confronted by angry woman
Xtremely Mad on truTV.com Video: All they got was a closeup of crazy…
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Under Pressure, Photo Festival Drops Text From Gaza Exhibit
Under Pressure, Photo Festival Drops Text From Gaza Exhibit – PDN: Organizers of the Noorderlicht photo festival have removed a text essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from an upcoming photo exhibit, blaming pressure from the Associated Press, which supplied some of the pictures.
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PDNPulse: One Year Later, Iraqi Photojournalist Remains in Military Prison
PDNPulse: One Year Later, Iraqi Photojournalist Remains in Military Prison: Iraqi photojournalist Ibrahim Jassam remains in a military prison in Iraq a year after his September 2, 2008 arrest. U.S. officials insist he remains a security threat, despite an order last year by an Iraqi court order that he be released.
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The NFL and Social Media at Strictly Business
The NFL and Social Media at Strictly Business: Leave it to big business and old thinking to try and control Social Media. In a report released this week the NFL has revealed their plan for a Social Media Policy. One of the new rules of the policy would prohibit players or anyone representing them from…
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U.S. Department of Transportation Responds to ACLU by Telling Us What We Already Know, Photographing the Exterior of Federal Buildings is Perfectly Legal
U.S. Department of Transportation Responds to ACLU by Telling Us What We Already Know, Photographing the Exterior of Federal Buildings is Perfectly Legal | Thomas Hawk Digital Connection: it’s not illegal to photograph the exterior of their buildings and structure
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DHS photography guidelines – Boing Boing
DHS photography guidelines – Boing Boing: As part of a back-and-forth regarding the harassment of photographers at U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington, I’ve gotten my hands on the Homeland Security Department’s official guidelines for photography of federal buildings.
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PDNPulse: An Ugly August: 3 Videos of Angry People Attacking Journalists
PDNPulse: An Ugly August: 3 Videos of Angry People Attacking Journalists: It’s a dangerous world out there. Maybe it’s the late-summer heat, but several violent altercations between journalists and subjects have been caught on tape this month. Here are three of them, including a scary incident yesterday in Pennsylvania involving several photographers.
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SEC Revises Controversial Credential Policy
SEC Revises Controversial Credential Policy: News organization’s objected to the SEC’s original credential agreement because it prevented newspapers from using video and audio game highlights on their Web sites, put time-limit restrictions on post-game and pre-game audio and video; restricted photo usage online to editorial content only (no archives or sales); granted the SEC and…
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Gannett, AP Refuse to Sign New Sports Credential Policy
Gannett, AP Refuse to Sign New Sports Credential Policy: “The credential restrictions would be untenable,” said Mark Silverman, editor of the Tennessean, which covers the SEC’s University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University. “They fail to recognize that we are not just a newspaper. We use a variety of mediums and I believe we are going…
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Journalists' recent work examined before embeds
Journalists’ recent work examined before embeds | Stars and Stripes: As more journalists seek permission to accompany U.S. forces engaged in escalating military operations in Afghanistan, many of them could be screened by a controversial Washington-based public relations firm contracted by the Pentagon to determine whether their past coverage has portrayed the U.S. military in…
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Leagues Restrict Access as Fan and Financial Interests Intersect
Leagues Restrict Access as Fan and Financial Interests Intersect – NYTimes.com: The rules are aimed not at the casual fan who might post a few pictures of Saturday’s football game on a personal Web site, but rather those who copy television broadcasts, create their own highlight reels and post them on sites charging for access…
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Behind The Scenes: Latest Threat to Photographers
Behind The Scenes: Latest Threat to Photographers – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com: Covering Afghanistan is an extremely dangerous assignment for any photojournalist — avoiding ambushes, snipers, roadside bombs and kidnappings take priority over taking photographs. Now there is another concern. Afghan police are threatening photojournalists by pointing guns at them.
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Magnum Blog / Getting too close?
Magnum Blog / Getting too close? – Olivia Arthur: When I am asked about my work, one of the questions that often comes up is ‘How much difference does it make that I am a woman?’ And I have to agree that it does make a huge difference, that plenty of the situations I have…
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I'm a Photographer Not a Terrorist campaign for photographers' rights
I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist campaign for photographers’ rights – Boing Boing: They’ve got a “bust card” explaining your rights to you and the officers you interact with, as well as a sticker/poster design and a gallery of photographers holding “I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist” signs.
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Behind the Scenes: Iran Releases Photographer
Behind the Scenes: Iran Releases Photographer – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com: Majid Saeedi, an Iranian freelancer for Getty Images who was arrested a month ago — apparently for taking and transmitting news pictures — has been released from Evin prison on the outskirts of Tehran, Getty executives said Wednesday.
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Report: AP Sued By Dutch Royals Over Ski Photos
Report: AP Sued By Dutch Royals Over Ski Photos: The government information agency, RVD, told the paper that the photos constitute a violation of the so-called “media code,” an arrangement observed by the Dutch media that the royal family can only be photographed at official functions. RVD said they would drop the lawsuit if the…
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Iraq Censorship Laws Move Ahead
Iraq Censorship Laws Move Ahead – NYTimes.com: “We are living in such a dangerous time that we need to control things,” said Majeed H. Jasim, director of the State Company for Internet Services.
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Homeland Security Secretary: Report Suspicious Photographers
PDNPulse: Homeland Security Secretary: Report Suspicious Photographers: We could explain (for the hundredth time) how police investigations of photographers are very unlikely to expose terrorists, and far more likely to waste everybody’s time. But instead we’ll borrow some of Napolitano’s own words: Her advice “doesn’t seem to make any sense.”
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Iran Claims Two Detained Photographers “Confessed”
Iran Claims Two Detained Photographers “Confessed”: Iran’s official news agency says detained photojournalists Majid Saeedi and Satyar Emami have confessed to enemy behavior, a claim immediately rejected by the Committee to Protect Journalists.