Category: Access & Censorship
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Million MAGA March: Unravelling a Violent Viral Video – bellingcat
Million MAGA March: Unravelling a Violent Viral Video – bellingcat A video showing left-wing protesters attacking a right-wing activist spread across social media after the “Million MAGA March” in Washington DC. But did it tell the whole story? via bellingcat: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/11/18/million-maga-march-unravelling-a-violent-viral-video/ While the daytime rally included several skirmishes, the number of violent incidents escalated significantly…
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NBA Strips Photographer’s Credentials Over Offensive Kamala Harris Post
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 via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/08/15/nba-strips-photographers-credentials-over-offensive-kamala-harris-post/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 A freelance photographer who has been working with the NBA for several years has been kicked…
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Exposing Rodrigo Duterte’s War on the Free Press
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. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/580647/a-thousand-cuts-documentary-philippines-journalism/ “It all goes back to Silicon Valley,” Ressa adds. A Thousand Cuts follows the Philippines 2019 legislative elections, when for…
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Libyan National Army ‘sentences’ freelance photojournalist Ismail Abuzreiba al-Zway to 15 years – Committee to Protect Journalists
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 via Committee to…
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Missing Photojournalist Austin Tice, Tops July Ranking Of One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” Press Freedom Cases Press Freedom Cases
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. via Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2020/08/03/missing-photojournalist-austin-tice-tops-july-ranking-of-one-free-press-coalitions-10-most-urgent-press-freedom-cases-press-freedom-cases/#292fd4a6579e NEW YORK – Aug. 3, 2020 – Freelance photojournalist Austin Tice, who went missing in 2012 while reporting on the…
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Power, Consent, and Obligations in Photography | Conscientious Photography Magazine
Power, Consent, and Obligations in Photography via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/power-consent-obligations/ One of photography’s most important problems is the power imbalance between someone operating a camera and someone finding her or himself in front of it. Unless there is an actual collaboration going on, it is the photographer whose decisions result in what the subject…
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The attacks on press freedom in Portland – Columbia Journalism Review
The attacks on press freedom in Portland 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 via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/portland_trump_press_freedom.php THIS WEEK DAVE MILLER,…
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A Seattle judge ruled 5 news outlets, including The Seattle Times, must give photos and video of protests to police – Poynter
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. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2020/seattle-times-judge-subpoena-protest-police/ A Seattle judge ruled Friday five news outlets must turn over…
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Photo of COVID-19 victim in Indonesia sparks fascination—and denial
Link: 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.
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Opinion | Why Does the N.Y.P.D. Want to Punish Journalists? – The New York Times
Opinion | Why Does the N.Y.P.D. Want to Punish Journalists? The Police Department’s proposed new rules threaten press freedom. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/opinion/nyc-police-journalists.html “Let’s revoke the NYPD’s ability to issue press credentials entirely. They’ve repeatedly proven that they are unwilling and unable to oversee a legitimate process,” Scott Stringer, the city’s comptroller, tweeted. Keith Powers, a City…
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Photographers Grapple With ‘Informed Consent’ in Uprising | FAIR
Photographers Grapple With ‘Informed Consent’ in Uprising A Photo Bill of Right’s language about “informed consent” has caused a stir among journalists. via FAIR: https://fair.org/home/photographers-grapple-with-informed-consent-in-uprising/ A new Photo Bill of Rights, inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and the current uprising against police brutality, has caused fissures in the American photojournalism community and raised an important…
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bellingcat – Visualizing Police Violence Against Journalists At Protests Across The U.S – 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…
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Photographer Sues Police for Blinding Her Left Eye, Uses Last Photo as Proof
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 via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/06/16/photographer-sues-police-for-blinding-her-left-eye-uses-last-photo-as-proof/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 According to court documents obtained by PetaPixel, Ms. Tirado “stepped in front of the protesting…
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Podcast: Photojournalists Have a Heated Ethics Debate & Black Photographers Create the VogueChallenge – PhotoShelter Blog
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 via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/06/podcast-photojournalists-have-a-heated-ethics-debate-black-photographers-create-the-voguechallenge/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 As…
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On Ethics, The First Amendment, and Photographing Protestors’ Faces – PhotoShelter Blog
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. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/06/on-ethics-the-first-amendment-and-photographing-protestors-faces/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 A vigorous, sometimes vitriolic debate has erupted in photography circles around whether to photograph protestors’ faces. As someone who’s written about the topic,…
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Yunghi Kim: “Is agreeing NOT to show a person’s face against the ethics of journalism?” – PhotoShelter Blog
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…
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No, Photojournalists Aren’t Advocating the Blurring of Faces at Protests – PhotoShelter Blog
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 via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/06/no-photojournalists-arent-advocating-the-blurring-of-faces-at-protests/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 In…
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Photojournalists Assaulted During 2020 Protests – PhotoShelter Blog
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 via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/06/photojournalists-assaulted-during-2020-protests/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 This…
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Police Target Journalists as Trump Blames ‘Lamestream Media’ for Protests – The New York Times
Police Target Journalists as Trump Blames ‘Lamestream Media’ for Protests “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. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/business/media/reporters-protests-george-floyd.html Barbara Davidson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, was covering a protest near the Grove shopping mall in Los…
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Attacks on media covering the protests are simply following the president’s rhetoric – Poynter
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? via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2020/attacks-on-media-covering-the-protests-are-simply-following-the-presidents-rhetoric/ For his entire administration, Trump has continually bashed the media — calling it “lamestream” and “fake news” and,…