Category: Access & Censorship

  • Steal This Newspaper

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    From the New York Times: “During the first week that the additional on-site racks were in service, 43 percent of the Star Tribunes removed from those racks were not paid for. For the second week the rate was 41 percent. This is called ‘pilferage’ in our business; but put more plainly, it is theft, pure…

  • 100 Journalists Arrested in Nepal

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    From the Guardian: Almost 100 journalists have been arrested in Nepal in the six days since nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations began in the Himalayan country. Reporters Sans Frontiers claims 97 journalists have been arrested and 24 injured since April 5, with at least 20 reporters remaining in detention. Journalists covering the protests have been threatened, injured…

  • Church fires photographer over Scalia picture

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    From the Boston Herald: Smith snapped the photo of Scalia flicking his hand under his chin after a Herald reporter asked the conservative jurist his response to people who question his impartiality on matters of church and state. Smith wouldn’t give up the photo earlier this week but chose to release it when he learned…

  • Regional Mayhem

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    What happens when one photographer breaks the rules, runs out in front of everyone else? USA Today photographer Jack Gruber, from SportsShooter.com: Security and officials realized they had no plan and had lost all control. At this point, it was ugly. AP staff photographer Marcio Sanchez had his credentials ripped from his neck. Others were…

  • The Great Disconnect: Chapter 2006

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    Photographer David Burnett, from SportsShooter.com: Sadly, with so much photographic talent in one place (or more correctly, several places) that we photographers must necessarily take a back seat to lousy TV, well, it’s beyond stupid, and beyond tragic. Here.

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    From the Duluth News Tribune: But when News Tribune photographer Amanda Odeski tried to enter the DECC on Thursday night to take pictures to accompany reporter Sarah Henning’s concert review, she got stopped. Rob Thomas’ California-based managers, Lippman Entertainment, demanded Odeski sign a form transferring ownership to them of any photos she would take. We…

  • Family sues for photos of dead athlete

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    From the Columbia Daily Tribune: When University of Missouri-Columbia football player Aaron O’Neal collapsed in July on Faurot Field, a Tribune photographer (Jenna Isaacson) captured the scene. Now lawyers for the O’Neal family want access to more than 600 digital photos taken shortly before the athlete’s death. Here.

  • Photographer held for hours by police

    Photographer held for hours by police

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    From WABC-TV: Ben Hider, Photographer: “Three police officers ran at me, immediately, telling me to stop where I was.” “Emptied my pockets, searched me, frisked me, started telling me about the recent terrorist threats in America over the past five years and ‘haven’t I been watching the news?’” Here.

  • Street Photography Protected… Barely

    Street Photography Protected… Barely

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    From the New York Times: When Erno Nussenzweig, an Orthodox Jew and retired diamond merchant from Union City, N.J., saw his picture last year in the exhibition catalog, he called his lawyer. And then he sued Mr. diCorcia and Pace for exhibiting and publishing the portrait without permission and profiting from it financially. The suit…

  • No photo ban, but photogs still hassled

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    From PDN: The New York Civil Liberties Union says transit police have been trying to stop photographers from legally taking pictures of the Long Island Railroad. In response, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the railroad, says it will remind its officers that there is no photography ban on the LIRR. Here.

  • Photographer Alfred Yaghobzadeh kidnapped in Gaza

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    From PDN: The two journalists were among at least eight foreigners abducted by Palestinian gunmen in response to an Israeli raid on a Palestinian prison in the West Bank city of Jericho, according to various news reports. Here.

  • The Web This Morning

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    Photography – Photojournalist Toby Morris shot in Iraq: “Even after he was shot, Morris continued taking photos of the medics tending to his injuries” Photography/Celebrity – How Hollywood’s bold-faced names secretly steer the celebrity news machine

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    Punk – Anti-Flag releases third song from their upcoming major label album, “For Blood and Empire” (I’ve heard the album, it ain’t bad. Listen to the song The Press Corpse to hear Anti-Flag at their best.) Punk – FatWreckChords new podcast Photography – Getty Images editorial photography grants to Andrew Testa and Kristen Ashburn (portfolios)…

  • The Web This Morning

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    Artist – Megan Whitmarsh (especially look at the embroidery) Photography – Anti-racist demonstration in Paris, by Gueorgui Pinkhassov Wired – Scenes from the MySpace backlash NYT – Another White House briefing, another day of mutual mistrust NYT – Dungeon masters in cyberspace, D&D MMORPG NYT – Army to pay Halliburton unit most costs disputed by…

  • The Web This Morning

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    BBC – Civil War in Iraq NYT – Sectarian fury in Iraq in wake of shrine blast NYT – Saudis, Egypt reject US request to cut off aid to Hamas NYT – Iran pledges financial aid to Hamas-led Palestinians Photography – Vincent Laforet and Apple’s Aperture at the Olympics Photography – AP cancels photo coverage…

  • The Web This Morning

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    Not much today. Photographers losing access at White House

  • The Web This Morning

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    Yeah… latest photos of FLDS polygamy compound in El Dorado, Texas  “the net will soon close…” on journalists remaining in Zimbabwe (nyt)