Say goodbye to permits.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/12/23/us-senate-passes-bill-that-makes-it-easier-for-photographers-to-film-in-national-parks/
On Friday, the Senate passed the EXPLORE act which will do away with requirements for permits for all “commercial” photography and filming in National Parks. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the EXPLORE act into law.
They want to overturn the “unconstitutional” photo permits in U.S. National Parks.
Nature and sports photographers Alexander Rienzie and Connor Burkesmith filed the lawsuit against NPS, with the aim of overturning its “unconstitutional permit-and-fee scheme that charges Americans for the right to film in public spaces.”
Alleged editorial chats published by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein suggest the paper tried to limit the publication of photos of the accused shooter.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/976150/nyt-reportedly-sought-to-dial-back-luigi-mangione-photos/
“We’ve had Mangione leading the site overnight (and the pic is very strong), but as more details have emerged, his profile matches one of a mass shooter more closely than anything else (mental health questions, shocking crime, manifesto, etc. etc.),” the photo editor said in the messages. “The news value and public service of showing his face are diminishing, compared with concerns of amplifying the crime and inspiring others — something we avoid with mass shooters in particular.”
https://hyperallergic.com/976150/nyt-reportedly-sought-to-dial-back-luigi-mangione-photos/
The Taliban says it will implement a new law that bans any photo that depicts a living thing from being published.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/10/14/the-taliban-bans-publishing-photos-and-videos-of-all-living-things/
Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry says it will implement a new law that bans any photo that depicts a living thing from being published. This rule applies to everyone, including the media.
https://petapixel.com/2024/10/14/the-taliban-bans-publishing-photos-and-videos-of-all-living-things/
Two brothers have been arrested and charged with assaulting a photographer during the attack on the U.S. Capitol January 6, 2021.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/09/16/two-men-arrested-for-attacking-a-news-photographer-during-2021-capitol-riot/
Two brothers have been arrested and charged with assaulting a New York Times photographer and stealing her equipment during the attack on the U.S. Capitol January 6, 2021.
The WHNPA submitted a letter to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign to complain of what it calls an “unprecedented reduction in access.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/09/12/white-house-news-photographers-criticize-harris-over-unprecedented-reduction-in-access/
The White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA) submitted a letter to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign to complain of what it calls an “unprecedented reduction in access” as its four photographer seats have been reduced to one.
https://petapixel.com/2024/08/29/three-photojournalists-arrested-at-protests-during-democratic-national-convention/
“It’s really important that law enforcement distinguishes between journalists and protesters and does not charge journalists for engaging in newsgathering activities,” Katherine Jacobsen, the U.S. and Canada program coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists, tells VOA News.
Hamas Attack Survivors’ Lawsuit is ‘Fatal Blow’ to Photojournalism, Says AP | PetaPixel:
The Associated Press (AP) have asked a court to dismiss a $6.8 million lawsuit over the agency’s use of freelance photojournalists who were allegedly “embedded with Hamas” to cover the October 7 attacks — arguing that the legal action strikes “a fatal blow” to freedom of press.
Tice, a Marine veteran, was covering the Syrian civil war as a freelance journalist when he disappeared on Aug. 14, 2012.
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/austin-tice-journalist-syria-missing-12-years/
Tice, a Marine veteran, was covering the Syrian civil war as a freelance journalist when he disappeared on Aug. 14, 2012.
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/austin-tice-journalist-syria-missing-12-years/
Joel Goodman says giving photos to South Yorkshire Police could put him and others in danger.
Investigators at South Yorkshire Police (SYP) have said they were considering applying for a court order to force north-west based freelancer Joel Goodman to disclose photos of the disorder in Rotherham outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.
In the 1980s and ’90s, Belarusian photojournalist Syarhey Brushko documented the turbulent period of Belarus’s transition from a Soviet republic to an independent state that saw the rise of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
via RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-photojournalism-history-independence-brushko/33030894.html
During perestroika and the early years of Belarus’s independence, Syarhey Brushko worked as a photojournalist, capturing poignant black-and-white photos of a country transitioning from a Soviet republic to an independent nation. This period also saw the rise of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the country’s authoritarian leader — who still rules today.
https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-photojournalism-history-independence-brushko/33030894.html
The officers have been suspended.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/12/18/footage-shows-israel-border-police-beating-photographer/
Mostafa Alkharouf who works for the Anadolu news agency was accosted by several police officers after covering a prayer protest.
https://petapixel.com/2023/12/18/footage-shows-israel-border-police-beating-photographer/
The president of the Committee to Protect Journalists explains why Israel’s military campaign has led to an unprecedented number of deaths among members of the press in just two months.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-war-in-gaza-has-been-deadly-for-journalists
The Israel-Gaza war has been the deadliest conflict for journalists that C.P.J. has ever recorded, in terms of documenting attacks on the press. That’s because it’s the highest number of journalists killed in a conflict in such a short period of time.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-war-in-gaza-has-been-deadly-for-journalists
The photographer says she is “beyond saddened.”
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/07/hungary-fires-museum-director-over-photo-exhibit/
Simon disagrees with this assessment: “I take note of the [censorship] decision, but I cannot accept it. As a father of four and a grandparent, I firmly reject the idea that our children should be protected from me or from the institution I run,” he writes on Facebook.
Airing criticism of the country’s response has become even more fraught than in previous conflicts, some journalists and press advocates said.
Last weekend, at least a dozen people surrounded the home of a left-wing Israeli commentator who had expressed concern about civilian deaths in Gaza, shouting “traitor” and firing flares in his direction.
The image of two runners was reportedly removed online because it included numbers related to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/849175/did-china-censor-a-photo-of-two-women-athletes-embracing/
The image of two runners was reportedly removed online because it included numbers related to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
The NYPD also admitted the photographers had the First Amendment right to record police activity in public.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/09/05/photojournalists-and-nppa-achieve-historic-settlement-with-the-nypd/
The NYPD now must implement policies and trainings to avoid the wrongful arrests and harassment of members of the press. NYPD officers are prohibited from arresting, restricting, or interfering with members of the press of merely observing or recording police activity in public places. The NYPD must provide journalists with access “to any location where the public is permitted” and cannot put up tape or establish “frozen zones” for the purpose of preventing the press from viewing or recording events in public spaces.
The photographers were working for The New York Times and Getty Images.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/07/10/freelance-photographers-sue-over-injuries-suffered-in-2020-police-riots/
Schukar’s and Olson’s case is one of a long list of incidents where photographers were injured or mistreated during various protests in 2020.
The fate of photographer John Cantlie, kidnapped by the jihadist group in 2012, remains unknown.
via BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63711446
Today marks 10 years since British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Syria.
It’s important that police understand a photographer’s rights.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/11/03/police-training-on-photographers-rights-aims-to-curb-violence-against-press/
Court-ordered training sessions between police and media have been taking place in Minneapolis, led by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA).