A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the AP’s access to the Oval Office, Air Force One and other White House events
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2025/the-white-house-must-lift-its-ban-on-the-associated-press-judge-rules/
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the AP’s access to the Oval Office, Air Force One and other White House events
How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack – Krebs on Security:
This story explores a slew of recent actions by the Trump administration that threaten to undermine all five pillars of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedoms concerning speech, religion, the media, the right to assembly, and the right to petition the government and seek redress for wrongs.
The AP says its White House ban has delayed reporting, weakened access and chilled other journalists, and wants a judge to temporarily lift it
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/white-house-associated-press-hearing/
“We’re basically dead in the water on major news stories,” said Evan Vucci, the AP’s chief photographer in Washington, D.C. He and White House correspondent Zeke Miller testified Thursday during a hearing for the AP’s lawsuit challenging the ban. The AP is seeking a preliminary injunction to temporarily lift the ban as its lawsuit makes its way through court.
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/white-house-associated-press-hearing/
A grand jury declined to take action.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/03/27/texas-drops-charges-against-photographer-sally-mann-modern-art-museum-fort-worth/
Texas has dropped charges against Sally Mann after a grand jury declined to take action against the controversial photographer and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth where her photos were exhibited in January.
Akgül has been covering politics in Turkey for the past 10 years.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/03/26/afp-demands-turkey-release-imprisoned-photographer-yasin-akgul/
The news agency Agence-France Presse (AFP) has demanded the release of its jailed Turkish photojournalist Yasin Akgül who was detained while covering protests in Istanbul.
https://petapixel.com/2025/03/26/afp-demands-turkey-release-imprisoned-photographer-yasin-akgul/
What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—the worst holiday maybe ever.
via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/q-day-apocalypse-quantum-computers-encryption/
If you had a universal picklock, you might tell everyone—or you might keep it hidden in your pocket for as long as you possibly could
The real danger lies in photographs of US military personnel. Photographs of people who have sacrificed their lives are now purged from military archives to satisfy a false supremacist narrative.
via Thoughts of a Bohemian: https://blog.melchersystem.com/the-real-threat-when-the-most-powerful-military-fears-its-own-images/
It’s a housecleaning effort that exposes a truth often whispered but rarely acknowledged: When governments feel threatened by images, it’s not the pixels they fear but the truth those images represent.
https://blog.melchersystem.com/the-real-threat-when-the-most-powerful-military-fears-its-own-images/
Free speech advocates are worried.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/02/26/white-house-breaks-from-century-of-precedent-takes-control-of-press-pool-that-covers-trump/
“This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States. It suggests the government will choose the journalists who cover the president. In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps,” WCHA president Eugene Daniels said.
It follows a complaint filed against her photos.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/01/07/texas-police-seize-photographs-from-sally-mann-exhibition-modern-art-museum-fort-worth/
However, after a reporter from The Dallas Express visited the exhibit and accused the museum of “promoting child porn”, authorities have begun attacking Mann and the museum. The online newspaper shared photos of Mann’s work displayed at the museum that show a naked girl jumping on a table and a boy with his genitals exposed and liquid running down his body.
No more permits required for most photographers and filmmakers.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/01/06/biden-signs-law-making-it-easier-to-photograph-and-film-in-national-parks/
While the new law will still require permits for large-scale commercial productions within National Parks and associated public lands, smaller groups of photographers and videographers will now be able to film without going through the arduous process of acquiring permits, provided that they follow park regulations, operate safely, and do not force the federal government to incur undue costs.
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.