Category: Access & Censorship
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Reuters Photographer Bows to Twitter Critics. What’s the Fallout for Other Photographers?
Reuters Photographer Bows to Twitter Critics. What’s the Fallout for Other Photographers? Reuters photographer Joshua Roberts was hounded out of a Congressional hearing for doing his job. How will the incident impact other photographers? via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/12/reuters-photographer-bows-to-twitter-critics-whats-the-fallout-for-other-photographers.html After Republican Congressmen called out Reuters photographer Joshua Roberts last week for photographing items on the desk of…
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Kidnapped SA photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed ‘escapes’ from captivity | The Mercury
Kidnapped SA photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed ‘escapes’ from captivity | The Mercury Two years after photojournalist Shiraaz Mohambed was kidnapped while on assignment in Syria, he is now a free man, says Gift of The Givers. Link: https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/kidnapped-sa-photojournalist-shiraaz-mohamed-escapes-from-captivity-39278902 Durban – Two years after photojournalist Shiraaz Mohambed was kidnapped while on assignment in Syria, he is now…
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Reuters Photographer Kicked Out of Impeachment Hearing for Taking Photos of Congress Members’ Notes
Reuters Photographer Kicked Out of Impeachment Hearing for Taking Photos of Congress Members’ Notes Reuters photojournalist Joshua Roberts was escorted out of yesterday’s Impeachment Hearings after a Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/12/13/reuters-photographer-kicked-out-of-impeachment-hearing-for-taking-photos-of-congress-members-notes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Reuters photojournalist Joshua Roberts was escorted out of yesterday’s Impeachment Hearings after a Republican member of the House…
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Documentary Film Organizations Sue US Government Over Social Media Rules for Visa Applicants
Documentary Film Organizations Sue US Government Over Social Media Rules for Visa Applicants The US Government is being sued by two documentary filmmaking organizations over new visa registration rules that require applicants to divulge any and via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/12/06/documentary-organizations-sue-us-government-over-social-media-rules-for-visa-applicants/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The US Government is being sued by two documentary filmmaking organizations over new visa registration rules…
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5 Photojournalists Sue Homeland Security for First Amendment Violations | PDNPulse
5 Photojournalists Sue Homeland Security for First Amendment Violations | PDNPulse The photographers allege that DHS illegally detained and interrogated them to chill news coverage of immigrants at US-Mexico border. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/11/5-photojournalists-sue-homeland-security-for-first-amendment-violations.html Five freelance photojournalists have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security for violation of their First Amendment rights, the ACLU…
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The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Student Protesters for Reporting – The New York Times
The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Student Protesters for Reporting Editors at the campus newspaper spurred a backlash from professional journalists after they apologized for how they covered protests at a speech by Jeff Sessions. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/business/media/northwestern-university-newspaper.html Editors at the campus newspaper spurred a backlash from professional journalists after they apologized for how they covered protests…
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Reporting From the Philippines When the President Wants to ‘Kill Journalism’ – The New York Times
The Journalist vs. the President, With Life on the Line Maria Ressa, editor of a popular news site in the Philippines, has incurred President Duterte and his supporters’ wrath by investigating his extrajudicial killing campaign. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/magazine/rappler-philippines-maria-ressa.html Rappler, one of the country’s most popular media platforms, has incurred President Duterte and his supporters’ wrath by…
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There Won’t Be Blood: Gun Violence and Visual Censorship – Reading The Pictures
There Won’t Be Blood: Gun Violence and Visual Censorship – Reading The Pictures In light of the consecutive mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton, we discuss how gun violence is covered by U.S. media in terms of what we see and what we don’t see. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2019/08/gun-violence-visual-censorship/ To show or…
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Your Post Goes Against Our Community Guidelines: An Algorithmic Rewriting of History | Conscientious Photography Magazine
Your Post Goes Against Our Community Guidelines: An Algorithmic Rewriting of History via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/communityguidelines/ Imagine my surprise when after posting a photograph from the Abu Ghraib archives next to a recent one of Donald Trump on Instagram I was informed by the site that the post had been removed because it went…
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Say Cheese: Ransomware-ing a DSLR Camera – Check Point Research
Say Cheese: Ransomware-ing a DSLR Camera – Check Point Research Research by: Eyal Itkin TL;DR Cameras. We take them to every important life event, we bring them on our vacations, and we store them in a protective case to keep them safe during transit. Cameras are more than just a tool or toy; we entrust them…
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The story of my second arrest | You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story
The story of my second arrest July 19, 1994. About 3 pm. I’m standing on a canal bank in south central Bakersfield, talking with some members of the Kern County Sheriff’s Department’s Search and Rescue team. T… via You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story: https://johnhartephoto.wordpress.com/2019/06/23/the-story-of-my-second-arrest/ July 19, 1994. About 3…
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Amish and Mennonite Photo Coverage in Face of Sexual Abuse, #MeToo – Reading The Pictures
Amish and Mennonite Photo Coverage in Face of Sexual Abuse, #MeToo – Reading The Pictures Because posing for a photo can be interpreted as a form of pride, scenes of the accused often resemble paparazzi shots or perp walks. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2019/06/amish-mennonites-sexual-abuse/ As it happens, visual depictions of Amish and conservative Mennonite communities…
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This is How Hong Kong Photojournalist Are Protesting Police Actions
This is How Hong Kong Photojournalist Are Protesting Police Actions Hong Kong police held a press conference yesterday to discuss the anti-extradition bill protests that have been raging this week. Photojournalists showed via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/06/13/photojournalists-wear-safety-gear-to-hong-kong-police-presser-in-protest/ Hong Kong police held a press conference yesterday to discuss the anti-extradition bill protests that have been raging this week.…
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Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness – The New York Times
Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness After three decades, Jian Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/world/asia/tiananmen-square-protest-photos.html After three decades, Jian Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its…
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“The Bane of My Existence”: U.K. Sportswriting’s Access Crisis – The Ringer
“The Bane of My Existence”: U.K. Sportswriting’s Access Crisis British journalists chronicling mega-events like the Champions League are often operating on a timeline out of their control and with little access to players, publishing stories well after they’ve been reported. Could this be the dark future of U.S. spor via The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/sports/2019/5/29/18643311/uk-sportswriting-embargo-access-champions-league-independent British journalists…
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‘We face a different danger,’ war photographer Paul Conroy says – Committee to Protect Journalists
‘We face a different danger,’ war photographer Paul Conroy says In a Q&A with CPJ, British war photographer Paul Conroy discusses his last assignment with Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin in Syria, in 2012, and the dangers for photojournalists, especially when covering conflict…. Link: https://cpj.org/blog/2019/05/paul-conroy-photojournalist-safety-syria-under-the-wire.php In a Q&A with CPJ, British war photographer Paul Conroy…
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After Police Raid and a Hearing, a San Francisco Freelancer Will Get His Property Back – The New York Times
After Police Raid and a Hearing, a San Francisco Freelancer Will Get His Property Back Bryan Carmody, a night-crawling stringer in the Bay Area, won the support of press-freedom activists, although he may not be a conventional journalist. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/business/media/press-freedom-carmody-freelancer.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Bryan Carmody, the Bay Area freelance journalist whose house was raided by the police this…
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Who Was Most Opposed to Freeing 2 Reporters in Myanmar? Aung San Suu Kyi – The New York Times
Who Was Most Opposed to Freeing 2 Reporters in Myanmar? Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar’s de facto civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a former prisoner herself, resisted pressure to release the journalists, becoming angry when their case was raised. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/world/asia/myanmar-reuters-aung-san-suu-kyi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss BANGKOK — The biggest obstacle to releasing two imprisoned Reuters reporters in…