Category: Access & Censorship
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The Press Has Always Been a Guest in the President’s Home
The Press Has Always Been a Guest in the President’s Home And they can be thrown out at any time, for any reason. via Longreads: https://longreads.com/2017/06/30/the-press-has-always-been-a-guest-in-the-presidents-home/ It’s easy to forget that the the modern press briefing — in which a member of the government routinely meets with select members of the press — is a…
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Q&A: Talking Digital Security for Journalists with Freedom of the Press Foundation’s Trevor Timm | PDNPulse
Q&A: Talking Digital Security for Journalists with Freedom of the Press Foundation’s Trevor Timm | PDNPulse A conversation about the digital security threats journalists face, and how they can better protect themselves, their sources and their colleagues. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/06/qa-talking-digital-security-journalists-freedom-press-foundations-trevor-timm.html Photojournalists are now taking new measures to protect their data and their sources in the…
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The White House Banned Cameras… So CNN Sent a Sketch Artist
The White House Banned Cameras… So CNN Sent a Sketch Artist After the Trump administration decided to again ban camera from a press conference, CNN decided to get creative: the network decided to send a sketch via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/06/24/white-house-banned-cameras-cnn-sent-sketch-artist/ So far this month, most of the regular press briefings have been off-camera. Only 4 conferences…
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The images Saudi Arabia doesn’t want you to see – CNN.com
Images Saudi Arabia doesn’t want you to see Yemen is in the grip of a vicious cholera outbreak and a near famine that have coincided to create one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet. via CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/21/middleeast/yemen-malnutrition-cholera-crisis-images/index.html But you won’t find the story splashed on front pages and leading news bulletins around the…
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Laguna Beach Edits ‘Non-Commercial’ Photo Permit After Outcry
Laguna Beach Edits ‘Non-Commercial’ Photo Permit After Outcry Earlier this month, we reported that the city of Laguna Beach, California, required photographers to pay $100+ for a photo permit even if they were via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/06/22/laguna-beach-edits-non-commercial-photo-permit-outcry/ OC Weekly reports that Laguna Beach decided to change its photo policy language after people complained about the confusing…
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Prix Pictet Winner Richard Mosse Arrested At Anti-Refugee Rally | PDNPulse
Prix Pictet Winner Richard Mosse Arrested At Anti-Refugee Rally | PDNPulse Irish photographer Richard Mosse, who won the 2017 Prix Pictet prize in May for his thermographic images of refugee camps, says he was arrested last Thursday on the Greek island of Chios while working on a project documenting refugees, The Art Newspaper r via…
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Using Texts as Lures, Government Spyware Targets Mexican Journalists and Their Families – NYTimes.com
Using Texts as Lures, Government Spyware Targets Mexican Journalists and Their Families Software bought by the Mexican government is supposed to fight criminals and terrorists. Instead, it is infesting the smartphones of its critics. Link: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/world/americas/mexico-spyware-anticrime.html The targets include lawyers looking into the mass disappearance of 43 students, a highly respected academic who helped write…
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Shiraaz Mohamed still missing in war-torn Syria | IOL
Shiraaz Mohamed still missing in war-torn Syria | IOL News It has been over 150 days since South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed was kidnapped in Syria and information on his whereabouts remains scant. Link: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/shiraaz-mohamed-still-missing-in-war-torn-syria-9742095 Speaking of her trip to Syria, Govender said: “We were surrounded by soldiers, and everywhere we went there were people…
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How a Russian Journalist Exposed the Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya – The New Yorker
How a Russian Journalist Exposed the Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya An interview with Elena Milashina, the reporter who broke the story that sparked a global outcry. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-a-russian-journalist-exposed-the-anti-gay-crackdown-in-chechnya Since Politkovskaya’s death, much of the paper’s coverage of Chechnya has been done by Elena Milashina, a thirty-nine-year-old reporter who has numerous confidential sources…
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Photojournalist Mathias Depardon Released from Turkish Prison | PDNPulse
Photojournalist Mathias Depardon Released from Turkish Prison | PDNPulse French photojournalist Mathias Depardon has been released from prison in Turkey one month after his arrest, and is now on his way to Paris. The news was reported by Reporters without Borders, and confirmed in a statement from French president Emmanuel Mac via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/06/photojournalist-mathias-depardon-released-turkish-prison.html Turkey…
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After Reality Winner’s Arrest, Media Asks: Did ‘Intercept’ Expose a Source? – The New York Times
After Reality Winner’s Arrest, Media Asks: Did ‘Intercept’ Expose a Source? Some reporters expressed worries about a potential chilling effect on sources in the wake of a case in which a woman was accused of sending a document to The Intercept. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/business/media/intercept-reality-winner-russia-trump-leak.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Sharing an original document when asking questions of government officials, as The…
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President Trump’s war on the press is dangerous. He’s discrediting a profession he fears – Poynter
President Trump’s war on the press is dangerous. He’s discrediting a profession he fears – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/2017/president-trumps-war-on-the-press-is-dangerous-hes-discrediting-a-profession-he-fears/461352/ Trump’s war on the press isn’t just name-calling. It has a…
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A Journalist Was Body Slammed, but Some Conservatives Want the News Media to Apologize – The New York Times
A Journalist Was Body Slammed, but Some Conservatives Want the News Media to Apologize The treatment of a reporter by Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in a Montana special election, was either “outrageous” or “totally out of character,” depending on whom you ask. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/us/journalist-body-slammed-republicans-apology-media.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 “It is not cool,” Ms. Ryan, who encountered brusque treatment…
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Photojournalist Imprisoned in Turkey Begins Hunger Strike | PDNPulse
Photojournalist Imprisoned in Turkey Begins Hunger Strike | PDNPulse Photographer Mathias Depardon, who was arrested and detained by Turkish police on May 8, has begun a hunger strike to protest his detention, Reuters and other news outlets report. Depardon, a French citizen based in Istanbul, was arrested while on assignm via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/05/photojournalist-imprisoned-turkey-begins-hunger-strike.html At the…
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Russian Oval Office Pix: Team Trump Done in by “Dual Hatter” – Reading The Pictures
Russian Oval Office Pix: Team Trump Done in by “Dual Hatter” – Reading The Pictures Absurdly, the White House never saw a threat in the Russian Oval Office photos. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.readingthepictures.org/2017/05/russians-oval-office-photos/ I’m not sure why there was much confusion about yesterday’s Russian photographs of Lavrov and Kislyak with Trump in the Oval Office.…
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Online Privacy Guide for Journalists 2017 | vpnMentor
Online Privacy Guide for Journalists 2020 You can see the eBook PDF-version of this guide here. Introduction Communicating with your source and safeguarding the sensitive data How to become anonymous via vpnMentor: https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/online-privacy-journalists/ what is it that needs to be done to ensure that a journalist’s sources and data are secure and well? Grosso modo
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She broke the story of Chechnya’s anti-gay purge. Now, she says she has to flee Russia. – The Washington Post
She broke the story of Chechnya’s anti-gay purge. Now, she says she has to flee Russia. Elena Milashina says threats have been made against her newspaper’s entire staff. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/15/she-broke-the-story-of-chechnyas-anti-gay-purge-now-she-says-she-has-to-flee-russia/?utm_term=.39593cf5326a&tid=sm_tw Fifteen-thousand people got together in the main mosque of Chechnya and announced a jihad against the staff of Novaya Gazeta. Not just me,…
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Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous to Continue – The New York Times
Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous to Continue The newspaper, Norte, said that the three killings of reporters in March showed that journalism had become a high-risk profession. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/world/americas/el-norte-closes-mexican-newspaper.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 With the headline “¡Adios!” in large type emblazoned across its front page, a newspaper in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, announced on Sunday that…
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You Won’t Find the Trump White House on Flickr – PhotoShelter Blog
You Won’t Find the Trump White House on Flickr – PhotoShelter Blog The Obama White House provided thousands of images to the public via Flickr, but so far the Trump administration hasn’t uploaded any. Will they? via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/03/wont-find-trump-white-house-flickr/ A week after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, the White House announced the…
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Hey Activists: You Need to Think Twice Before Livestreaming Protests | WIRED
Hey Activists: Think Twice Before Livestreaming Protests Opinion: Livestreaming can document human rights abuses, but it can carry security risks. via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/2017/03/hey-activists-need-think-twice-livestreaming-protests/ While livestreaming can be used to hold perpetrators of human rights abuses accountable, the tool also presents challenges around ethics, safety, surveillance, and censorship