In a move that reflects a shifting media landscape, Swindon Town F.C. has largely barred reporters from interviewing players and coaches, and it plans to provide its own content.
Lee Power, the Swindon owner, who put the policy in place, acknowledged the irony of giving an interview to explain the decision but defended the policy because, he said, “at the end of the day, the local paper needs the football club more than the football club needs the local paper.”
Espinosa, a photographer for the magazine Proceso, fled the state of Veracruz to Mexico City last month, saying that he felt threatened while covering the world of politics. In interviews, he claimed that people were following him, taking photos of him, and harassing him.
Ruben Espinosa, a photographer who had covered social protests in the Mexican province of Veracruz for the newspaper Proceso, Agencia Cuartoscuro and other news outlets, was found shot dead in Mexico City on July 31, according to CNN, AP, The Guardian and
Espinosa had decided to leave Veracruz in early June when he noticed his house was being watched and he had been followed, he told the website SinEmbargo, which is devoted to freedom of the press. Espinosa had covered the murders of journalists in Veracruz in recent years, and advocated for the administration of Governor Javier Duarte to investigate the killings. He also complained that members of the local media were taking bribes.
Espinosa, who worked for the investigative magazine Proceso, found dead in an apartment with four other people after fleeing his home state of Veracruz
Espinosa, who worked for the investigative magazine Proceso, found dead in an apartment with four other people after fleeing his home state of Veracruz
By technical editor Matt Allard: Drones are a great way to get a unique aerial perspective, but when using them for breaking news they can become a hindrance to others. Last week a massive wildfire swept across southern California and firefighters were ob
According to reports, this is the third time in a month that drones have interfered with firefighters in southern California and directly put peoples lives and property in danger
Beirut, July 21, 2015–At least four international journalists have been reported missing in northern Syria in two separate incidents in the past month, in the latest indication of the profound dangers of reporting from inside the war-torn country….
According to a source who has seen the revised contract, Swift’s representatives are no longer empowered to forcibly remove images from the cameras of photojournalists. In addition, a stricture preventing photojournalists from using images taken at Swift’s concerts more than once has been loosened, allowing for some negotiation. And Swift’s representatives have agreed to credit photojournalists when the artist uses their photos.
The revised contract comes in response to bargaining between representatives for Swift and 14 news and professional organizations, according to a statement released by Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association.
The judges ruled that the law should be “disapplied” but that this didn’t have to happen until March 2016, giving Parliament time to pass new (likely more horrific) legislation.
Photographer Nic Coury decided to shoot a recent Aerosmith concert only with his iPhone in protest to the restrictive photo contract he was forced to sign in order to cover for the Monterey County Weekly.
I made several nice photos of Perry in that moment, but the Monterey County Weekly won’t be publishing them or any other concert photos of the band playing, because of a greedy contract required—and strictly enforced—by the band’s management allowing them to use any of photographer’s images however they want without compensation.
This past weekend, the Quebec newspaper Le Soleil decided to send a cartoon sketch artist to cover a Foo Fighters’ concert instead of putting a photographer in the media area.
Good news for photographers in Europe: freedom of panorama will live on to see another day — in most countries, at least. Today the European Parliament
A Perth photographer who was in the Ukraine when Malaysian Flight 17 was shot down says the censorship of his work has deprived the victims of having their story told.
Veteran press photographer Bohdan Warchomij, who is of Ukrainian descent, had one of his most graphic photos pixilated without prior consent in the recent WA Press Photographer of the Year Awards exhibition, held at the museum.
Should smartphone cameras be considered “real cameras” when used by journalists? It appears Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s staff members don’t
Should smartphone cameras be considered “real cameras” when used by journalists? It appears Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s staff members don’t think so. Despite having press credentials, a handful of reporters were denied entry to a photo op between Harper and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley yesterday because they only had smartphones and not non-phone cameras.
Over the last couple of weeks, the matter of photo contracts has once again been debated. First came Jason Sheldon’s blog post, calling Taylor Swift out
And you know what? It actually works! The Norwegian press, as a whole, has made a joint statement to never sign any contracts put forward by artists or their management pushed forward by concert photographers, as can be read here. In Norway, most concert photographers are, in essence, photojournalists and identify more or less as such. And because of that, we are part of the press. We are not 100 concert photographers, but 7000 journalists. Together we have a powerful voice.
On 9 July 2015, the European Parliament will vote on whether to abolish our right to freely take and share photographs, videos and drawings of buildings and works of public art.
Last week, the Washington City Paper made a stand against what it considered an unfair concert photography contract presented by the Foo Fighters with an
In the last paragraph of the article however, the City Paper did something even worse to photographers than the Foo Fighters ever could have: they called on the fans to submit photos of the show, and they offered to pay for them.
A new idea by Hillary Clinton is going viral on the Web, and this one has nothing to do with government policies. While walking through the streets during
USA Today calls this moving parade rope line a new “Clinton innovation“. New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman was on the scene, and says that the press was “being pulled along with a rope” as Clinton strolled.
