The parents of five captives in Syria felt that the U.S. government had abandoned them. But they wouldn’t give up.
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/06/five-hostages
Families whose children were held captive in Syria felt that U.S. officials had abandoned them. So they secretly joined forces.
Yesterday, photographer Jason Sheldon published an open letter to Taylor Swift, accusing the singer of being a hypocrite by accusing Apple of treating
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/23/taylor-swift-photo-contract-break-our-rules-and-we-can-break-your-gear/
It turns out Sheldon’s contract was a bit outdated: the latest version goes a step further by stating that photographers who violate the contract can have their gear destroyed on the spot.
Karl Baden should have known better. I mean, what was he thinking, casually snapping a few pictures as dramatic sunlight broke through the clouds after
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/22/great-war-photographers-dispatch-trenches/
Karl Baden should have known better.
I mean, what was he thinking, casually snapping a few pictures as dramatic sunlight broke through the clouds after one of last week’s late spring rainstorms? From the front seat of his car in a suburban Boston Trader Joe’s parking lot, of all places? What is he, nuts?
Ahmed Mansour is one of many figures whose arrest and extradition Cairo has demanded. His lawyers said the charges were politically motivated.
The journalist, Ahmed Mansour, 52, is one of a long list of figures whose arrest and extradition the Egyptian government has demanded
The “Freedom of Panorama” is the right to take pictures in public spaces, even if you incidentally capture copyrighted works, from building facades to public sculptures to images on t-s…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/06/21/eu-set-to-kill-street-photogra.html
The “Freedom of Panorama” is the right to take pictures in public spaces, even if you incidentally capture copyrighted works, from building facades to public sculptures to images on t-shirts and ads — and on July 9, the EU will vote whether to abolish it.
Should photographers be able to include copyrighted public building and sculptures in photos without having to worry about payment or permissions? The
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/20/alert-freedom-of-panorama-under-threat-in-europe/
Should photographers be able to include copyrighted public building and sculptures in photos without having to worry about payment or permissions? The concept is called “freedom of panorama,” and it’s currently under attack over in Europe.
If you’ve been struggling to make sense of the stories about Stingrays (super-secretive cellular surveillance tech used by cops and governments) (previously) this week’s Note to Self po…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/06/20/the-snitch-in-your-pocket-mak.html
The Note to Self team collaborated with Jad Abumrad from Radiolab to discuss the implications of the state using secret tools to ascertain the location, movements and associations of entire populations without warrants or oversight
One of the fixtures of NBA games is the row of photographers and cameraman sitting under the hoop near the baseline — something the players have
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/12/lebron-james-hits-head-on-baseline-camera-lens/
Present and former NBA players immediately began calling again for photographers and broadcast cameras to be moved away further from the court for the safety of the players
The WikiLeaks bounty for a TPP leak challenges us to rethink media ethics.
Setting a bounty on the treaty text turns journalistic mores on their head. In traditional newsrooms, the idea of offering a cash incentive for the leaking of confidential documents is anathema. But WikiLeaks, like other media disrupters, leaves us no choice but to reconsider this prohibition. If journalism organizations refuse to do so, they relegate themselves either to secondhand reporting on documents obtained by those outside journalism or to being left behind.
The Dallas Police Department has officially released a new general order that’s meant to inform officers on photographers’ rights. The document, titled
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/25/new-dallas-police-photo-rights-policy-way-too-vague-photographers-say/
“I’m extremely disappointed in the general order that they actually released, which is one page and, unfortunately, I think will not provide officers with the direction that they need nor explain to them why both citizens and journalists have the right to photograph,” he says. “You can’t discipline an officer without a policy. Based on this policy I don’t see where, no matter what an officer does, that there would be any discipline at all that would stick.”
Imagine assembling a portfolio of over 4,000 photographs and then being forced to make it disappear or face life-altering consequences; that’s the
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/21/high-school-forces-student-to-remove-online-photos-under-threat-of-suspension/
the Lewisville Independent School District is now claiming that Anthony’s photographs are theirs and that he has no right to use them
In the wake of recent violations of news photographers’ rights by Atlanta police, a US federal court judge has held the City of Atlanta in contempt of a 2012 court order to reduce interference with citizens documenting police activity. US District court j
US District court judge Steve Jones handed down the civil contempt ruling against the city yesterday, and imposed sanctions intended to force compliance with the 2012 order and “address future monitoring of [Atlanta’s] compliance with the order.”
There have been a number of controversial bills and laws lately, some of which have been pulled or vetoed after protests from photographers and the
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/13/photographers-wary-of-new-wyoming-law-against-data-collecting-in-open-land/
University of Denver law professor Justin Pidot writes that the law was pushed forward by the powerful ranching community in Wyoming, which wants to hush up the fact that many streams in the state are contaminated by E. coli from grazing cows
prison – “Police should not punish me for photographing their brutality, they should punish themselves,” says journalist
via Daily News Egypt: http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/05/12/after-496-days-in-prison-photojournalist-ziada-speaks-out/
“Police should not punish me for photographing their brutality, they should punish themselves,” says journalist
In wake of the events taking place in Baltimore, MD NPPA General Counsel, Mickey Osterreicher, has put together a document with advice on how to cover high conflict news stories.Issues covered:
via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/practical-advice-about-covering-high-conflict-news-stories
In wake of the events taking place in Baltimore, MD NPPA General Counsel, Mickey Osterreicher, has put together a document with advice on how to cover high conflict news stories.
In a video shot by City Paper Managing Editor Baynard Woods you can see Giordano, wearing a green jacket, and a protester, both of whom had just been knocked to the ground by police, being beaten as Woods yells, “He’s a photographer! He’s press!”
The proposals made to the association members include the president taking questions from the press “on a regular basis, no less than once per week” and being “available in response to significant news developments.”
The letter from Markson Sparks demands media outlets pay $10,000 to run the video that has gathered millions of page views on multiple YouTube web pages.
Facebook’s growing monopolistic power over news organizations’ traffic + their censorship policies + their new plan to get news orgs to publish directly on the site all adds up to a m…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/04/13/facebooks-new-news-power-is.html
Facebook’s growing monopolistic power over news organizations’ traffic + their censorship policies + their new plan to get news orgs to publish directly on the site all adds up to a major threat to press freedom
It was a month ago that a Texas lawmaker sparked a hoopla by proposing a bill that would limit the photography and filming of officers. If passed, anyone
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/04/12/texas-bill-limiting-the-photography-of-cops-dropped-after-loud-public-outcry/
Public outcry was swift and loud, and people even began sending death threats to the representative’s office. Good news today: the bill is now dead.