Category: Access & Censorship
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In Nude Celebrity Photos, Privacy Collides With the Wild Web – NYTimes.com
Nude Photos of Jennifer Lawrence Are Latest Front in Online Privacy Debate After a trove of nude photos of celebrities was posted online, some champions of anything-goes social media were rueful. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/technology/trove-of-nude-photos-sparks-debate-over-online-behavior.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The episode “should be treated like a sex crime, a privacy invasion taken to an extreme,” said Jules Polonetsky, executive director of…
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Invited citizen journalist at GOP rally violently arrested for recording speakers – Boing Boing
Invited citizen journalist at GOP rally violently arrested for recording speakers Nydia Tisdale, a citizen journalist, was invited to a GOP rally in Atlanta, but State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens demanded that she (and not other, more friendly press) stop recording his … via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/08/28/invited-citizen-journalist-at.html Nydia Tisdale, a citizen journalist, was invited to…
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ISIS Pressed for Ransom Before Killing Journalist – NYTimes.com
Before Killing James Foley, ISIS Demanded Ransom From U.S. The militants had pressed the United States to provide several million dollars for the release of James Foley, an American journalist killed in retaliation for recent airstrikes in Iraq. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/world/middleeast/isis-pressed-for-ransom-before-killing-journalist.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The United States — unlike several European countries that have funneled millions to the terror…
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From Arrests to Beheadings, Conflict Reporting Takes Harsh Toll on Journalists – NYTimes.com
From Missouri to Syria, Journalists Are Becoming Targets Reporters, editors and those who monitor the freedom of the press describe a harsh environment for reporters, in the United States and abroad. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/world/middleeast/from-arrests-to-beheadings-conflict-reporting-takes-harsh-toll-on-journalists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss In a series of interviews on Wednesday, reporters, editors and those who monitor the freedom of the press described a harsh environment…
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NPPA’s Lawyer Requests Investigation Into Ferguson Police Gun-Pointing Incident | NPPA
NPPA’s Lawyer Requests Investigation Into Ferguson Police Gun-Pointing Incident The lawyer for the National Press Photographers Association who is on the ground in Ferguson alongside photojournalists has just filed a formal letter of complaint, as well as a request for an official investigation, into the “unlawful and unprofessional via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/nppas-lawyer-requests-investigation-ferguson-police-gun-pointing-incident “This dangerous action was…
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How to Save the Net | Magazine | WIRED
How to Save the Net We asked some of the biggest stakeholders in the Internet as we know it to lay out ways we can fix it. We are excited to present you with six thoughtful solutions to problems urgently facing the future of the Internet. via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-to-save-the-net/ We asked some of the Net’s…
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Photojournalist James Foley Executed By ISIS On Video | NPPA
Photojournalist James Foley Executed By ISIS On Video A video posted online today by The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shows a militant in the act of beheading American freelance photojournalist James W. Foley. via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/photojournalist-james-foley-executed-isis-video The YouTube video titled “A Message To #America (from the #IslamicState) shows a barefoot man standing,…
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Islamic State claims it executed American photojournalist James Foley – The Washington Post
Islamic State claims it beheaded American photojournalist James Foley Militant group posts video purporting to show beheading of American photographer. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/islamic-state-claims-it-beheaded-american-photojournalist-james-foley/2014/08/19/42e83970-27e6-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html?wprss=rss_world Foley, 40, was working in Syria for the Boston-based news Web site GlobalPost when he disappeared on Thanksgiving Day in 2012.
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Ferguson: a fascinating and troubling study of visual politics, race, the police, and the media | dvafoto
Ferguson: a fascinating and troubling study of visual politics, race, the police, and the media I’d like to focus on a few main topics in relation to the aftermath of the police killing of Michael Brown, a young unarmed black man: the representation of black men in the media, the “Don’t shoot me” extended arms…
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Documenting the arrests of journalists in Ferguson – Boing Boing
Documenting the arrests of journalists in Ferguson These arrests are a gross violation of the reporters’ First Amendment rights, and attempts to prevent journalists from lawfully doing their job on the streets of Ferguson are illegal. via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/08/19/documenting-the-arrests-of-jou.html We will be documenting each journalist arrest below and are filing public records requests for…
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Afghanistan bars New York Times reporter from leaving country – The Washington Post
Going nowhere: Afghans tell U.S. reporter he’s not free to leave An Afghan TV channel said Matthew Rosenberg was targeted for a controversial election story. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghanistan-said-to-bar-new-york-times-reporter-from-leaving-country/2014/08/19/cf1a37dc-27a4-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html?wprss=rss_world Matthew Rosenberg, 40, said Tuesday night that he was summoned to the attorney general’s office in the afternoon and asked numerous questions about the story. He…
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Photographers in Iran Sentenced to 75 Lashes After Giving Official’s Photo Book Bad Reviews
Photographers in Iran Sentenced to 75 Lashes After Giving Official’s Photo Book Bad Reviews Do you have dreams of being an outspoken reviewer of photography books? Certain provinces of Iran might not be the best place for you to launch that via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/18/photographers-iran-sentenced-75-lashes-giving-officials-photo-book-bad-reviews/ John Moore, a photojournalist with Getty Images based in New York,…
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‘This is what a media blackout looks like’ | Poynter.
‘This is what a media blackout looks like’ I had never witnessed police treat journalist like this in the four years I worked as a crime reporter in South Florida. Some officers have tried to keep me away from crime scenes, but never stopped me from covering a story altogether.
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Police shouldn’t harass reporters, Obama says | Poynter.
Police shouldn’t harass reporters, Obama says The Obama administration has prosecuted more people under the 1917 Espionage Act than all previous administrations combined. Risen called it “the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in at least a generation
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Ferguson police response ‘a municipal version of shock and awe’ – Boing Boing
Ferguson police response ‘a municipal version of shock and awe’ Eyewitness Jelani Cobb, reporting for the New Yorker: “What transpired in the streets appeared to be a kind of municipal version of shock and awe; the first wave of flash grenades and tear ga… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/08/14/ferguson-police-response-a-m.html What transpired in the streets appeared to…
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NPPA Protests Ferguson Police Tactics, Disrespect For Constitutional Rights | NPPA
NPPA Protests Ferguson Police Tactics, Disrespect For Constitutional Rights Today the National Press Photographers Association sent a strong letter of protest to the Ferguson, MO, chief of police regarding the unwarranted arrest and detention of journalists who are coving the town’s unfolding national story, as well as the depart via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/nppa-protests-ferguson-police-tactics-disrespect-constitutional-rights NPPA’s legal counsel…
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Video of Ferguson police gassing news crew and dismantling their equipment – Boing Boing
Video of Ferguson police gassing news crew and dismantling their equipment A news crew, clearly no threat or impediment to the cops, films from a verge in Ferguson, Missouri. A pop and a cloud of white smoke marks the arrival of a tear gas canister at their feet, and the … via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/08/14/video-of-ferguson-police-gassi.html…
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Austin Tice, two years later – The Washington Post
Austin Tice, two years later Austin Tice’s parents remember their son, who went missing while reporting from Syria two years ago. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/13/austin-tice-two-years-later/ Two years ago, Austin Tice, a former U.S. Marine who had been working as a freelance journalist and contributing articles to The Washington Post, McClatchy Newspapers and other news outlets was kidnapped…
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Photojournalist Attacked While Covering Riots and Looting in Missouri
Photojournalist Attacked While Covering Riots and Looting in Missouri Post-Dispatch photojournalist David Carson has covered a number of intense situations, including the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq. But it was just via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/12/photojournalist-attacked-covering-riots-looting-missouri/ Post-Dispatch photojournalist David Carson has covered a number of intense situations, including the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq. But…
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Photographer Reported Missing in Eastern Ukraine
Photographer Reported Missing in Eastern Ukraine | PDNPulse Andrei Stenin, a photojournalist for the Russian state agency Rossiya Segodnya (also called RIA Novosti) has been missing since August 5, when he last reported to his agency while covering the conflict between pro-Russian separatists and military forces s via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/08/photographer-reported-missing-eastern-ukraine.html Andrei Stenin, a photojournalist for…