Category: Access & Censorship
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» Post-Dispatch photographer: ‘I was assaulted by a group that took objection to my work’ JIMROMENESKO.COM
Post-Dispatch photographer: ‘I was assaulted by a group that took objection to my work’
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The War Photo No One Would Publish – The Atlantic
The War Photo No One Would Publish When Kenneth Jarecke photographed an Iraqi man burned alive, he thought it would change the way Americans saw the Gulf War. But the media wouldn’t run the picture. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-war-photo-no-one-would-publish/375762/ When Kenneth Jarecke photographed an Iraqi man burned alive, he thought it would change the way…
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Iranian deputy foreign minister: Jailing of Post reporter is an internal matter – The Washington Post
Iranian official says jailing of Post reporter is internal matter and dismisses calls for consular visit Iran says the case of a jailed Washington Post reporter is a domestic issue. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/iranian-official-jailing-of-post-reporter-is-an-internal-matter/2014/08/06/5533828c-1d97-11e4-9b6c-12e30cbe86a3_story.html?wprss=rss_world Rezaian, 38, and a photojournalist arrested at the same time are dual Iranian and American citizens. Rezaian’s wife, Iranian journalist Yeganeh…
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Personal Privacy Is Only One of the Costs of NSA Surveillance | Threat Level | WIRED
Personal Privacy Is Only One of the Costs of NSA Surveillance There is no doubt the integrity of our communications and the privacy of our online activities have been the biggest casualty of the NSA’s unfettered surveillance of our digital lives. But the ongoing revelations of government eavesdropping have had a pro via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/07/the-big-costs-of-nsa-surveillance-that-no-ones-talking-about/…
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Post reporter, other journalists appear to have been detained in Iran – The Washington Post
Post reporter, other Americans appear to have been detained in Iran Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian and three others believed detained; via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/post-reporter-other-americans-appear-to-have-been-detained-in-iran/2014/07/24/1a13511e-1356-11e4-8936-26932bcfd6ed_story.html The other two American citizens detained with them work as freelance photojournalists. Officials have not yet identified them by name.
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And minder makes three: For White House interviews, it’s never just one-on-one – The Washington Post
And minder makes three: For White House interviews, it’s never just one-on-one A press staffer almost always attends when reporters sit down with administration officials. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/and-minder-makes-three-for-white-house-interviews-its-never-just-one-on-one/2014/07/23/678b5e34-1084-11e4-98ee-daea85133bc9_story.html the White House — perhaps the single most intensely covered institution in the United States — may be the most diligent user of the chaperoned interview.…
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Foreign Correspondents in Israel Complain of Intimidation – NYTimes.com
Foreign Correspondents in Israel Complain of Intimidation Some Israelis, incensed by reporting on Gaza they call overly sympathetic to Palestinians, have started to take their frustration out on correspondents. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/world/middleeast/foreign-correspondents-in-israel-are-targets-of-intimidation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss That includes “forcible attempts to prevent journalists and TV crews from carrying out their news assignments,” the association said
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Barack Obama locks out the press — again – Edward-Isaac Dovere and Josh Gerstein – POLITICO.com
Obama locks out the press — again Access to the president continues to be limited in ways not seen in previous administrations. via POLITICO: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/barack-obama-locks-out-the-press-again-109316.html How many people Obama met with was a secret. How much they paid to get in was a secret. Finding out who the people were? Forget it. Even a general…
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PDNPulse » First Amendment Advocate Sues NYPD, NYC Over Right to Record Police Activity
First Amendment Advocate Sues NYPD, NYC Over Right to Record Police Activity | PDNPulse A crusader for citizens’ rights to record police officers performing their duties in public has sued the City of New York and several police officers, seeking monetary damages for unlawful arrest, and a declaratory judgment in defense of citizens’ constit via…
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Australian bill will put journos in prison for 10 years for reporting leaks – Boing Boing
Australian bill will put journos in prison for 10 years for reporting leaks The bill was introduced on Wednesday by Attorney General George Brandis, and it gives the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation the power to imprison leakers (including reporters) for five … via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/07/16/australian-bill-will-put-journ.html it gives the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation the power…
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Myanmar Court Sentences Journalists to Prison and Hard Labor – NYTimes.com
Myanmar Court Sentences Journalists to Prison and Hard Labor Burmese journalists said the jail terms in connection with an article about possible chemical weapons production were a blow to recently won freedoms. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/world/asia/myanmar-court-sentences-journalists-to-10-years-of-hard-labor-in-prison.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Their report, published in January, quoted workers at the factory, in Pauk in northwestern Myanmar, saying it produced chemical weapons. The…
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Man Sues Feds After They Target Him for Photographing Rainbow Art | Threat Level | WIRED
Man Sues Feds After They Target Him for Photographing Rainbow Art When 86-year-old photographer James Prigoff paused to photograph a natural gas storage tank in Boston ten years ago, he was simply doing what countless of tourists have done before. The colorful tank, painted with a rainbow-like design, is a popular photo via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/07/five-sue-gov-over-targeting/…
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In Google Newsroom, Brazil Defeat Is Not A Headline : All Tech Considered : NPR
In Google Newsroom, Brazil Defeat Is Not A Headline Google is mining its search data from the World Cup games, trying to make factoids that go viral. Its “newsroom” is focused on happy thoughts, not sad ones — like Brazil’s brutal defeat. via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/07/09/330003058/in-google-newsroom-brazil-defeat-is-not-a-headline After the dramatic defeat by Germany, the team also makes…
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PDNPulse » Why a Corporation Got a Religious Exemption, But a Photographer Didn’t
Why a Corporation Got a Religious Exemption, But a Photographer Didn’t | PDNPulse After the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Hobby Lobby case, granting a corporation an exemption to a federal law on the grounds that the law “burdens the exercise of religion” of the company’s owners, we wondered: Why did the Supreme…
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Journalism Groups Urge Obama To Stop Excessive Controls On Public Information | NPPA
Journalism Groups Urge Obama To Stop Excessive Controls On Public Information Thirty-eight journalism and open government groups (including the National Press Photographers Association) today called on President Barack Obama to stop practices in federal agencies that prevent important information from getting to the public. via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/journalism-groups-urge-president-stop-excessive-controls-public-information “Anytime officials suppress information or downplay scientific findings,…
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EU’s right to be forgotten: Guardian articles have been hidden by Google | James Ball | Comment is free | theguardian.com
EU’s right to be forgotten: Guardian articles have been hidden by Google | James Ball James Ball: Publishers must fight back against this indirect challenge to press freedom, which allows articles to be ‘disappeared’. Editorial decisions belong with them, not Google via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/02/eu-right-to-be-forgotten-guardian-google?CMP=twt_gu Publishers must fight back against this indirect challenge to press…
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Case of James Risen, Times Reporter, Poses Dilemma for Justice Department – NYTimes.com
Reporter’s Case Poses Dilemma for Justice Dept. The administration confronts a hard choice: demand the testimony of a reporter and risk sending him to jail, or back off from its aggressive pursuit of leaks. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/us/case-of-james-risen-times-reporter-poses-dilemma-for-justice-department.html?partner=rss&emc=rss After more than six years of legal wrangling, the case — the most serious confrontation between the government and…
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ISIS poses serious threat to journalists | Poynter.
ISIS poses serious threat to journalists Agents of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, the sectarian group spearheading the incursion, have no qualms killing reporters, he said.
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Why the Supreme Court May Finally Protect Your Privacy in the Cloud | Opinion | WIRED
Why the Supreme Court May Finally Protect Your Privacy in the Cloud Some SCOTUS-watchers say Riley v. California could also signal a shift in how the Court sees the privacy of data in general—not just when it’s stored on your physical handset, but also when it’s kept somewhere far more vulnerable: in the servers of…
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The photojournalist held in an Egyptian jail for 10 months without charge | Media | theguardian.com
The photojournalist held in an Egyptian jail for 10 months without charge Agency fights to free photographer arrested while covering a protest via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jun/25/egypt-journalist-safety Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known professionally as Shawkan. He has been held in an Egyptian prison without charge for more than 10 months after being detained on 14…