China Visa Woes For New York Times As Government Ups Pressure
BEIJING (AP) — The government is intensifying efforts to control foreign media coverage of China, blocking websites, harassing reporters trying to cover trials of activists in Beijing and thwarting...
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UK, Worldwide Press Freedom In Jeopardy
British House of Parliment (Photo by Flickr/Nelo Hotsuma) Media organizations in the U.K. are warning that a clause hidden in the deregulation bill will significantly alter journalists’ ability to...
View ArticleRights Group Denounces Egypt Reporters Trial
CAIRO (AP) — A rights group on Thursday denounced Egypt’s stand on freedom of expression as 20 employees of the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera network went on trial, accused of membership in a terrorist...
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Journalists Hold Global Day Of Action For Detained Al Jazeera Staff
Journalists in Cambodia show support for detained Al Jazeera staff in Egypt (Photo via Twitter @dparvaz) Journalists around the world took part in a global day of action Thursday in solidarity with a...
View ArticleReport Says Surveillance Is Hampering Journalists
NEW YORK (AP) — Revelations over the past few years about how U.S. security officials have the ability to track people through phone, email and other electronic records are making it harder for...
View ArticleJournalists Silenced As Killers Walk Free
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 4 2014 – A new report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) shows that nine out of 10 cases of journalist killings go unpunished. The report found that between...
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15 Journalists Putting Women’s Rights On The Front Page
‘Joginis’, otherwise known as India’s ‘temple slaves’, dance outside a temple during a religious festival. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS NEW YORK – Media coverage of maternal, sexual and reproductive health...
View ArticleVIDEO: Journalists Challenge White House Spokesperson Who Says US Has...
After Venezuela accused the United States of plotting another coup, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki rejected the claim as "ludicrous." She said, "As a matter of long-standing policy, the United...
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Israeli Forces Target Journalists In West Bank
Israeli commander who blocked the writer’s entrance to the village of Kafr Qaddoum – as clashes were taking place – for over two hours. Credit: Mel Frykberg/IPS KAFR QADDOUM, West Bank – It is becoming...
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Pentagon War Manual Gives Military License To Target & Attack Journalists
A photojournalist balances his camera on his arm as he takes a photograph in Iran on May 17, 2007. (Flickr / Hamed Saber) This article originally appeared on Shadow Proof. The Pentagon has adopted a...
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West Point Professor Calls For Military Strikes On Journalists Critical Of...
(ANTIMEDIA) West Point, NY — An assistant professor from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point recently declared that professionals critical of the “War on Terror” constitute a “treasonous”...
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Journalists And Political Rivals Arrested As Crackdown In Turkey Widens
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a meeting of local administrators at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. Turkey could hold a referendum on constitutional changes...
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Crime Scene Becomes Media Circus As ‘Journalists’ Rifle Through Shooters’ Home
Disbelief and immediate criticism followed as a bizarre situation unfolded on live television Friday afternoon when numerous journalists, unobstructed by police or other agencies, streamed into the...
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Who Bought This Influential Newspaper? Its Own Journalists Don’t Even Know
Photo by Jon S/Flickr A scandal with potentially national implications has erupted at a Las Vegas newspaper. Someone bought the publication, said to be Nevada’s largest and most influential news...
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Mohammed Al-Qeeq: A Casualty Of Israel’s War On Journalists
Mohammed al-Qeeq, a married father of two who works as a journalist in Ramallah has been held under a six-month Israeli administrative detention order without charge or trial, along with 660 other...
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Journalists Risk Legal Battles & Prison Time For Covering Dakota Access...
Police officers stand guard at the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site near Cannonball, North Dakota. AUSTIN, Texas — Although charges were recently dropped against prominent progressive...
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Israel Tracked ‘Anti-Government’ Journalists On Facebook
An Israeli soldier looks at the IDF’s Facebook page at the army spokesperson’s office in Jerusalem. Israel’s ruling party used Facebook to spy on “anti-government” journalists, Likud parliamentarian...
View ArticleJournalists, Writers In Turkey Face Terrorism, Separatism Charges
Istanbul (REPORT) – The prosecution of writers and journalists charged with terrorism and separatism for their association with a newspaper raises serious concerns for freedom of expression in Turkey,...
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Riot Charge Levied Against Journalists Covering Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Law enforcement vehicles line a road leading to a blocked bridge next to the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP/David...
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Wikileaks Vault 7 Release Paints A Grim Picture For Journalism
A journalist is silhouetted as he speaks to a cameraman beside a British military armored vehicle at a NATO summit in Newport, Wales. (AP/Matt Dunham) MINNEAPOLIS– This past Tuesday saw the biggest...
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