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Disturbing trends for journalists' protection
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 21 days ago
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Professor Mark Pearson last night disturbing trends for journalists' protection A leading journalism academic has voiced concern at the high levels of digital surveillance facing journalists today and has urged journalists to adopt a new ethical
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Africa: Advice to Citizen Journalists - Tell the Truth, Be Yourself
Washington :: NJ :: USA | 22 days ago
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Washington Social media users, sometimes called citizen journalists, bring fresh new voices to the daily commentary on world events. But a question is circulating in journalistic circles on World Press Freedom Day 2013, May 3: Do citizen journalists
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Amnesty: Syrian government, rebels hunt reporters
Damascus :: Syria | 22 days ago
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Amnesty International said Friday that Syria's government and elements of its rebel movement are deliberately targeting journalists, releasing a report which had blame for both sides in the country's civil war. The London-based rights group
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‘Citizen journalists' key to his Occupy doc, says Corey Ogilvie
New York City :: NY :: USA | 28 days ago
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The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Apr. 26 2013, 4:23 PM EDT A scene from Corey Ogilvie's documentary Occupy The Movie. (IIM) When Occupy Wall Street was gathering steam in New York, Corey Ogilvie could only watch from home, in Vancouver...Ogilvie
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Muckraker sees a need to challenge the media
Hasbrouck Heights :: NJ :: USA | 1 month ago
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It was billed as an opportunity for citizen journalists to learn how to make government more transparent. Hilton hotel that their first battle must be with mainstream media outlets, alleging they are often in cahoots with the sources they cover. "The
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Syria citizen journalists wonder whether guns trump cameras
Aleppo :: Syria | 3 months ago
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Abu Hussein (C) interviews residents and fighters in a neighbourhood in the eastern Syrian town of Deir Ezzor on February 19, 2013. Syria: Citizen journalists in Syria do much to give the world a picture of the death and destruction in their country,
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Vietnam detains 33 citizen journalists in 4 years: Report
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 3 months ago
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The France-based human rights groups expose the Vietnamese government's ongoing efforts to clamp down on free expression in Bloggers and Netizens Behind Bars, released today. Over the past 18 months, there have been a series of trials with very heavy
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UN voices concern over killing of journalists in Syria
Damascus :: Syria | 6 months ago
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The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom Thursday voiced deep concern over the killing of both professional and citizen journalists in Syria...The killing of journalists and bloggers is not only a crime against
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Syria: film-making and weapons don't mix | Sakhr al-Makhadhi
Aleppo :: Syria | 6 months ago
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The French photojournalist Remi Ochlik was killed in Homs, Syria, in February 2012 alongside the US journalist Marie Colvin. Photograph: Julien de Rosa/HO/EPA More journalists have died in the line of duty this year than at any other point since
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Journalistic toll rises in Syria
Aleppo :: Syria | 6 months ago
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State TV journalist Bassel Tawfiq Youssef was killed on 21 November in Damascus. He was shot by rebels who accused him of belonging to a pro-government militia. Citizen journalist Hozan Abdel Halim Mahmoud was killed while filming clashes between the
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