Canadian Journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian Photo Journalist Nigel Brennan have been released by their captors in Somalia.Both journalist have been in custody since August 2008. Reuters and CBC...
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Two journalists in Morocco have been given jail terms and fines for allegedly disseminating false information about Moroccan King Mohammed VI's health. But, the journalists are adamant that their jailing is the act intended to subdue the freedom of the press. Newspaper...
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THE STORY... BEHIND THE STORY... I am not Journalist, I am a victim of theft. I am here by necessity, fighting forces much larger than us. Before we were aware of what Sibel Edmonds was doing... We have been...
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In the world of politics, citizen journalism on the internet has become to look very dangerous, in its context and ability to attack political indoctrination and propaganda. The normal news media can be...
" About 200 Iraqi journalists, writers and publishers have protested in Baghdad at what they say is growing state interference in their work. The protest follows the introduction of new rules for censoring books,...
UPDATE: "Clinton landed in Pyongyang in an unmarked jet Tuesday and was greeted at the airport by North Korean officials, including chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan and vice parliamentary speaker Yang Hyong...
National Post, a new paper that was "broadly sympathetic to the Sri Lankan government's goal of confronting and subduing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", posted an opinion that "there is no excuse for anti-Tamil policies. "Sri Lanka must now be judged by the...
Maziar Bahari, a Canadian journalist born in Iran, was picked up at his house on June 21st and has been held in custody since then. This was when the anti-election results protests were at their...
Being a journalist can come with a high price tag, especially when reporting in Russia. Physical dangers can come from the hazardous conditions in which they report in, and also from those who feel threatened by...
The Washington Post has cancelled a controversial plan to host a series of off the record 'salons' at the company CEO's home after word got out that sponsors can buy access to the meetings for 25 grand a...
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About a year ago I was interviewed by Ira Basen for an article he was working on for Walrus magazine. The magazine nixed the article due to internal issues but Ira stated that he would find another avenue to...
At least 39 journalists fled from their native countries worldwide in the past 12 months. Sri Lanka leading the way with at least 11 journalists, which is more than quarter of the journalists fled worldwide. "...
On February 13th, two photographers, one British and the other American were assaulted in Hong Kong by two bodyguards of the Zimbabwe President's daughter. The two bodyguards will not be prosecuted for the assault." Hong Kong - Two bodyguards protecting the daughter of...
A twelve year sentence of hard labor was handed down to US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in North Korea on Monday. " North Korea on Monday sentenced two American journalists to 12 years of hard labor in...